Re: [Harp-L] "I Want My Mama"

[Michael Rubin <rubinmichael@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lonnie Glosson has recordings that include some great I-want-my-mamafying!
  Michael Rubin
  Michaelrubinharmonica.com

Dave Murray <dmurray777@xxxxxxx> wrote:
  It wasn't Tom doing it. He said that the track was Salty Holmes playing
cross on a Bb harp and that the words were mostly drawing on the #3.

Peace and music,
Dave


jazmaan@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Is there anybody on this list (Tom Ball maybe?) who can do a convincing reproduction of Sonny
> Terrys talking harmonica trick where he makes the harp say "I want my mama" ?
>
> I've been trying since 1968 but I still don't know how to make that "M" sound from a hand cup. 
> The best I can get is "I want wy wa-wa". And if I close my mouth to make an "M" sound that just
> shuts off the air to the harp. What's the secret?
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