Re: [Harp-L] The Huntington Harmonica Club entertained on The New River Train

[George Miklas <harmonicat@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jim,

The New River Gorge is one of my favorite places to explore through camping
(RVing) and hiking.  Back in October 1999, I played harmonica at the bottom
of the gorge by the old iron bridge which used to be US 19.  Another area
that I liked to explore is the Ghost town of Thurmond, the town where "Main
Street" was the rail line.

George



On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Jim Rumbaugh <jrumbaug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> The Huntington Harmonica club entertained on The New River Train expedition
> that goes from Huntington to Hinton, WV.  For the fourth year, our local
> club played railroad tunes to the passenger on the train on Oct 15, 16, 11,
> and 23. There were 29 cars and 1400 passengers. Each day I took 2 different
> members of the club to play with me. We would play for over 2 hours on each
> leg of the trip.
>
> Sunday I was joined by David Payne of Elk River Harmonicas. On Saturday I
> saw Bob McGraw ,a.k.a. WVBob, playing his harmonica at the city square of
> Hinton with his jazz band, (very smooth and very good)
>
> I have now sung "Riding That New River Train" over 100 times over those 2
> weekends. It's time for a rest.
>