By Dream Team, I mean there's Ray Tankersley, former Minnevitch Rascal (and previous owner of my 48 chord); Cappy Lafell, the world's greatest Polyphonia player on the Poly, Tom Stryker, Danny Wilson, Al Fiore and other famous dudes:
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Here's a list of all the guys there: Ray Tankersley, Tom Stryker, Danny Wilson, Cappy Lafell, Tom Tressler, Bob Meteve, Gene Mysliwiac, Frank Robinson, Dick Zapf, Ray Miller, Ray Gardner, Vic Beltoya, Buddy Boblink, Wally Peterman, AL Fiore, & Ed Mossener.
I love how you can hear Cappy's Polyphonia throughout the piece.
The "2 foot long harps" are Chord Harmonicas. Actually 2 complete harps, total of 48 distinct sets of 4-hole chords. The better players can tongue block between 2 sets and make even more chords. To their right in the rear of the band is the Bass Harmonica. Also two rows - a few octaves of a complete chromatic scale, all on blow notes!
The first time I heard these harps played live was at SPAH and I was literally blown away. I recommend SPAH to anyone - no matter how much you think you know about the instrument you will learn a LOT more.
What's SPAH? Check out http://www.spah.org ---------- /Greg
