[Harp-L] Lee Oskar's new album

[Ronnie Schreiber]

Lee Oskar is a genuine mensch. I first met him at a Summer NAMM party 
that was jointly sponsored by his harmonica brand and Lace Music, who 
supplies me with pickups for the Harmonicaster electric harmonica. I 
happen to be Jewish and he and I briefly discussed the events of the 
1940s surrounding his childhood. Despite the fact that I'm sort of 
competing with him, Lee was gracious enough to stop over at my booth the 
next day and check out my gizmo. You should have seen how excited the 
harp player I had hired to do demos was to meet one of his heroes.

A couple years later I was setting up my booth before Summer NAMM opened 
for the day and I heard someone playing amplified harmonica and you 
could tell it was live. I followed the sound and it was Lee Oskar in his 
booth. He greeted me warmly and excitedly told me about music he'd 
written and produced with a bit of a Jewish flavor to memorialize his 
mother and then let me listen to a cut that he had on his phone. 
Beautiful stuff and it was very cool to be able to listen to music 
before it was released.

That song is on Never Forget.