[Harp-L] James L Gordon

[John Kerkhoven]

Thank you for sharing that. What a fine obituary – and I did not know the
man.

Do you have a link to info about the SS tuning?



On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 8:53 AM <bad_hat at xxxxx> wrote:

> One of the funniest people I've ever known.  A superb musician who
> famously played with JJ Cale and others.  He had worked on putting
> together the Magic Harps a collaboration with Pierre Beauregard and
> Richard Salwitz (Magic Dick) He was a superb harmonica tech whose tuning
> abilities were top notch, he had the ear.  The world I live in won't be
> the same going forward knowing that Jimmy is no longer with us.  It was
> and is a privilege to have known him.  My world was profoundly changed
> by the several harmonicas he built for me.  In particular a low E tuned
> to the Super Streamliner tuning scheme.  I think but I am not certain
> that SS tuning was his invention.  I mourn the loss of of one of the
> most significantly intriguing people I have ever known in the harmonica
> community.  I am including a link to his obituary below.
>
> https://vermontjournal.com/obituaries/james-l-gordon-1960-2025/
>