Cyclop mouth organ I spied with my little eye an interestingly monikered mouth organ advertised in Toowoomba 1923 (below right) - the “easy blowing” Cyclop. Left: Cyclop Accordion advertisement (Catholic Press Sydney 1911) Right: ‘Easy blowing Cyclop Mouth Organs (Toowoomba Chronicle 1923) Definitely not an Australian brand name mouth organ, but available down under perhaps … Continue reading One Eyed
My latest acquisition. The one after the 266 (I said move over once - and a half). However more likely after the 265 as the 266 was originally the 264 1/2. Confused welcome to the world of harmonica identification. The 48 Chord Harmonica (also known as the Akkorda) was manufactured nearly ten years later than … Continue reading No. 267
The year was 1970 when Rebel, a little known Melbourne record label released two highly significant singles in Australian music history, both featuring the mouth harp of a young Matt Taylor. Rebel was owned by Peter Goodman (a former member of the band The Town Criers) and they would press eleven singles and one long … Continue reading Rebel’s Yell
Hello there Riff Raffers, “ My mother said I was an animal for my wild and wicked ways. My father said I was an animal cos I would not wash for days. My girlfriend said I was a dog and I guess she oughta know. A man's best friend in human form I'm a D-I-N-G-O." (Ross … Continue reading By Dingoes
Some people I know are not aware that Billy Thorpe blew the gob iron. There’s a few who think I'm crazy, but here is the evidence that Bill did indeed play the harmonica. Who would have thought that a clean cut ‘Mod’ with songs like, ‘Somewhere Over The Rainbow’ and ‘Mashed Potato’, would transform … Continue reading Forpies’ Blues Burger (No Mashed Potato)
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