RE: tone

[tom ball <havaball@xxxxxxx>]

>  Of course LW had fabulous tone, with or without effects, amplified or
>  acoustic... but there was no real discernable "Little Walter tone" --
>  he sounded different at virtually every recording session.  Always
>  great -- but *different* great.


Sir, isn't this *different* but _consitently_great_tone_ EXACTLY the grail
so many of us seek? That's what I meant by TONE. A great artist carries it
with them no matter how it's manipulated. (OK, maybe not in practice, but
it's a beautiful ideal, or dream!)


Well put, DL.  And wholeheartedly agreed.

- -TB