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WALTER DANIELS - THE HARMONICA AND ME

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Walter Daniels has just released an album that he'll soon be telling us all about. But first, it seemed to us that he was the best person to talk about the instrument we love so much: the harmonica. Thank you, Walter, for sharing these words with us. Walter Daniels' harmonicas I got a harmonica when I was a kid- maybe 5 years old. I was living outside of Chicago in Homewood, Illinois. I played with it some- but it sat in a drawer for many years. I moved to Woodlands, Texas in 1978. I remember seeing the Midnight Special,  a tv show, they had an episode with Paul Butterfield and John Mayall. Great harmonica players, and this made me interested in the instrument. However, I saw a blues documentary which had Johnny Woods on it, his harmonica playing and singing really made me want to reach for the instrument. I had an interest in the saxophone, but I did not own one.  I got a fever for the harmonica and really started playing it and listening for it in songs. Once that ha...