RE: [Harp-L] Subject: RE Little Walter's harmony/Let's all talk Little Walter!/ or Maybe Not?

["Anthony Smith" <anthony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Better yet, lets talking about over blowing and how to actually do it with a
pleasing tone like Little Walter's! Voila!  A compromise! :O) 


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From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Zack
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 6:21 PM
To: EGS1217@xxxxxxx
Cc: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Subject: RE Little Walter's harmony/Let's all talk
Little Walter!/ or Maybe Not?

   Seems like there is a lot of Little Walter chat on HarpL...How about we
talk about using the one overblow??? :-D


   Sincerely,
   Zack.

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 6:09 PM, <EGS1217@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Nicholas Lovett writes: (snipped)
>
> "Let's all pro it up an get together to
> > talk some Little  Walter, instead of Custom Harps and Jason Ricci!
> > (Nothing wrong with  either of these btw)"
>
> No thanks....
>
> I agree that there's nothing wrong with either of those....or any one 
> of a dozen other topics of conversation here on the 'L'.
>
> I also agree that Little Walter was a brilliant and innovative player 
> by any and all standards.
>
> ...but  instructing us all to 'pro it up' and talk about Little Walter 
> 'instead of' or to the exclusion of any other just might get decidedly  
> boring and a lot too dictatorial for those of us on the list who are 
> NOT  "pro's"
> or who play chromatics or chords or bass harmonicas and whose music is  
> not remotely connected to Little Walter's style, capisce?
>
> This might come as a surprise but the list isn't here only for Blues 
> players - or for purely diatonic guys.  There are women and chromatic  
> players here, classical players and jazz players....people who play 
> only music  in their churches on Sundays or on their back porches and 
> some who play only  what even they would call 'oldtimey' music; 
> country players and some who  would refer to their playing as country 
> AND western.
>
> I would guess that there might EVEN be people here from other 
> countries who  don't  know much at all about Little Walter and who 
> don't really want  to talk or know about him because Blues isn't 'a 
> feeling' for them  despite how ingrained it is into American music or 
> even how widespread it's disseminated into other parts of the world. 
> They're more geared to  harmonicas the way they were developed in the 
> early days of Hohner in Germany  and the rest of Europe.
>
>  Don't they have the right to still talk about or hear about  
> harmonica information and discussions related to their instrument and 
> what would interest them even while you want to talk about Little 
> Walter? ...or others talk about gear?  My eyes glaze over when the 
> talk turns to amps and tubes, yet  I respect that it's a huge interest 
> for an awful lot of people here.
>
> It always somewhat amazes me when some people don't seem to realize  
> the hugeness of the harmonica community - or that there are people 
> from all over the Globe playing the instrument and perhaps even 
> lurking here.
>
> ...so please, let those who want to do so, do so, and let those who 
> want to  talk about other things continue to express themselves as 
> often and  as freely as they see fit.
>
> I for one am currently eager to hear about Abner's very first Jason  
> Ricci LIVE show experience, since one's first time at a JR&NB show  is 
> usually very difficult to put into words the next day for even a 
> die-hard  harp player.
>  Probably the best review I've ever read about him was  Smo-joe's when 
> he went back for a second go-round in his own neighbourhood  at 
> Jason's invitation a year or so ago.
>
>  I'm actually hoping MRS. Blueeyes writes a review...
>
> Elizabeth
>
>
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