SONNY TERRY

In them days I just as soon died -- except for my harmonica. It was like a friend who didn't give a damn if I could see or not.

It's very easy to learn. And very difficult to master.

If you've got a good vibrato, you can get away with a lot.

You have to open your mind. I like the ability to express myself in a deep way. It's the closest music to our humanity - it's like a folk music that rises up out of a culture.

So I went out and bought Hard Again by Muddy Waters. That was a big learning curve. I listened to that album again and again and again. James Cotton was the harmonica player on that album.

It's very easy to learn. And very difficult to master.

You have to open your mind. I like the ability to express myself in a deep way. It's the closest music to our humanity - it's like a folk music that rises up out of a culture.

If you've got a good vibrato, you can get away with a lot.

So I went out and bought Hard Again by Muddy Waters. That was a big learning curve. I listened to that album again and again and again. James Cotton was the harmonica player on that album.

In them days I just as soon died -- except for my harmonica. It was like a friend who didn't give a damn if I could see or not.