[Harp-L] Re: anyone pulled off an event like this?

["Splash!" <celtiac@xxxxxxxxx>]

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> > I have planned for years to put 3 harp students on stage as the "Tone
> > Benders" and play as ensemble, leading off with Low Rider in harmony, 
> > like a
> > horn section.
> >
> > anyone pulled off an event like this?

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Coupla years ao, I went up to the Ocala Forest to visit another harp-playing 
friend of 40 plus years.  While there we decided to go over to the Tampa Bay 
area, actually Sunset Beach where another long-time friend and harmonica 
player lives.

So, Sky and I are visiting Tedlee and Tedlee says he knows where some 
friends are gigging in Tampa. We go there with a short kit and our bullet 
mics and whan we walk in, the band leader says "Here's my harp player now!" 
And Tedlee says, pointing to me, "Well, here's the guy who taught me."  And 
I say, pointing to Sky, "Well here's the guy who taught me!" and we started 
playing a 12-bar blues in E.  We took turns, never stepping on each other 
and finished the number with harmonies.  It was really, a once in a lifetime 
jam.  Perfect!

After we sat back down, the owner of the place came over and said that was 
the best harmonica playing he had ever heard and wanted to know if we were 
coming back tomorrow night.  Ha!  Naw, I had to take Sky back to Altoona, 
and then get myself back to Ft. Lauderdale.  But it sure was a very special 
three-harp jam.  For sure!

If I lived closer, I'd be doing that stuff more often.

Splash!