Posted on April 4, 2008 by bigrab
I can find no info on this but I suspect it is probably the Morton Fraser Gang, Borra Minnevitch and the Harmonica Rascals or a similar band. There were many of these harmonica groups from the 1930’s through to the 60’s playing in variety.
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Posted on April 4, 2008 by bigrab
I can’t express how good this clip is so you’ll just have to watch it. Graham Bond from 1965 with Ginger Baker on drums and Jack Bruce on bass (and harmonica) with Dick Heckstall-Smith on sax from the film “Gonks Go Beat”. The film also starred Terry Scott, Kenneth Connor, Arthur Mullard and Lulu! (info [...]
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Posted on March 26, 2008 by bigrab
On Saturday night my pal Kit quoted his late mum as describing me as “Dumbarton’s Larry Adler”. Actually whereas I can tootle about on blues harmonica a bit, the late Larry Adler was a true classical virtuoso and universally respected musician. I was fortunate enough to meet Larry in 1993 and heard him play twice [...]
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