Saturday, November 16, 2013

Over the Waves

D.W. Roberts: harmonica
Ray (Zoomer) Roberts: tuba
Recorded circa 1966

Daddy played the "French harp" all his life. He learned from my grandfather (H.E. Roberts, 1877-1947) on expensive instruments such as the one shown below. I played tuba in the school band for seven years. One night we tried putting the two of them together. This is the result. This is probably the only recording of me playing the tuba in existence. Fortunately, we made other recordings of Daddy playing the French harp -- and with subtler accompaniment, too!

Click to hear Over the Waves