The Salem Statesman Journal, Salem Oregon
March 4, 2004

Players To Blow Their Stuff in Salem - By Angela Yeager

“From blues to R&B, harmonica players will show their skills Sunday.
 
Some world-class harmonica players are going to be heating things up in Salem this weekend.
 
Lefty’s Pizzeria and Blues Club is presents its first Harmonica Meltdown on Sunday. The all ages concert features harp (that’s short for harmonica) players James Harman, Mark Hummel, Paul deLay, John Nemeth and David Lipkind.
 
The youngest of the group is 33-year-old Lipkind, who has become the go-to guy for bands in need of a versatile harmonica player. Lipkind plays trance-style country blues with Mark Lemhouse Band, country-fried hard rock with I Can Lick Any SOB in the House and whacked-out country punk roots music with Spigot. He has played with jazz, bluegrass and traditional blues bands. And he even played harmonica on one song of indie- pop band The Decemberist’s album “Her Majesty The Decemberists.”
 
In other words, this is not your grandma’s harmonica playing.”