Re: Everybody's comments on PBS system

["Howard Chandler" <chandler@xxxxxxxxx>]

Like a lot of endless arguments, nobody's wrong, and nobody's right. The
premise being argued drifts to and fro and in the end it really doesn't
matter. It's like my son wanting to discuss, who's better, Hendrix or
Clapton. Anyone old enough to remember when you thought you knew the answer;
or even cared?

However, with any conflict, there is the text, and the sub-text. I detect
amongst some of the correspondents a desire to create a sort of internecine
schism. What's great is to see the old footage of the deservedly revered
Yanks and the admiring Blokes playing together, displaying a great deal of
mutual respect and good will.

I'm also dismayed at what seems to be a rather a rather militant purest
attitude, as well as a very narrow definition of the blues. One that insists
that it's either blues or jazz. Perhaps it's a regional thing, but our jazz
guys here in the Big Easy were playing the blues long before the great
migration to Chi Town.

Respectfully,

Howard Chandler


- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Pratt" <LPratt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 11:18 AM
Subject: Everybody's comments on PBS system


>
> Boy!  You guys sure know a lot of stuff.  Its always amazing to me that
> people know so much stuff from so long ago.  I just got a chance to
> catch up with this thread, including the Tim/Tom debate.  I won't take
> sides on that one, but I think Tim substantiated his case with the PBS
> website quote.  Nonetheless, as with many things, there is more than one
> version of "right".
>
> I was drawn to an early comment about Tom Jones.  Back in the day, I
> saw Joe Cocker on Tom Jones' variety show.  This was a time when Cocker
> was renowned for his Woodstock version of "A Little Help From My
> Friends".  They did a duet.  Tom Jones completely blew Cocker off the
> stage.  My god, Jones had the most powerful voice I had every heard.  I
> don't mean powerful like particularly expressive.  I mean for sheer
> volume and force.  I think he could outshout Hendrix's wall of
> Marshalls.
>
> And another thing,  I think someone noted that Hendrix was an American,
> not a Brit, influenced by the blues and bringing it to a larger
> audience.  Well he was an American, but he didn't do squat until he went
> to England, bought 46 Marshalls and a can of lighter fluid.  Don't get
> me wrong, I love Hendrix.  I spent many a smoke-induced hazy evening
> listening to his albums and bouncing around oil and water light shows.
> Saw him live at the Fillmore in NY, too.  That's me in the audience of
> the "Band of Gypsys" album on the second side when he broke a string.
>
> They say that short-term memory is the first thing to go.  But I guess
> it comes back pretty clearly later on as long-term memory.
>
> Sorry for the sheer lack of harmonica content.  Although I'm not sure
> this thread ever had much to begin with.
>
> Best Regards to All,
>
> Larry Boy Pratt
> www.parkhousejam.com
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