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From: Jack Ely
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 08:11:51 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Foreign Contamination

Reminds me of an affliction which ran rampant through the Buckeye State
Harmonica Club several years ago. Three high school age boys were the
carriers and everyone in the club caught it. It was eventually diagnosed
as HARMONONUCLEOSIS (A mouth organism).

The group (yes, that was their name) played the traditional harmonica trio
instruments, chromatic, chord, bass, plus some diatonic - but their music
was anything but traditional. Not yet of driving age, the fathers brought
them 30 miles to meetings and thus became hooked on harmonica themselves.
BTW - Hooked on Harmonica was the title of our first club album (33 1/3)
and one side was devoted to the boys. We haven't decided yet if it was
side one or side two, the album had two front covers and no back (Yes,
we're all crazy). The three have gone their separate ways but two of them
are still involved with harmonica. Mark has recently moved to St. Louis
and is involved with the Gateway Harmonica Club. I don't know what
happened to Greg. John has been playing bass for Harpers Bizarre.

I don't think we realized what was happening - My god! Here were young
people playing the harmonica - no one was twisting their arms - and they
were getting good at it. Would that it happen again - sigh, not likely.

[Yes, I know this did not quite follow the subject thread, but
I couldn't help myself. ...so, Hohner whip me!]

--Jack %%%%%%%%%%%% HARMONI-FLECTIONS HERE %%%%%%%%%%%