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From: "don d."
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 19:29:45 -0800
Subject: Re: Melodica - Truly Superior

> Yet the melodica gets even less respect than the harmonica - even
> from harmonica players. I hear not a peep about its superior
> phrasing consistency from Bonfiglio or Hunter, nor about its
> harmonic versatility from Levy or Thielemans. And despite the
> soulful playing of Augustus Pablo, not a whisper from Stevie,
> either! Speed? Popper won't even discuss it. And that consummate
> showman and mirror-gazer Adler still hides his face from the
> audience. Neither do I hear Tate, Giordano, Filisko, Sleigh,
> Missin, Pruitt, Romel, Dannecker - not even the maverick Naruhn -
> buzzing excitedly about customizing or improving this already
> superior breath activated free reed instrument.
>
> Must be jealousy. Hey harmonica players - starting to feel
> embarrassed about that ridiculous little honeycomb box you blow
> and suck on? Stop insulting yourself and step up to a *real
> instrument!
>
> Winslow Yerxa
> Z
> Z

But Winslow, Billy Preston did blow an incredible melodica solo on
"Going 'Round In Circles." Which by the way harpers, is a great solo to
try to learn on chromatic, and can even be done on a diatonic. I use to
do that tune in a band I was in years ago. When I first heard the song,
I thought it was a chromatic, until I saw Billy in concert and saw it
was a melodica.

Don D.