So John Frazer and I were in a band in the early 80's, a trio that played 5 nights a week at a hotel in El Centro--he is the guy who first introduced me to the harmonica!
And Harmonica John is also responsible for another important harp related activity--he gave me a box of distressed 260 model Hohners to refurbish in the 90's, which got me started with that part of my life. I had begun working on harps, but not retuning chromatics--it enabled me to experiment, and I am still doing that.
And it was that ability to perform repairs that basically got me the job as a technician with Suzuki after the turn of the century, thanks to another friend, Daron Stinton.
Small world, eh?