[Harp-L] The Beatles Used an ‘Embarrassing’ Gimmick in Early Hits

[Ken H in Ohio]

I would have preferred that they (The Beatles) never abandoned the
"harmonica gimmick".
It would have been very interesting to see how it would have been used in
other songs, or even "unknown songs" !

Ken H in OH

On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 11:39 AM Michael Rubin <
michaelrubinharmonica at xxxxx> wrote:

> It might have been a gimmick, but it worked.
>
> It is conjecture to suggest that we would know who the Beatles were if they
> had never used harmonica.  I suggest The Beatles would be unknown without
> the harmonica.  Of course, that's conjecture as well.
>
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 9:30 AM Gary Lehmann <gnarlyheman at xxxxx>
> wrote:
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> > Nice to know why the harmonica was largely eliminated from their
> > arrangements.
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> > On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 5:39 AM <franze52 at xxxxx> wrote:
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> https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/john-lennon-the-beatles-used-an-embarrassing-gimmick-in-early-hits.html/
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