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

[Arthur Jennings <timeistight@xxxxxxxxx>]

Daddy Stovepipe (April 12, 1867 - November 1, 1963) often played harp in a
rack. I don't know when he started, but he recorded that way in 1924.

On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

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> 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.
>
>
> Winslow Yerxa
> Author, Harmonica For Dummies, ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5
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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
>



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