These are the first musicians I ever played with, on Royal Street in the French Quarter in New Orleans. Washboard Lisa on the left and Augie on the National, and often there were horn players and an upright piano on wheels. Back in those days electronic amplification wasn't allowed in the Quarter so I had to blow harmonica really loud in order to be heard over the other instruments, which improved my tone dramatically. One day I blew so hard that I actually snapped off a metal reed inside the harmonica and sucked it down my throat and swallowed it.