From: Michael Will Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 13:56:14 -0700 Subject: Re: Getting Kids to Play (was re: Foreign Contamination)
> 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.
One of the groups at the MasterClass was Joe Mass and the Generation Gap. The Generation Gap are Joe's sons, JR on Bass Harp, and Joe Jr on the 2 foot long chord harp. Both the sons played with Jerry Murad and the Harmonicats. Joe (Sr) said he knew Jerry for 3 months shy of 50 year, and they did a tribute number to him.
Anyway, one of the stories Joe told was about how he got his kids interested in playing.
He had a box of harmonicas.
And a sign on the box.
"Do Not Touch"
Of course the kids snuck around and learned to play behind his back. One day they asked their dad if they could play with their dad. He tome 'em sure, but you'll need to practice first. They said well um er let's just try it. And they had one song (forget which) *down*!
