How to Play the Harmonica: And Other Life Lessons

Not since seeing Borrah Minevitch & His Harmonica Rascals have I laughed so much! This book delivers on it's promise to teach you how to play the harmonica, but the lion's share of the book is about learning how to play in life. Humor was definitely bred in the bones of the Barry family!

I'm the guy who handed Sam that Hohner harmonica back in the late 60's. It was chrome colored and bigger than the usual small harmonicas you see, and it was concave and had a nice etching. Anyway, Sam took to it like, well, a seal to the sea. I really don't think I've ever heard a better harmonica player than Sam. He is in truth prodigiously good at it. He lives it-- as the Buddha, the Bubba, (or maybe even the Dubya) might say, he is one with it. This book is going to be a fun read for you. If you're like me, a slavish servant of corporate America-- one of the minions-- (you know who you are--) you will find release and inspiration in the gentle prodding here to let go a little, give it up a little, and have a little fun. If you've ever wanted to wail along with Bonnie Raitt, or Percy Sledge, or possibly even Perry Como, here's a way you can do it and here's some know-how to get you there, blowing and drawing on your own harmonica. Let Sam teach you how to relax, breathe, and enjoy yourself musically. If you ever get to see him in action, with his SF bands or with senior brother Dave and the Rock Bottom Remainders, you will understand, this is a guy who knows how to have fun. Sam is disarming, easy like lemonade on a breezy summer day, he can make you laugh, he can make you smile... Sam is heart and soul.