[Harp-L] Our Piddly lil' instrument

["Rob Paparozzi" <Chromboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I want to personally thank Roger Trobridge in London of the NHL...for 
assisting us over the years with getting such great coverage on the BBC for 
our (as William Galison puts it,-) "Piddly little instrument". What I like 
about Roger and guys like Danny Wilson and the late Doug Tate is that the 
Harmonica be it Diatonic or Chromtaic deserves equal respect and thru 
mentors like this I've learned we are ALL in this together.......thank you 
guys and special thanx to Randy Weinstein and Charles Spranklin for making 
the Tuesdays SO special.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYV5vU1Ju1k

   The quality of the picture is compressed so hopefully we can repost it 
on youtube with more clarity...but this will give you an idea of the 
"Legendary Tues Afternoon" Jams and the amazing sound of Master Harmonicist 
Charles Leighton. Special thanx to William Galison !!

    This is about a 4 minute segment of a larger BBC documentary which 
aired last night in England called TIN SANDWICH which as Roger has informed 
me:

The point of the programme was that it was a history - biased to the
UK. It managed to get across that the harmonica is not only not dying
but is growning in its ability to play music of all types - both by
the skills being handed down through the generations and by
developments in harmonica design and technique....

I look forward to seeing this whole documentary and

also in the near future seeing the upcoming documentary:

Pocket Full of Soul" by Marc Lempert and Todd Slobin....and congrats to 
MADCAT on his original song that really says it all....
http://www.pocketfullofsoulmovie.com/

best,
Rob Paparozzi
www.myspace.com/hudsonriverrats