MP
775 posts
Aug 26, 2010
2:29 PM
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i can think of only one or two harp players who ever played the white house.
1) jerry portnoy -when he was w/ muddy, played for jimmy carter.
2) not sure, but since willie nelson played for bill clinton, i think mickey raphael would have been there too.
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Elwood
511 posts
Aug 26, 2010
2:36 PM
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Abraham Lincoln played harmonica, or so I've read.
"Two of my favorite things are sitting on my front porch smoking a pipe and playing my Hohner harmonica;" is a quote that's associated with him. But was Hohner the namebrand in Lincoln's day? Could have been an ad campaign.
Last Edited by on Aug 26, 2010 2:37 PM
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XHarp
408 posts
Aug 26, 2010
2:38 PM
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Well from a quick web search I see the following,
Larry Adler played at the white house for Truman but also Truman accompanied him on keyboards at the time and there are two guys who have also played in the white house, but they seemed to be living there at the time.
"Both Calvin Coolidge and Woodrow Wilson are said to have been accomplished harmonica players who played often while they resided in the White House."
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Buzadero
516 posts
Aug 26, 2010
3:15 PM
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Stevie Wonder
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ZackPomerleau
1034 posts
Aug 26, 2010
5:05 PM
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Hohner wasn't even around while Lincoln was alive I thought...And, Truman was HIS piano player or just played that day with him?
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Sandy88
89 posts
Aug 26, 2010
5:07 PM
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Bob, Bruce
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shanester
202 posts
Aug 26, 2010
5:20 PM
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There were harmonicas before Hohner, and Hohner existed for about nine years of Lincoln's life
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XHarp
409 posts
Aug 26, 2010
5:37 PM
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Zack,according to the intenet sources Truman played with him that one time only and only for one song.
according to the biography notes....
"When Adler played at the White House, President Harry Truman sat down at the piano to accompany ``The Missouri Waltz.´´ When the music ended, Adler cracked: ``You´re a hell of a better president than you are a pianist.´´
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ZackPomerleau
1035 posts
Aug 26, 2010
6:25 PM
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Shane, I have heard that is a false quote from HarpL or HarpTalk.
X, thanks for that cool anecdote!
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shanester
203 posts
Aug 26, 2010
8:09 PM
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Zack, are they saying false that Lincoln played harp or that he played a hohner? I had heard that he carried a harmonica but without reference to brand.
It just looks feasible that it could have been a hohner because they were in factory production during his presidency.
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Shane
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gene
547 posts
Aug 27, 2010
4:09 AM
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“Two of my favorite things are sitting on my front porch smoking a pipe of sweet hemp, and playing my Hohner harmonica.” – Abraham Lincoln (from a letter written by Lincoln during his presidency to the head of the Hohner Harmonica Company in Germany).
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toddlgreene
1717 posts
Aug 27, 2010
4:32 AM
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I've seen photos of Kenny Loggins presenting Bill Clinton with a harmonica-don't know if this was in the White House or not, though.
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HarveyHarp
111 posts
Aug 27, 2010
7:24 AM
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And on a lighter note, there is the story of why Bill Clinton gave up the Saxaphone.
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XHarp
411 posts
Aug 27, 2010
8:55 AM
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"... smoking a pipe of sweet hemp, and playing my Hohner harmonica.” – Abraham Lincoln
Sweet Hemp???? Hmmmm..... Wonder what was really in that pipe? Was it customary to smoke hemp as a tobacco or was it pot? For a president I assume that this is merely tobacco however, it is a curious remark.
Anyone?
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barbequebob
1192 posts
Aug 27, 2010
9:50 AM
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Actually, there was one US President that did actually play harmonica and that was Ronald Reagan.
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MP
779 posts
Aug 27, 2010
9:52 AM
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harmonica lewinsky!!
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MP
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MP
780 posts
Aug 27, 2010
9:55 AM
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i saw a harp w/ pics of reagan and gorbachev on the box.
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MP
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Last Edited by on Aug 27, 2010 9:57 AM
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HarveyHarp
112 posts
Aug 27, 2010
10:08 AM
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@MP You're close. It is HorMonica
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MP
781 posts
Aug 27, 2010
1:38 PM
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Harvey, my bad. DOH!!
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MP
hibachi cook for the yakuza
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gene
548 posts
Aug 27, 2010
2:43 PM
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Xharp:
Hemp is pot.
Here's where I copied that quote from.
Last Edited by on Aug 27, 2010 2:44 PM
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MP
782 posts
Aug 27, 2010
4:30 PM
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so abe lincoln was a hemp player pottering around the porch w/ a harp at the white house?
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MP
hibachi cook for the yakuza
doctor of semiotics
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shanester
208 posts
Aug 27, 2010
5:42 PM
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Yes, the founding fathers and early American settlers smoked pot.
Hemp was the major moneymaking export back then, along with tobacco.
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Shane
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