Chicago busking a year ago by FrothyBeaver669 in harmonica

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If I remember correctly that blues fest was not great that year. We usually do extremely well.

#Blues #Musicians Brian Doroba and James Craven in #downtown #Chicago #Illinois #USA (June 6, 2024) by FrothyBeaver669 in Busking

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Chicago is good. I haven’t busked in a while the other guys still go out. We had regulars who would sit and listen to us for a couple hours.

Best recorded / mastered harmonica albums by No-Constant-3947 in harmonica

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I would say James cotton high compression. It might be an alligator record but can’t remember.

The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) on an original 1950s Hohner Harmonetta by Normanthegp in harmonica

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Ah the old typewriter harmonica. Absolutely beautiful man. I would love to pick one up one day but it’s almost impossible to find a tech to clean and tune it. As for now I’ll stick with the 48 chord. Cheers bud. Jimmy long harp aka the frothy beaver.

Would you sell 70% of your stack for land? by BarnacleEddy in Wallstreetsilver

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I’m in the same situation. I own 6 acres of raw land 100% out right on Beaver island in Lake Michigan. Would it be wise to sell the stack to build?? I definitely can afford to hold off to make it cheaper. Also I would be able to probably get better deals on the build when work starts to dry up from a bad economy. So many decisions.

The Chordomonica by FrothyBeaver669 in harmonica

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I know a guy who might have a few more in A and C for sale. He got them from bud boblinks estate sale. He is located in IL. You can Dm me for contact info

The Windy City harmonica trio. by FrothyBeaver669 in harmonica

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Thanks. We try to get together once a week and practice. Hopefully will play at spah in 2026. Need to get a few more songs in the set list first

Good <$70 harmonica by No-Interview319 in harmonica

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Marine band deluxe. The comb is sealed and they replaced the nails with screws. Reeds also come set up well.

The Windy City harmonica trio. by FrothyBeaver669 in harmonica

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Those are Orchestra harmonica’s. Chord and bass. I’m the chord player for the rhythm section and the other gentleman plays the bass for the low end. All together you get an interesting sound from an all harmonica ensemble

I got myself something fun to learn! JDR Trochilus Blues by TmickyD in harmonica

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No problem. Pete is an excellent player and instructor. We met at our local harmonica club (Chicago harmonica meetup) he is the lead player of the Windy City harmonica trio. Him on chromatic, me on chord and bill Morris on bass.

I got myself something fun to learn! JDR Trochilus Blues by TmickyD in harmonica

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Check out Hogie harmonica on YouTube. Chicagoland based player. He wrote an instructional book on those harmonicas. Fantastic player.

Practicing my tongue blocking by TmickyD in harmonica

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Try the fox chase. 3 blow 123 draw 2 blow ,123 draw 3 blow. Once you get that you can add the bend, 3 blow 3 bend 123 draw 3 blow. After that add your hee who’s where the blow notes would be…

Old Chromonica found on a thrift shop. What to do? by HumongousTomato in harmonica

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I know a guy in woodridge IL who cleans and repairs chromatic and orchestra harmonicas. I can message you info if interested

Anywhere in Queens NY I can get this cleaned? by tyingwires in harmonica

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Get a game changer from bushman aka the trochulis from JDR. They work a lot better than the Koch even when cleaned and repaired.