Larry adler was born in baltimore in 19 14 to sh emigrants from ukraine. At the age of two he wandered away from home and was later found at a local bar, standing on top of a pool table and singing,. i've got the profit hearing blues to wild applause. He had perfect pitch, an astounding musical memory; could make the harmonica sing in a way that no one else has ever done. Adler once argued with the greatest tennis player of all time, after roger fetterer. In his autobiography name drops keep falling on my head: frank lesser's wife - "the evil of two lessers"