[Harp-L] Re: Cheap Harps

["ndavid.coulson@xxxxxxxxx" <ndavid.coulson@xxxxxxxxx>]

The great Brazilian soccer star Pele started by kicking rocks and  
makeshift "balls" made of rags and newspaper.

David

On Jun 25, 2013, at 11:06 PM, harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> > Jimi Hendrix started strumming on a broom. So much doom and gloom  
> > about
> > cheapo harps. Sometimes I just have to shake my head. Maybe some  
> > were born
> > with a silver harp in their mouth. I wonder how many great players  
> > started
> > on a cheapo. The operative word STARTED. I would rather give a kid a
> > BluesBand  instead of a lecture on saving his/her pennys for a  
> > "real harp"
> > , I used to sell 5.00 harps at a flea market. Many times a kid  
> > would pick
> > one up and the first words out of the parents mouth was NO. I  
> > don't want to
> > hear that racket. As they walked away I would say; Smoking crack  
> > is quiet
> > maybe that would be better.
> >
> > WB