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Date: 02 May 1995 16:30:16 GMT
From: "Charles Williams CS"
Subject: Re: Steve Miller and other fun

Have read the Steve Miller harp posts with alot of interest. Stve di play
some
decent harp but on many of his earlier albums he did utilize the hot harp of
Charlie McCoy - one song Hot Chili comes to mind but I haven's gone through
my
albums as yet. Also have a cut I recorded off Germany TV from the
show RockPalace in 1982 but only in audio. Steve started playing "Living in
the USA" with himself and Norton Buffalo jammming together on harp and Norton
really wailed on it. Seemed pretty spontaneous and Norton was at warp speed.
Best harping on this song that I ever have heard. When he used to say
"Somebody give me a cheeseburger" folks in the audience back in the 70's use
to throw a few on stage.

Also re: the Fried lips and polarity thread. I believe if there is a way to
get shocked it has happened to me. All I know anymore is that I have never
been shocked when using a remote and thus that is my main bias for using one
although I hate using batteries. I too have old amps which the only way I can
get rid of the hum is by switching the plug. Although I strongly concur with
using a rack mount power supply sometimes the power you are plugged into is
not adequately grounded - old electric/fire hazard wiring. Also I have
noticed
weird things happen when kitchen appliances or blenders get turned on and off
which I'm told can reverse polarity. I also like to wear rubber soled shoes.
Any of you electrical experts out there have any foolproof/almost foolproof
way to avoid getting shocked. I have noticed that I rarely get shocked if I
just use a vocal mike and no amp.

Finally I recently had a friend show me his father's old 10 hole diatoncally
tuned chromatic-key of C. I believe all older chromatic's were made this way.
It is a Kratt harmonica. Anyone know anything about it/how old/history etc.
The slides works great. It has no valves that I could see. My friend would
like to have it restored. The holes are smaller than a diatonic. He was
wondering should he just have it retuned as a 10 hole chromatic or just leave
it as original as a diatonic and perhaps have it valved. It is hard to bend
notes on it so in the lower octave it is difficult to get the F# and Bb.
Overall it was in pretty decent condition. This was the first I had ever seen
this type of chromatic. Any help or info would be appreciated. Thanks.