Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA, January 11th, 2008
Bluesman Corky Siegel debuts Harmonica Concerto with Lancaster Symphony Orchestra DETAILS
After writing his third symphonic piece for harmonica and orchestra, two words crowded the thoughts of bluesman Corky Siegel: Never again.
The work of writing for a symphony was too tedious, too time- consuming, too hard.
So Siegel, something of a legend in Chicago blues circles, was ready when Stephen Gunzenhauser, the conductor and music director of Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, asked him to write something.
"What Stephen didn't know was that I had vowed to never do it again," Siegel said during a t...
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