Re: [Harp-L] Larry Adler's Centennial

[Rob Paparozzi <chromboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kudos to Roger and the UK's National Harmonica League (NHL) for this 
beautiful Tribute to Larry and I'm sure SPAH is working on something too 
for their next issue.

I wrote a piece for  The  the NHL's coming issue .....Larry took the Tin 
Sandwich to new Frontiers!

NHL's Harmonica World is a terrific publication with articles from the 
best players around the Globe...
do sign up you'll love it!:
http://harmonica.co.uk/

Larry was the President of the NHL for many years, I first met Roger 
Trobridge years back in 2001 when I performed "Body and Soul" at a Blues 
Brothers gig at Shepard's Bush in honor of Mr. Adler who had just passed

best
Rob Paparozzi


On 2/10/2014 6:32 AM, Roger Trobridge wrote:
> Larry Adler's Centennial is today, 10/02/2014. He died in 2001.
> www.harmonica.co.uk/larry.htm
>
> Larry was the first International harmonica superstar.
>
> He was born in Baltimore, USA, in 1914 and made his first commercial
> recording aged 16. He was the first International superstar harmonica
> player and he lived a very colourful life which embraced music of all
> styles, literature, writing and broadcasting. He inspired classical
> composers to write for the harmonica.
>
> He prepared the way for the chromatic harmonica players, like John
> Sebastian, Tommy Reilly, Ronald Chesney, and Albert Raisner who followed
> where Larry had led. By the 1950s there were many chances to hear the
> chromatic played on the radio and records in the UK.
>
> He was President of the NHL from 1989 and attended some of our festivals.
> His last visit was in Bournemouth in 2000 when he appeared in a wheelchair.
> He died the following year.
>
> Roger
>
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Rob Paparozzi

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