Howdy MG,
>quote: So, I guess I've heard "Heart and Soul," though I'm pretty sure not
played on a harmonica, which I'm sure will be a tonic to make me feel
young.
You won’t recognize “Heart and Soul” in the piece unless you cut the speed back to about 80bpm and mute everything but the piano. Then you will hear the “left chair” part of the duet - minus the melody.
>quote: Sorry to hear about the chin. Of all the ways the music profession can
cause personal injury, surely the foot stomp chin knee has got to be
among the more painful, especially if it happens while playing the
harmonica.
Talk about pain caused my music? I was playing at a place called “Benny’s Rebel Room” in Wash. D.C.in 1958. Another sax player from a club down the street came in and wanted to sit in with us and proposed a “battle of the saxes”. We were both walking on the bar playing “heat” and challenging each other. People were stuffing tons of money into the bell of our saxes. I got a little caught up in the moment, and felt like I could jump off the bar onto the dance floor and do a split while playing ( don’t try this at home ). Well, it didn’t turn out too good. The sax hit the floor and both front teeth went flying. They broke off at the gum and the nerves were exposed (try finding a dentist on Sunday afternoon). The bartender ( I remember his name - Bob Parker. Are you out there Bob? ) poured me a 12 ounce glass of “pain medicine” which did work for the pain well enough for me to rejoin the band and sing a song called “Sweet Apple Cider”, which at that moment became better known as “Fweet Apple Fider”.
Cheers..
Fred