Re: [Harp-L] Toots last year

[The Iceman <icemanle@xxxxxxx>]

The story I heard was that Toots was a guitarist/whistler, but early on ended up in the hospital for an extended stay.


He couldn't play his guitar, so started to learn chromatic.


The rest is history.


Can anyone verify this?


-----Original Message-----
From: robert <harpbob@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Greg Heumann <greg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx L <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sun, Dec 22, 2013 7:11 am
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Toots last year


Wow. Toots sounds so wonderful. At ninety!!! I heard Robert Bonfiglio say 
something to the effect that we should be grateful for Toots, that a musician 
like him had chosen harmonica.
WVa Bob

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On Dec 20, 2013, at 7:20 PM, "Greg Heumann" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Stumbled across these two videos of Toots from his 90th birthday celebration a 
year ago - marvelous. 
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> The Dolphin: http://youtu.be/g0E-oOC9Umk
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> Midnight Cowboy: http://youtu.be/Nb-5aQ1EIgc
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> Smile: http://youtu.be/MBcgc31s_m8
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> The shameless self-promotion part is simply to point out that he is using his 
BlowsMeAway Productions Ultimate 58 microphone - he very much likes the lighter 
weight and integrated volume control....
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> /Greg
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> http://www.blowsmeaway.com
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