Re: [Harp-L] Lynwood Slim



From: "Eric Garcia" <ericgar85@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, rhartt1234@xxxxxxxxxxx, harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Lynwood Slim
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 15:56:34 -0400

i don't think Chris was addressing any one of Lynwood's seemingly endless talents...
however, this is a harmonica forum...
so from an accomplished harmonica player's perspective, one has to admit
that Lynwood doesn't play a lick that can't be found in a
"Beginning Harmonica for Dummies" workbook with "bonus" CD.
the execution is fine but if we're referring to "creative" and "harmonica",
Lynwood is simply not your guy.


eric

Bogus ...Totally bogus...


These type of posts add nothing to the forum.

I suppose some believe that being creative over rides
great phrasing and tone and delivery...not it my book.

Some of the guys who "think" they are "modern" players
have the thinnest and whimpiest delivery I've ever heard...

but you won't hear me cutting them down to size when
they feel the need cluck and flap their wings about how
advanced and modern they are...each to his own...

Lynwood Slim is not here to defend himself...
so his friends and fans feel the need to show great respect
and admiration for his accomplishments.

How many tours of Europe have you done since the 70's?

How many CD's do you have out that sell worldwide?

My point is...if you don't have anything positive to say...
why say something that is totally ignorant...

(refering to: so from an accomplished harmonica player's perspective,
one has to admit that Lynwood doesn't play a lick that can't be found
in a "Beginning Harmonica for Dummies" workbook)

~Donnie MorTone~



From: "Chris Michalek" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Ryan Hartt" <rhartt1234@xxxxxxxxxxx>, harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re:  [Harp-L] Lynwood Slim
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 07:23:37 +0000

well were both MN boys and I've heard him and played with him several times.

Maybe I don't hear blues the way most of you do...to me he sounded average to above average in a kim wilson kinda way. Good player but not so creative but then again there are very few harmonica players that I find to be creative.



>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ryan Hartt [mailto:rhartt1234@xxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 11:52 PM
>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Lynwood Slim
>
>>From: "Chris Michalek" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>Just a run of the mill traditional blues harp player.
>
>Man, calling Lynwood Slim a "run of the mill traditional blues harp player."
>is like calling the Mona Lisa a painting of some grumpy chick. First and
>foremost, Slim has the sweetest voice you'll ever hear. He's a Blues crooner
>for lack of a better term but he can put across a deep blues like nobody's
>business. Secondly, he plays harp like Walter Horton because he learned
>from Walter Horton but he is also a very sophisticated and melodic Blues
>chromatic player. While we are all trying to sound like George Smith, he'll
>slip in "Parker's Mood" or "Bye By Blackbird". The smooth vocal delivery
>juxtaposed with the low down harp make for a very interesting contrast.
>Combined with his choice of material and approach to performing it, he is
>genuinely unique in the traditional Blues singer/harp player market. But
>wait there's more...He is a great flautist. A true blues flautist, whose
>already melodic approach to the humble harmonica is amplified with the range
>of the flute. He is a great producer and engineer. He has worked with some
>of the US's and Europe's finest traditional Blues bands delivering dozens of
>high quality records. I'll bet that a lot of you have something that
>"Richard Duran" produced, mixed or arranged and you don't even know it.
>Lastly, he's just about the nicest guy you ever met.
>
>So yes he's "run of the mill" in the
>multi-talented-completely-original-super-nice-guy kind of way
>
>Ryan
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