RE: [Harp-L] Harrison Harmonicas



If you take the approach through life of writing things
off as "just one of those" things then you will be an even
poorer than standard harmonica player.  Also, it gives bad business
people the impression that they can get away with fraud. 
I'll just play the "feel sorry for me" card and everything is going to be ok. 
That's the approach people took when they were 12 years old.
Isn't it enough that we have to watch crooked club owners and some
promoters, but to worry about fellow musicians ?!!
Do you have piles of cash to waste on shit deals ? I don't. 
 
A DEAL IS A DEAL and and a man's word should be worth
more than gold. I have had an entiire Blues festival go south through
a sponsor backing out but I got a bank loan to pay the musicians. 
I suffered paying the loan for a few years BUT everyone got paid.
 

Joe Pinto
Little Joe & the Werewolves 

 


> From: amaccana@xxxxxxxxxx
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:43:26 +0100
> Subject: [Harp-L] Harrison Harmonicas
> 
> I have never been fortunate enough to buy a customised harmonica, but I
> remember the advice of the late lamented F R Farrell (surely of Irish
> extraction) that anyone not capable of maintaining his own harmonica could
> not afford to play one. 
> 
> I did however have the happy experience of having two Hohner 270 chromatics
> rebuilt by a Scotsman resident in Staffordshire. I can testify that both of
> these instruments played better than when I purchased them factory fresh.
> 
> I am sorry to say that in the experience of my mature (very mature) years I
> have come to the conclusion that nobody - including Larry Adler- ever got
> rich from playing the harmonica. Sadly even fewer have achieved financial
> security from repairing/customising them.
> 
> One of these days I shall speculate a few bucks (Euros in these parts)in
> purchasing a custom harmonica. If the misfortunate vendor goes 'belly
> upwards' before filling my order, I shall write it off as "just one of those
> things".
> 
> In the meantime I shall try to say a prayer for the misfortunate Mr.
> Harrison, who I have only heard of courtesy of this list, for his courage in
> "having a go".
> 
> Beannachtai
> 
> Aongus Mac Cana
> 
 		 	   		  


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