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"OLD FRIEND" - Harmonica - Ode to Mr Toots Thielemans

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Uploaded by on Sep 18, 2008

Chris plays on his Suzuki chromatic harmonica SCX-64,16 Holes, 64 notes, in key of C, a version of the song "OLD FRIEND".

It's an ODE to JEAN BAPTISTE (his real firstnames) THIELEMANS, because he is a worldfamous Harmonicaplayer and I like several of his songs very much.

At the moment Mr Thielemans is 86 years old, lives in Belgium, my neighbour-country, in the capital city of Brussels, and he is still performing in theaters all over Europe, it's quite an achievement!

My special thanks to my beloved wife "Mayka", she recorded this video and she advised me on the small scale of note-changing in this song.

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  • emmm meneer zoek nog is mr toots op.....

  • Beste Armani,

    Hartelijk dank voor je reaktie, ben blij dat je de muziek van Mr. Toots zo mooi vind, hij is nog steeds een wereldster op zijn mondharmonica, Toots was onlangs nog op onze NL TV in het programma "De Wereld draait door", waar Willem Duys toen ook was, Toots is nu 89 jaar en geeft nog steeds voorstellingen.

    Ik ga in de toekomst vast nog iets van Toots spelen, voorlopig staan er songs van andere sterren op onze planning !!

    Fijne week verder.

    Hartelijke groeten van Chris - Mayka.

  • Prachtig, Chris! Een ode aan een virtuoos speler, Toots!

    Het is ook heel leuk om je zo vol overgave te zien spelen!

    Fijne week verder voor jou en Mayka!

    Roeleke

  • Beste Roeleke,

    Dank voor het luisteren naar 1 van de eerste songs die ik lang geleden speelde, Toots is en blijft mijn grote voorbeeld, ik speel altijd met veel passie, tijdens het spelen zit ik helemaal in mijn song.

    Misschien kun je wel horen dat ik toen nog niet zo lang speelde, had veel minder ervaring, ik zou de song nu veel mooier kunnen spelen, maakt niet uit !!

    nogmaals dank voor je reaktie.

    Hartelijke groeten van Chris.

  • HAPPY Easter to you too my Friend!!

  • Dear Luis,

    Thank you so much for your wonderful Easter wishes to us, have a very nice week, take good care of yourself !!

    Our best wishes to you and your family !!

    Dearest greetings from Chris and Mayka – The Netherlands - Europe.

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  • A beautiful song and so pretty on the harmonica. Thank you Chris and Mayka for sharing. I love it. Love hearing you talk and your beautiful accent. I hope you are having a great day, and have a wonderful weekend. Gwen

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  • That great man i like it!

  • Dear Luis,

    Thank you so much for listening to my song "Old Friend".

    Thanks too for your compliment and wonderful comment, this video was 1 of my first live performances on YouTube and I had to improve my harmonica playing at that time, my playing is much better now, but I am never satisfied with the way I can play my music, I always try to improve my playing, that's a big challenge for me.

    I wish you a wonderful Easter weekend, my best wishes to you and your family

    Best regards from Chris

  • Come on man U make me cry dude VERY NICE SONG u are a master thanks for give to us that veautifull music

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