Jan 21 2020
Cross Harp by Nedra Russ
In the 20th-century, southern black musicians found the devil in the harmonica. The cheap and portable instrument was made at Hohner’s workshop in Germany for use in traditional European waltzes and marches, but when it…
May 9 2017
How many types of Harmonicas are there? I say as many as needed for the many types of music it is used for. Harmonicas come in all shapes and sizes, it is mind boggling. At SPAH each year all types…
May 5 2017
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Sep 30 2012
Walter Horton was born in Horn Lake, MS (April 6, 1917), but his mother soon moved to Memphis where Walter taught himself how to play the harmonica at five years of age. He later learned more about his instrument by…
Jul 9 2012
Kennedy mine head spirits of the miners on there way out from the argonaut "Spirits over Jackson"
The photos I used to create this work are of the miners and the firefighters that tried to save them.
The Argonaut produced…
May 31 2012
May 24 2012
Shortly after Hohner began manufacturing harmonicas in 1857, he shipped some to relatives who had emigrated to the United States. Its music rapidly became popular, and the country became an enormous market for Hohner's goods.
Winslow Yerxa President of SPAH:…
May 7 2012
#1: When and how did you get involved with SPAH
My first SPAH was Detroit 1990. I believe that the first year I volunteered was Memphis 1994 and have tried to be as involved as I could in…
May 3 2012
#1: I got to meet you last year when I took your seminar and learned that you know allot about the history of the harmonica.
I would say you are a great historian of the instrument, I enjoyed your…
Apr 19 2012