Re: [Harp-L] Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee concert vid

[Gary Calahan <glcalahan@xxxxxxxxx>]

Gosh Peter....you made me think back when I started playing in fall of
'69.  Sonny & Terry, John Mayall, Will Scarlett and of course Allen of
Canned Heat where my heros!  I was in the Navy stationed in Iceland and
very hot harp player from Boston in my squadron introduced me to harp.  I
wish I remembered his name.....I feel lime I owe him a big Thank You!
Lastly,  when I got out of Navy in '72 and went to Philly and met Sonny,
his wife and Brownie at the Phila. Folk festival and got to play a bit with
him.  One song that remember asking him about was 'Mountain Blues'.......it
was a fav of mine but he could not remember the song.  Ah the memories.
William Clarke told me he started playin' bout that time......I must of
missed a lesson or two!  Just sharin'.......
On Dec 1, 2012 1:53 PM, "Peter Madcat Ruth" <madcat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks Mick for telling us about this YouTube video.  Sonny Terry was the
> reason I took up harmonica 48 years ago.
>
> Peter Madcat Ruth
> Musician - Grammy Award Winner
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> On Dec 1, 2012, at 11:36 AM, Mick Zaklan <mzaklan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Kind of sad to see it only has 16
> > plays: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vijs5OOqELY.  Since both men are
> > deceased, this is about as close as you can get to catching them in their
> > prime and playing their "hits".
>