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Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 16:07:20 -0600
From: Buzz Krantz
Subject: Re: A note about Joe Filisko

If you wabt to hear & meet Joe. Come to the Buckeye Harmonica Festival in
April.
buzz......................

Scott Brauer wrote:

> Where can we hear these techniques? I've heard quite a bit about his
> harps and his playing but never actually heard him. And after your
> praise, I'd really like to do so. Any recordings/albums/etc. anywhere
> to be had?
>
> Scott
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Polesky"
> To:
> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 9:53 AM
> Subject: A note about Joe Filisko
>
> Hi All,
>
> I hear a lot of talk about Joe's incredible work as a harmonica
> technician. However, if you ask Joe to play something for you, you
> enter a whole different world of harmonica virtuosity (should I have
> said that word out loud?). He probably won't blow an overblow for you
> unless you ask.
>
> Joe is a master of the harmonica styles and techniques of the early
> 20th century. He is a virtual encyclopedia of knowledge about
> harmonica recordings and can reproduce whole recordings or specific
> effects at will. His work ass a player has been ground-breaking in
> the preservation of our harmonica history. This was probably no small
> part in SPAH's choice of Joe Filisko as most recent harmonica Player
> of the Year.
>
> There is a whole other side to Joe. One that introduced me to some of
> the most fascinating harmonica styles and techniques I have ever
> heard. Joe plays us a sample of one player, Gwen Foster from "way
> back when" using techniques that were among the "newest" and exciting
> things I had hear in quite a while. And this is an exciting time
> right now for harmonica anyway! Joe doesn't just make harps. He
> makes the harmonica sing through the years by adding his historical
> knowledge through demonstration to the whole harmonica world!
>
> Michael