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  68  <p>I'd rather model harmonica holders</p>
  69  <p class="subtitle"> Bob Dylan<br />and the harp</p>
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  81 <h1>Resources</h1>
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  83 <li><a style="letter-spacing:1px; font-family:'Century Gothic', verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-transform:uppercase;" href="harpkeys.htm">Christer Svensson's list <br />
  84 of Dylan song harp keys</a></li>
  85 <li><a href="bob_dylans_blues_harp_1961.htm">Bob Dylan's 1961 Blues Harp</a></li>
  86 <li><a href="harplinks.htm">Harp links</a></li>
  87 <li><a href="trivia.htm">Dylan Harp Trivia</a><br />
  88 What kind of harp does Dylan use?<br />
  89 &quot;Dylan's harp for sale&quot;<br />
  90 Dylan harp keys<br />
  91 &quot;Re: Harmonicaless Bob&quot; </li>
  92 <li><a href="../23_saved/what_can_i_do_for_you.htm">Transcription of harp solo at the end of &quot;What Can I Do For You&quot; (from <em>Saved</em>)</a></li>
  93 <li class="center">* * * </li>
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  95 <p>There are those - especially among &quot;professional&quot; harpers - who don't like
  96     the way Dylan plays the harp. A common line of argument is something like &quot;I respect
  97     him as a songwriter and a performer, but my 4-year old son plays better harp than
  98     him.&quot; (this is a genuine quote. If you search this page thoroughly, you'll find a
  99     link to some more similar quotes. Read on your own risk!)</p>
 100     <p>Then there are those who go mad about almost anything he plays - be it good or outright
 101     bad. </p>
 102     <p>And then there are us middle men, archive crawlers, dust researchers, who admit that
 103     Little Walter has a <em>slightly</em> better technique on some minor points, but who still
 104     go out and buy a Marine Band and feel satisfied when able to produce some of Dylan's
 105     clumsy, unstable, unsofisticated fills, instead of the great, virtuosic work of Sonny Boy
 106     Williamson or Charlie McCoy (I always thought it's a pity he ended up playing <em>bass</em>,
 107     of all things<a href="trivia2.htm">,</a>on those country records - like <em>Blonde on
 108     Blonde </em>- way back when).</p>
 109     <p>Here's a little miscellany of <a href="trivia.htm">Dylan harp trivia</a> from various sources, concerning Dylan's harp. They are taken from r.m.d. and from the <a href="http://www.garply.com/harp-l/archives/index.html">Harp-L archive</a>. If you know of something that definitely belongs here, <a href="../mail.htm">let me know</a>, and I'll add it.</p>
 110 <p>You should also look into Christer Svensson's comprehensive <a href="harpkeys.htm">list of the harp keys</a> of just about every song Bob's released where there is a harmonica. Very impressive work!&nbsp;I haven't double-checked it, but it seems right. It is at the same time a great exercise in Dylan acronyms...</p>
 111 <p>Last but not least I've made an annotated list of <a href="harplinks.htm">links to general harp sites</a>. It is sadly un-updated by now...</p>
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