Re: [Harp-L] re: pathetic



not in the sense that people remember Beethoven or Mozart.

But if harmonica players were to be  remembered I think it's those cats.

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>From: Joe and Cass Leone [mailto:leone@xxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 09:38 AM
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>Subject: Re: [Harp-L] re: pathetic
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>On Jul 18, 2006, at 10:49 AM, Tim Moyer wrote:
>
>> Chris Michalek wrote:
>>> I think in 100 years the harmonica players that will be
>>> remembered will be
>>>
>>> Litte Walter
>>> John Popper
>>> Toots Thielemans (Maybe)
>>> Stevie Wonder
>
>  ** I don't think any of them will be remembered. OR, to re-phrase  
>that, I think that in general, they will fade away. However, you can  
>be sure that there will be some 'die-hards' who will know about them,  
>just as there are people today who can converse on subjects 1000  
>years old. Are they archeologists? No, just regular people.
>>
>> It's funny to think about pop icons in terms of "staying power" on
>> the order of a century.  How many of us know anything about pop
>> culture from 1906, for instance?  We're in a new era now, because
>> 100 years ago there wasn't nearly as much in the way of capturing
>> the performances of entertainers.
>
>** I happen to be a fan of Rag-Time and Dixieland Trad. jass. Most of  
>it is from the 1905 + - era.
>>
>> I'd guess that of the above-mentioned harmonica players, none will
>> be remembered by the public in 100 years.  Stevie Wonder probably
>> has the best chance, albeit not as a harmonica player, because his
>> compositions are performed by lots of other musicians.  If you think
>> about musical personalities we remember over the centuries, most are
>> composers because there was actually a medium to capture their work
>> and preserve it over time.  Maybe this will change with all the
>> ability we have now to capture and replay performances, but how many
>> of us are going back and listening to old Enrico Caruso recordings?
>
>** I used to listen to Carmen Cavalaro, Eddie Duchin & Al Johlson  
>quite a bit when I was younger. Though not nearly as far back as  
>Caruso. I would never listen to Caruso because I don't care for his  
>voice. I also don't care for Pavarotti, or that new blind Italian guy  
>who seems to have a nice following. Facts be known, my Italian side  
>doesn't like opera and my Polish side doesn't like polkas.
>
>>
>> I can't imagine my children's children's children listening to 100-
>> year-old Blues Traveler CDs.
>
>Ha, yeah, THAT's a joke.
>smo-joe
>>
>> -tim
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