Re: [Harp-L] The Bernie Bray Harmonica Player of the Year Award

[Peter Madcat Ruth <madcat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I believe that Don Les won the Bernie Bray award due to the fact he was an excellent bass harmonica player who was a member of the worlds most popular harmonica trio.
His diatonic harmonica playing was amazing, and he was also was outrageously great at playing the 4 hole Little Lady, but both of those endeavors were considered novelties at that time.

Peter Madcat Ruth
Musician - Grammy Award Winner
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> On Aug 21, 2015, at 10:37 AM, robert <harpbob@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> I was about to say that Madcat was the first diatonic player to win this award, then I thought about Don Les in 1991. Question for Madcat and other long-time SPAH members: Did Don Les win because of his bass harmonica playing? Did his diatonic playing factor in his win?
> WVa Bob 
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