Re: [Harp-L] Harp L: an ill wind

[joe leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think Danny Kaye used that phrase in 'The secret life of Walter  
Mitty. I think he was talking about the Oboe. I wouldn't use it  
because my friend Jon Kipp plays Oboe with the L.A. symphony and it  
might hurt his feelings.

smo-joe  (who once played clarinet with Keyser Sosa)

On Jul 4, 2010, at 3:11 PM, Winslow Yerxa wrote:

> Ian Fleming used that wisecrack in Key Largo (if I remember  
> correctly after reading it as a kid too long ago to measure),  
> having James Bond say it of the clarinet, in banter calculated to  
> put one of his captors off his guard (it worked). And Fleming  
> probably didn't orignate it. Who knows how old it is?
>
> Winslow
>
> Winslow Yerxa
>
> Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5
>
> Resident expert at bluesharmonica.com
>
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>
> Columnist, harmonicasessions.com
>
> --- On Sun, 7/4/10, MundHarp@xxxxxxx <MundHarp@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: MundHarp@xxxxxxx <MundHarp@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Harp L: Chromatic versus Diatonic
> To: Harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sunday, July 4, 2010, 2:33 AM
>
> Chromatic.
> Diatonic.
> WHO CARES??
> It's just a mouth organ!
>
> I have been told "It's an ILL WIND no one blows good.... The   
> harmonica!
>
> But that was (probably) first said about the oboe....
>
> John "Whiteboy" Walden
> Cebu City
> Philippines
>
> PS
> I love BOTH... And most every style of "Mund Harmonika"
> John Walden