Curiosidades

- Big John -

1963 - Larry Stagg & Vince Melosky

The story of “Big John”Built in 1932 by Larry Stagg, Vince Melosky and Bill Forsyth for the Detroit Junior Optimist it is brought to SPAH in 1963 and makes the local Detroit news Then “Big John” goes nationwide, flying to New York and appearing on Apr. 8, 1963, on Gary Moore’s I’ve Got a Secret and at the Hohner Company  By 1967, “Big John” travels to Toronto for a CanSPAH gathering where it is played by a SPAH group Vince Melosky & Earl Collins acquires”Big John” in 1975 and displays it at the Lincoln Park Historical Museum in 1978. Where is it now? Hopefully, another harmonica-loving home like this one was. 1964-Sgro Brothers, Dominic and Tony 1963-flying to New York Earl Collins, Larry Stagg, Gordon Mitchell, Dennis Paperd, Ginny & Vince Melosky 1963-Detroit news  1963-Detroit news 1963-Detroit news 1963-1967, “Big John” travels to Toronto for a CanSPAH Vince Melosky, Richard Harris, Chuck Moll, Ginny Melosky, Gordon Mitchell &  Al Fogel 1963 1963 1963 at the Hohner Company - Earl Collins, Dennis Paperd, Ginny Melosky, Gordon Mitchell, Larry Stagg & Vince Melosky