I don't think many fans of Jimi Hendrix found their way to flatpicking guitar playing or John Fahey.
Winslow writes
I dunno. I found my way everywhere I've ever been with the harmonica from hearing Jack Bruce wheeze out his two-note solo in Spoonful on Fresh Cream. First to other Brit rockers using harp (Stones, Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Yardbirds), then to Butterfield and Musselwhite, then the Walters and the Sonny Boys, the Piedmont School. the Chicago School, Larry Adler, Stevie Wonder, Toots, Tommy Reilly, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc.
So don't write off Popper's potential for starting the ball rolling for young players.
Gold is where you find it.
One never knows - do one?
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I find this interesting, I'm in my mid 40's and pretty much like all forms of music from Classical to Heavy Metal. Well maybe not Opera but I won't take you there. Anyhow I always long to learn the Harmonica. Tried it once when I was 20. At the time I had no instructional material available and tossed the idea.
Now years later my son (14), plays the piano & guitar, brings home a BT CD. I like any good father wanting to bond with their son pops open a beer, pulls out his guitar and starts jamming with his boy. But low and behold I hear this harp! I remember my yearning to play.
The next thing I know I'm on the INTERNET looking for TABs and instructional information. I run into harp-l.... A half dozen books & videos and 20 something blues artists CD's later I'm jamming the blues along with the best. Not very good mind you but jamming nevertheless. By the way, enough with the CD is great discussions, you guys are killing me :') Now my son picks up one of my Harp and starts doodling with Popper, decides he wants to learn to play. Now I come home, he's in his room trying to play some of Poppers stuff. But when I go to practice guess where I have to go to find my Sonny Terry's licks book?
