David Mccarn

It can be argued that no city as dull as North Carolina's Gastonia has ever received a tribute in song as lively as the "Gastonia Gallup," originally cut by local harmonica hotshot David McCarn in the '30s. The harmonica, the most portable of instruments, managed to infiltrate just about every conceivable style of American music, as if in every musical setting there is always someone lurking with one in their pocket, waiting for a chance to blow. McCarn was part of the first generations of American harmonica virtuosos whose various musical interests were celebrated in the fasc...