June 28, 2009

Recording artist and White County native Lonnie Glosson was instrumental in popularizing the harmonica nationwide beginning in the 1930s. Nicknamed the “Talking Harmonica Man,” Glosson continued to perform well into his nineties. He is shown here performing at almost eighty years old.

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