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Frank Bard's new diatonic harmonica CD, "Harmonica From The Heartland", which is complete with
the accompaniment of seven all acoustic instrumentalists, will soon be available through many on line retailers.
I'll add their links as they become available.
A review from SPAH's Harmonica Happenings magazine. Summer 2002.
" Recently I got a CD from Frank Bard called "Harmonica From The Heartland".
It's an engaging bit of music, mostly familiar favorites with a sprinkling
of original tunes thrown in for good measure. Frank's been playing for
years and he specializes in playing standards, everything from Gospel to
Rags to Jazz. Playing good straight harp is deceptively difficult and very
few ever really master the technique. Frank plays melodies with some nice
fills.
The group of musicians that he has assembled to back him sound like
they've been playing together for a lifetime. I have a soft spot for
old-time music and acoustic arranging. It feels like that pair of shoes
that you wear to work in your yard; comforatble in a way that fresh, new
store-bought shoes can't match. Bard's music feels like that and I enjoyed
listening to every cut on the CD."
(Peter Krampert, author of
The Encyclopedia of the Harmonica)