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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts |
Harmonicas are smaller, cheaper, easier to play, and just as expressive. If I can get the same bang for less bucks without having to lug around a honkin' guitar, then it seems like a stupid notion not to choose the Mississippi Saxophone (harmonica.)
Even my Backpacker guitar was big enough to get me searched by the fuzz when some dope thought it was a sniper rifle. So if I hadn't brought my guitar to play that day I'd have never been searched by the 5-0, which means I was stupid for playing guitar. It would have been much smarter to pocket a blues harp. I think a certain challenge issuer now owes me a ten-spot
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
Chicks.
Like. Guitar players. |
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mvmagic Inner circle Has written 1322 Posts |
And its a better visual when you smash a guitar on a monitor on stage. What would you do with a harmonica? Step on it?
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
Swallow it, like in that old Vaudville routine?
Look, I wish the chicks swarmed after banjo players. Hm. Actually, maybe they do. Maybe it's just me? |
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mvmagic Inner circle Has written 1322 Posts |
Of course! And have harmonized farts the next day.
Dunno about chicks and banjo players...well maybe in the deliverance neighborhood...
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Pecan_Creek Veteran user The Nation of TEXAS! 323 Posts |
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On 2012-07-13 14:20, mvmagic wrote: Umm... that wasn't a chick in the movie! Soouuuuuweeeeeee |
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Slide Special user 533 Posts |
"Harmonicas are smaller, cheaper, easier to play, and just as expressive."
I love a good harmonica player but you can't sing when you play the harmonica. And chicks love it when you sing . |
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Jeff J. Special user Connecticut 787 Posts |
Playing guitar is relaxing. Perhaps because I've been doing it since I was little. My first love is the keyboard though.
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Mr. Mystoffelees Inner circle I haven't changed anyone's opinion in 3623 Posts |
I switched to harmonica after many years of guitar. It has some very nice advantages as mentioned. But doing diatonic blues, you gotta carry about 6 around to be able to sit in... might go back to my Xaphoon...
Also known, when doing rope magic, as "Cordini"
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Bill Hilly Elite user 449 Posts |
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On 2012-07-13 14:16, stoneunhinged wrote: I have two long-neck banjos. Three extra frets so I can go down low. Can a banjo feed you? Sure. At certain festivals I stroll around in the morning, picking and saying, "Good morning," to other campers. They feed me... Probably to stop me from playing. For the record, I play guitar too, with one of them fancy neck bracket harp holders. So lest anyone think the thread is being highjacked by banjo players. |
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
Q: Why guitar?
A: Buckethead. For the rockers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYxrdrzmuUw For the mellow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bEiGC8mm_Q For the Miles Davis fans: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx4QkA2Dtx0 For the romantics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8akmP6Sjv2o For anyone who wants to remember what it felt like to see the sun set over the ocean for the first time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqHQyQHu-RE For fans of all things Halloween: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXZTxAUqGL4 For the finger-flickers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czpwrg8zNls And finally, one just for Critter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=end......4hOI9LyE
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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MagicSanta Inner circle Northern Nevada 5841 Posts |
I am unable to learn the harmonica because I hae no talent. To show you I try I have my 532/20 MS BLUES HARP IN C right here and I bleat on it every night
Screw all of you harp players for making me feel bad. In Canada you would be arrested . A special evil eye to Andrew Whimhurst who I otherwise really like but he plays one hell of a harp and guitar (find Chase The Ace by The Groove KingsK. I can't juggle I can't play an instrument I can't see my feet Stop the hate! |
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magicalaurie Inner circle Ontario, Canada 2962 Posts |
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On 2012-07-13 13:44, critter wrote: Or a jaw harp. |
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts |
If chicks were smart they'd go after the harmonica players, for reasons I shan't reveal
You can make a... uh... firecracker... using a harmonica case. You wanna hear a great harp blower who can also sing? Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8-CKwqQxRE Now, Junior's partnership with Buddy Guy actually illustrates why both instruments are great!
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts |
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On 2012-07-13 18:59, magicalaurie wrote: You win!
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
~Will Rogers |
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magicalaurie Inner circle Ontario, Canada 2962 Posts |
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Steve_Mollett Inner circle Eh, so I've made 3006 Posts |
Now if you play guitar and harmonica together, you can be a Bob Dylan-style folk singer.
By the by, If I'm not mistaken, tomorrow is the centennial of the birth of Woody Guthrie.
Author of: GARROTE ESCAPES
The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth. - Albert Camus |
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
Everybody loves some fancy down home spoon playing! (Especially at the table for impromptu dinner time entertainment in finer restaurants!)
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts |
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On 2012-07-13 19:11, mastermindreader wrote: I never thought my act would be stolen by a legend!
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
~Will Rogers |
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magicalaurie Inner circle Ontario, Canada 2962 Posts |
Yes! You're right. Wow, it's been awhile since I picked up a pair of spoons!
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