Re: [Harp-L] Sentimental Tokens - was Buying Harps on Ebay

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On Jul 30, 2008, at 2:40 PM, John Balding wrote:

> I get the sentimental thing, but for me, it's the other side of the  
> coin: things I wouldn't want to part with.

Now you're talking my language.
> I have my grandfather's Marine Band in G that he used to mess  
> around with on slow days while stationed in the Philippines during  
> WWII. The covers are a bit rusty and some of the nails are loose,  
> but it plays a sweet tune that only a harp with a lot of stories to  
> tell could play.

Now see, that would be priceless (to me) and one couldn't PUT a price  
on something like that. It is something that could only be GIVEN  
away...to someone special.
> I wouldn't be able to get the cost of a new MB for it. My  
> grandfather wasn't famous. He was just a hard-working, honest man  
> from Waycross, Georgia.. But this harp is priceless to me just the  
> same.
>
> Also, I have a half-full/half-empty bottle of Tanquerey gin that  
> Junior Wells drank from while we talked after a show back in '95.  
> He actually killed half the bottle while we talked about family,  
> religion and the importance of practicing harp. He walked away...I  
> grabbed the bottle. It sits on my dresser, much to my wife's  
> dismay. Not worth a plug nickel, but to me it is a priceless  
> reminder of a beautiful moment in time.

Yes indeed, these are the precious moments of our lives.
> John Balding
> Tallahassee, FL

To me, and this is only my personal opinion, the people here on harp- 
l and slidemeister are more precious than all the 'so called' famous  
stars and entertainers. Not a lot of plastic phonies. There's some  
real winners here. Real people being real people leading real lives.

smo-joe