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The December 8th Christmas celebration was great! If you missed it, I wish you hadn’t. Though we enjoyed the wonderful food and libations the camaraderie and music were certainly the best

Christmas music has always been associated with festive-ness and fun. In my mind it’s irrelevant whether holiday songs are religious or even silly. Throughout my life I’ve enjoyed listening, learning and singing to so many of these tunes with friends, family and even strangers.

Well, our club seems to be on a pleasant cruise control. Every meeting, we have an enthusiastic bunch of people always ready to share their music and ideas

We have a seasonal theme (or challenge) for open mic this month. See if you can find a song about autumn …

The News FROM SCOTT I don’t mean to be bragging that I got to go to the SPAH convention (Society for the Preservation and Advancement of the Harmonica) this past…
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Jean-Baptiste “Toots” Thielemans Solo Instrumentalist (Harmonica and Guitar) 2009 NEA Jazz Master, Brussels, Belgium Date of birth: Apr 29, 1922 | Date of death: Aug 22, 2016

Another one of the stars from the “golden age” of the harmonica has left us.

AUGUST 12, 2015, BY DAN DARU DENVER — The sound is unmistakable and instantly recognizable. The harmonica. Invented in Germany but is now a part of the American fabric.

When Harland Crain tires of playing one of his harmonicas, he selects another from his breathtaking array – believed to be the world’s largest private collection. During the last 20…
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