Re: [Harp-L] Who was the first player to use a neck rack?

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Probably many names will come up, but a few off the top of my head include Rhubarb Red (Les Paul, who claims to have invented the rack and probably did but was not the first t do so), Gwen Foster, and Pie Plant Pete (Claude Moye) who was playing in a rack by the early 1920s. Harmonica "gimmick" booklets were showing neck racks by at least 1930.


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From: Michael Rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>
To: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 7:08 AM
Subject: [Harp-L] Who was the first player to use a neck rack?

Who were the early rack pioneers?
Thanks,
Michael Rubin
Michaelrubinharmonica.com