Re: [Harp-L] Tallest Harp Player

[Zack <zack.pomerleau@xxxxxxxxx>]

   That McCain guy looked HUGE.

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Bradford Trainham <
bradford.trainham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Well..., I shouldn't..., but it was actually Goliath of Gath, that infamous
> Old Testament Philistine who taunted the armies of Israel by playing a
> version of "I'm gona tear yo' playhouse down" on a Blues harp that predated
> any of the European lines by some two plus thousand years.
> When young David, enraged because he couldn't duplicate Goliath's "Shaky
> Jake" drone... Let fly a slingshot's worth of smooth stones, he won the
> day,
> stole the harp, became king... And the rest, as they say... Is "history"???
>  For the stats about his height and such, check out 1 Samuel 17.
> Sorry, too much coffee,
> Brad Trainham
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of Rick Davis
> Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 9:56 AM
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> Subject: [Harp-L] Tallest Harp Player
>
> Who was/is the tallest blues harp player?  How tall was Big Walter Horton?
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