Larry Adler...It Ain't Necessarily So

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Larry Adler is generally recognised as the best harmonica player of all time. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, into a Jewish family and graduated from the Baltimore City College high school. He taught himself harmonica (which he preferred to call a mouth-organ) and began playing professionally at the age of 14.

Adler moved to the United Kingdom in 1949, having been forced to leave the USA after accusations of sympathising with communism. This led to a general sentiment of disregard for him in North America during the 1950s; he moved to Great Britain, and spent the rest of his life there.

Apart from his career as a musician, Adler also made appearances in several movies. He was also known as a prolific letter writer, with his correspondence with the satirical magazine Private Eye becoming legendary. Larry wrote an autobiography — entitled It Ain't Necessarily So — in 1985, and worked as a food critic for Harpers & Queen for some time.

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