Re: [Harp-L] Greatest Harmonica Stories

[Harpburns@xxxxxxx]

The year was 1972. Ray Tankersley (Harmonica Rascals) and I had started a 
blues harmonica class at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, CA. (wow, I was 
only 19 years old) Ray invited me to go with him to the Saint Francis Hotel 
in San Francisco to hear the Harmonicats. It ended up that we had dinner 
with Dick Gardner (Bass) and the band let me jam with them back stage before 
the show. I was blown away by their kind words about my playing. To this day 
I have the autographed picture stating: "Doug, great job on the brass 
sandwich". Something I will never forget.
Doug Burns


In a message dated 5/19/10 9:46:41 AM, michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx 
writes:


> The couple of posts I wrote today got me thinking of great harmonica
> stories.  Once I was at a blues jam.  The Star Wars convention was in
> town.  At the show were four actors, one very tall and one very short.
> They were the actors who played Chewbacca, R2D2 and well as a normal
> sized C3P0 and someone else.  Their representative comes to the stage
> and informs me that Kenny Baker, aka R2D2 is a chromatic harmonica
> player, can he sit in.  "Only if he'll play with me!"  So I got to
> play with R2D2.
> 
> What are your greatest harmonica stories?
> Michael Rubin
> Michaelrubinharmonica.com
>