Re: [Harp-L] Ben Bouman, Bertram Becher and Herbie Grezel three harp boogie in K-thal

[fjm <bad_hat@xxxxxxxx>]

Sounds like a Low A being played by what appears to be Ben Bouman on the 
left.  When I think of all the trouble I went to just because I'd heard 
Madcat's Harmonicology and his song Dakota 400.  He used a Low A a 
Picolo in A and a regular 10 hole.  The minute I heard the low A I had 
to have one.  At that time they were not commercially available so being 
an impatient person I made one myself.  Being my first retuning effort 
of that scale it took me the better part of 2 days to finish.  I took 
plates from the 2 lowest pitched Lee Oskars I could find.  Silly me I 
used old plates.  I think I was on hole 7 draw when I broke a reed.  I 
was immediately on the phone with Mr Farrell ordering the reed 
replacement tool.  This was all in early (March) 1995.  That harmonica 
still plays just fine today.  There is a lot of solder on those reeds. 
Not my most elegant retune but it sure has held up.  Now you can buy the 
damn things pretty near off the shelf.  I was just now locating this 
harmonica to play along with the bass part on the video.  It was in a 
stack of Lee Oskars several of which were unmarked as to key.  I just 
slapped the cases until I felt it ringing.  My apologies to those 
listers amongst us who have lived long enough to hear this story 
repeated.  If you don't have Harmonicology buy it.

recordinghttp://www.madcatmusic.net/store.html

The only other recording I can think of that is as eclectically 
harmonica is  Sam Hinton's Master of the Solo Diatonic.

http://cdbaby.com/cd/samhinton

Darn I see I don't have a copy of the Ukulele recording.  fjm