[Harp-L] Re: Bob Dylan harp

[Bob Loomis <miltloomis@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Robert Koch free" <rok68@xxxxxxx> sent:

> BLOW ME, IT'S BOB DYLAN'S HARMONICA
>
> Billboard reports Bob Dylan is for the first time endorsing a line of
> harmonicas made by Hohner. The harmonicas will be called the Bob Dylan 
> Signature
> Series and feature Dylan's embossed signature. In addition to the 
> Signature
> Series, Hohner will be selling 25 sets of seven harmonicas and 100 
> individual
> harmonicas. Each is hand signed by Dylan and both are set to go on sale in
> October.
>
  Koch Free then wrote:

" And I bet they will all sound like a piece of shite! So, what is the 
point Hohner USA is trying to make here? What we need is an good instrument, 
and not a toy signed by somebody who never  knew how to play anyway. This 
marketing ploy by a company that gave us the Marine Band, the Deluxe and the 
Golden Meldoy is, in my opinion, pathetic and, yes, insulting when Seydel, 
Suzuki and others are trying to match, one has to reckon with some success, 
these fine harmonicas.    Sunnyside "

Well, it depends partly on whether you like what Dylan does with harmonica. Otherwise, wait and see what they are ... might be the next great harp, who knows? Or at least collectible for those flush enough to buy one. A diminishing number of us these days, I suspect. And hey, it could lead to a whole new line of signature harps: John Mayall, Arlo Guthrie, Mick Jagger, the almost immortal Bob Loomis ... ;^)

Just MHO,
Bob Loomis 
Concord CA USA