A belated Happy Birthday to Harpo Marx! And HEAR Harpo actually speak!

[edbermac]

Born Nov 23, 1888



From the Harpo Marx site http://www.harpomarx.net/

Listen to him here talking about a time when he got ill when he was playing piano in a brothel! A surprisingly deep voice.

http://harpomarx.net/harpotalking1.mp3

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. awesome!!

Thanks for the link.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

2. He got such a look of tranquility on his face when he played

There was something approaching a state of grace about him when he sat down at his harp. I love to watch him just to see that absolute peace on his face.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. so cool

just yesterday, I saw the old 'I Love Lucy' where he played 'Take me out to the ball game'. It was beautiful. A blurb came on the screen that told how he played and Vivian Vance sang after they wrapped up the show.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

4. His voice sounds really familiar...

like the voice of someone who did radio show narration or commercials...

Here's a link to "Tenderly": http://www.harpomarx.net/tenderly.mp3

[MilesColtrane]

5. Props to Harpo!

My avatar, John Coltrane, was purported to have begun playing the harp and studying compositions for the instrument after seeing Harpo perform in a Marx Bros. movie.

No Harpo, No development of Coltrane's "sheets of sound" improvisational breakthrough.