Re: [Harp-L] very cool gig, old SPAH idea

[MundHarp@xxxxxxx]

I've played "New Orleans" Jazz, mostly on diatonic, at both Ronnie Scots,  
Pizza Express, and Pizza on the Park, all in London's West End...  
Performing with Brian Greene's New Orleans Stompers.
I got complemented, but didn't get to join the band "long term".
I'm known as a "blues guy" but I play most everything....
Just love to make music. ALL good music!
John "Whiteboy" Walden
Just now, back in:
Bonnie Scotland.
 
 
In a message dated 13/09/2015 20:44:15 GMT Daylight Time, mzaklan@xxxxxxxxx 
 writes:

My dad was a huge Dixieland jazz fan and I grew up  having to listen to
it.  At that time, trad jazz was undergoing a  revival and there were jazz
societies and clubs dedicated to that music the  same way there are blues
societies, clubs, and festivals today keeping  blues alive.
I thought Dixieland jazz was pretty cornball  stuff back then; but
listening to it now, I'm hearing all sorts of  interesting turnaround
phrases on their blues pieces and ways of stating  melody that I think
translate well to harmonica.  I think it's an  untapped resource for blues
players.
As to Rick's inquiry,  there is probably a slew of jug band and
stringband guys using the harp  acoustically that we don't know about.  Off
the top of my head,  there's multi-instrumentalist Dom  Fleming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3KY0MF7snQ and Rick "Cookin'"  Sherry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWes88Ygbvg.  And our own list  member Lil'
Rev.
As to Joe Leone's mention of the Quebe  Sisters; I recall many years ago
at a SPAH convention held in Romulus,  Michigan, somebody hired three female
violinists to serenade tables during  the Saturday night banquet.  It went
over well.  If anybody  decides to resurrect that idea again for San
Antonio, I'd love to have  dinner while listening to tunes like  this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxsdjjZsX0w.

Mick  Zaklan