Re: [Harp-L] was I want to be famous

["G. E. Popenoe" <gpopenoe@xxxxxxxxx>]

The Harmonicats did pretty well with Peg of My Heart and other tunes  
in the 50's. Heck, they charted with a harmonicas only instrumental!  
They made some money on that.

The cool thing about that era was that the music and radio biz had not  
yet been corpratized to the point of monotony. You could have a hit  
playing all kinds of things.

The Internet has let the musical genie back out of the box after about  
a century of captivity by Mr. Edison and his decendants. CD sales are  
sagging at the same time new stars are being found on Youtube and  
other outlets. Musical genres are getting sliced so thin on the net  
that musicians can really target an audience.

People come to me every time I play and gush that they love the sound  
of the harmonica. So why not take advantage of that in the current  
market place. It won't make us rich but it may pay for the habit.

Oh yeah. Glenmorangie is one if my favs. If you like that, try Oban or  
Scapa.

According to wikipedia, you can have single malt Irish whiskie among  
several other styles.

Gary Popenoe

On Feb 8, 2008, at 10:44 PM, "Glenn Weiser"  
<celticguitar1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> Ordinarily I would never DREAM of correcting my friend Winslow -- the
> man's knowledge of all things harmonica is staggering, and he has
> forgotten ten times more about the instrument than I will ever know.
> However in this post above he does address a topic with which I have
> a modicum of knowledge:
>
> Bushmills does not make a 15-year old single malt. 10-year old,
> 16-year old and 21-year old, but not a 15.  (Any of which I would be
> happy to share with, well....  anyone....)   <g>
>
> (burp,)
> Tom Ball, the Voice Of Experience.
>
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> Tom-
>
> I thought single malts were Scotches (my current love is  
> Glenmorangie). Is that term rightfully applied to Irish whiskies?
> I know this one is off-topic, but some things are important, after  
> all.
>
> I too thought that fellow was joking about being famous, hence the  
> frog joke. I can understand wanting to master the harmonica, but  
> isn't trying to do it for a living an economic death sentence? Has  
> anybody actaully put a retirement nest egg together on harp gigs?
>
> -Glenn Weiser
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