[Harp-L] not sneering

[joseph ginther <flyinginthers@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

hi i knew as soon as i wrote something about the old riffs being copied, it would be mis understood,,, i sure don,t want to sneer,since i am hardly in the position, i do own quite a collection of blues harp music and i am deeply into listening  to the harp parts for my fullfillment as an aspiring player, they harp drew me to the blues long before playing the diatonic myself, so i do have deep respect for the past and the great performances that have set the standard for many to follow, just look at the rock and rollers that copied off these musicians,,,, i guess the point i try to make is that as i have progressed in my playing i really recognize how much stuff is just passed along and that many things are somewhat hard to explain in writing and lots of the good players picked up on secrets that can't be learned in the books...i never had lessons, so i don,t really know how much a typical student can pick up...but styles and genres can blurr and new sounding and progressive
 styles may have roots in the bluesn to a large extent,  i just like to hear some original harp licks  and runs or total songs that deviate into non traditional styles yet got the soul just as much as any old song, but i sure do enjoy the walters, and sonnies and the rest, as well as the guys who are playing now and hope i can pickup on their influence,  i think what happened is that i saw a comment on someone's posting that had something from paul delay  about walter.s....and elvis impersonatorse  at the bottom of the page......ha,,guess im not very original, anyway peace and hapiness   always a friend and harper     joe g