Picture Butte, Alta., man Floyd Barto has played the harmonica his entire life.“I’m known here in the Lethbridge area as the ‘Harmonica Rascal,’” the 84-year-old said. “I started when I was five — my dad’s cousin gave me a harmonica and I’ve been playing it ever since.”Barto went on to perform professionally for about 30 years in Edmonton.Now, for the first time, Floyd is gracing social media with his outstanding harmonica skills, and the response has blown him away.
Big-name music artists taking performances online during coronavirus pandemic “Oh, it’s amazing,” Barto said. “The first one I did I think I got 1.4 thousand people watching, it was amazing.