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Steve Baker

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harmonicanick
1816 posts
Feb 06, 2013
3:10 PM

Was in Bristol uk on Sunday night, jammin' with Eddie Martin Band.

Also joined on stage by Marc Ford of the Red Crowes on guitar.

Steve, remember, invented the SBS harp, XB40, and Crossover for the Hohner company

A very good night, sorry no vids.

REM
222 posts
Feb 06, 2013
11:36 PM

Steve didn't invent the XB40.
The invention of the XB40 is credited to Rick Epping, although he got the basic idea for the "sympathetic/responder reeds" from Will Scarlett (he then designed the XB40 without Will's permission). Brendan Power also came up with the idea of sympathetic/responder reeds completely separately of Will Scarlett. Brendan has posted a really interesting history of all this on his website.

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