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Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 18:16:28 -0500
From: sk~te.com (Rod Thomas)
Subject: Re: HARP-L Digest V94 #286

Well Harp People, it's about time I jumped in and said Hi. I've been
lurking since Sept.94 not because I'm shy, but because I'm computer
illiterate. My savy sweetheart will have to help me out for awhile here.
I love this Newsletter! You've made me laugh, you've made me cry,
you've changed my life. Well, perhaps I exaggerate, but you certainly have
changed my Harp playing life. I am hooked anew, like I've never been hooked
before.
I picked up the Harp about 20 years ago after my older brother bought a
John Mayall album called The Turning Point. It features a song called Room to
Move that truly cooks. When I heard it, my fate was sealed. In a couple
years I was playing in a High School blues band with a growing collection
of Harps. My biggest influences then were James Montgomery and Magic Dick,
with a dash of John Mayall and Paul Butterfeild for good measure.
I played all through College but then it was "real world time" and my
playing fell to about once every houseparty. So it was for the past 15 years.
How things have changed.

This summer my love for the Harp rose like a phoenix from the ashes and Ô .ÔŒI decided to treat myself to a bass harp if I ever could find one. I wrote to
Hohner and they sent me a lot of info. I was stunned by all the harps I'd
never heard of, especially all the special tunings. I was also stunned by the
price of a bass harp. My wife posted a want ad on the USENET bulletin board
and one of you guys directed us to Harp-L. The rest, as they say, is history.
The discoveries I've made are as follows...
1. Cross harp ain't the only position to play in after all. My 1st and
3rd position playing has really taken off.
2. Kevin's Harps! Who'd a thunk it? Heaven on earth, located in N.J.
Harps and anything harp related are just a phone call away.
3. Hohner is not the only harmonica manufacturer. I love my new Huang
bass. I love my new Lee Oskars.
4. The Richter tuning ain't the only tuning. I'm digging my couple of
Melody Makers and my couple of Natural Minor harps. I don't think I'll ever
play them as much as my Richter tuned harps, but they do open up some musical
doors.
5. 10 hole harps ain't the only harps for a 10 hole guy . I love my Steve
Baker Specials, and I'm really lovin' playing 3rd position on my old 270
Chromonica. (you know, the conversation piece that's been sittin' on the
mantle gathering dust.)
6. Steve Baker's HARP HANDBOOK and David Barrett's HARMONICA TECHNIQUE are
two awesome books for the intermediate player.
7. There are dozens of awesome players I'd never heard of, some in Harp
Heaven, so many more still kickin'.

I owe it all to you folks, you have my thanks and warmest regards. Happy
New Year!
later,
Rod T.

--
Rod Thomas email: sk~te.com
Illustrator phone: (617) 449-0480