Re: Timbuk3 / Pat MacDonald

[Barry Schaede <barrys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

He plays Golden Melodies.  That's as of Big Shot in the Dark.  I like his 
playing.  what's kind of funny though is that I once saw Timbuk3 in 
concert and his wife Barbara K. Macdonald played harmonica for one song 
and she was great.  I think their music has to be viewed more in the 
context of ideas being communicated and realized rather than out and out 
musicianship.  Neither on of them are truly playeers.  I think of them 
more as story tellers and songwriters that are using music to communicate 
their ideas.  In this sense they are extremely good at what they do. This 
points out the reason that I don't like John Popper's playing but I do 
like Bob Dylan's.  Technically Popper is a superior player.  In terms of 
communicating something to me Bob Dylan is much more succesful.  I'll 
take communication over pure musicianship every time.  The truly 
extrordinary thing is when both talents come together in a single being.  
Charlie Parker for instance.  FJM opinions all Harv's not 

On Tue, 14 Feb 1995, Patrick Hester wrote:

> At the risk of starting another "he's no real harp player" flame war,
> does anyone else like Timbuk3 and Pat MacDonald's harping? Anybody
> know what kind of axe he wields?
>