{"id":45,"date":"2008-06-14T06:53:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-14T13:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/?p=45"},"modified":"2008-06-14T06:53:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-14T13:53:00","slug":"blues-harp-in-his-hands-mark-graham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/blues-harp-in-his-hands-mark-graham","title":{"rendered":"Blues Harp &#8211; in his hands (Mark Graham)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_2o0Fqb5jAfU\/SDwSepB4CVI\/AAAAAAAAAUg\/JNcwfsaeluw\/s1600-h\/markg087.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_2o0Fqb5jAfU\/SDwSepB4CVI\/AAAAAAAAAUg\/JNcwfsaeluw\/s320\/markg087.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205055586952546642\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Mark Graham is a talented old time musician who combines good music with humor, a rather unusual combination. I was taken with his skill at working his mouth harp with his large, well made hands. He so kindly permitted me to paint this portrait while he was jamming at Folklife this year.<\/p>\n<p>I was recently contacted by a fellow artist, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bcinkart.com\/\">Robert Campbell<\/a>.  He was inspired by this painting of Mark, because his own father used to play the harmonica many years before. He used Mark&#8217;s hands to make this painting:<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_2o0Fqb5jAfU\/SFPbYMjAuWI\/AAAAAAAAAW4\/3o1T0FM74Q0\/s1600-h\/Henry+Harp.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_2o0Fqb5jAfU\/SFPbYMjAuWI\/AAAAAAAAAW4\/3o1T0FM74Q0\/s320\/Henry+Harp.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211750402529212770\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" tabindex=\"10\" onclick=\"return false;\"><span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Graham is a talented old time musician who combines good music with humor, a rather unusual combination. I was taken with his skill at working his mouth harp with his large, well made hands. He so kindly permitted me to paint this portrait while he was jamming at Folklife this year. 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