Re: [Harp-L] "Mojo" on an instrument

[Cljdm@xxxxxxx]

Hi all, 
 
I bought a Sonny Jr. : ). That bad boy has it's Mojo's working.
 
Chris Mastakas
 
 
In a message dated 8/14/2010 6:09:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

I wear a  Tiki


On Aug 14, 2010, at 3:33 PM, jon Gindick  wrote:

>
>
> I have to say, that for me, the harmonica  is my mojo. My totem. My  
> power tool through life.
> The  Awakener of my muse. My good luck charm. My best foot forward.  
>  My lever in life.
> I played it to resist the draft in 1970, and now its  40 years later  
> and
> I play it to resist getting old and  not have any fun. Thank you,  
> Herr Richter!
>
>  Jon
>
> PS
> Chuck K. who played slide on my song  "Ghostdance" had a "coke vial"  
> of dirt from the Delta  Crossroads that he wore around his neck
> for 25 years and it was, in  his words,  his "mojo."
>
> In the 1994 earthquake here in LA  the vial was destroyed and he
> "lost his mojo."
>
> In 2010  When he found out I was traveling to Clarksdale for a Jam  
>  Camp,
> he asked Ralph and I to get a vial of dirt from the crossroads,  and  
> to make a video of it, so he'd know we weren't
>  bullshitting him. So we did--make the video--and give him the vial   
> of dirt. He reported instantaneous results as
> he played that  very evening with the vial around his neck, and his  
> mojo was  back.
>
> Only later did I realized that the dirt we got from the  planted  
> trafic circle in the center of the crossroads was  probably
> fill dirt from some local nursury. Please don't tell Chuck,  he  
> feels so  good.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original  Message ----- From: "Bill Kumpe" <bkumpe@xxxxxxx>
> To:  <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 10:25  AM
> Subject: [Harp-L] "Mojo" on an  instrument
>
>
>> Does anybody else believe that there  can be "mojo" on instruments,
>> particularly used instruments?   Do you know of any players who  
>> carry a
>> "mojo"  or a "juju" in their harp case, guitar case, etc?  Just   
>> curious.
>>
>>
>>
>> Bill  Kumpe
>>
>> Tulsa, OK
>>
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