[Harp-L] Re : open letter to those criticizing the video performance of randy singer and toots thielemans

["Hurricane Ramón" <party_man1@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hurricane sez : 

Randy I'd back your playing anywhere anytime .

To the critics , with their slings and arrows .......

Randy you need not address this issue at all . I have been on stage with legends of Rock-N-Roll , R&B , Blues & Country Western and the best of the majority of these pros have the same type of stage presence on and off the stage like Toots who appears on this video ( and of other performances I have scene from his Pablo recording years )to have a wonderful demeanor , he is a classy man with a humble but powerful presence . 


I have listened to your stuff and it's tops . The fact your doing it in a resort community speaks loads on you having to have superior talent to successfully  crack your nut at that venue , your recordings are regarded highly through out the world because you have earned the respect . Nothing has been given to you , your worked for it and my respect goes to you and other pro musicians who work at it , I have been there too .

You kick serious butt on stage man 

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you do it with class and style .

I would venture to presume this(ese) individual(s) have not been on stage with the likes of Toots becha 

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any other international super star like him as you have ( and I have been as so fortunate to have this happened with other luminaries of the international and American scene , although Toots man your the bomb dude  ) and to have it on video wow do I ever wish I was as fortunate as you to be prepared and ready and then you cut it big time man ! 


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if this person(s) did ( has , have or gonna ) well if I were one of them I'd be a tad ashamed for being so obviously jealous of your accomplishment .

Hey , but then again  .......... 

What don't kill ya makes you stronger , 

any waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaays ............


Ruth Brown told me :

" use the power of the energy they created against you to propel you "

Take it man and go forward to higher and better places in your recording's and performance  is my take Randy .  

(: can that be possible ? :) .

I look at it this way :

If Toots asked you to back him on stage he knew you would not let him down . Toots a seasoned pro and he knows better than to take a chance as far as setting himself up for a poor or mediocre performance of yours hurting his image , he knows the difference between between

chicken salad 


and

a critic(s) chicken .............well I think I made my point .....

Go make us proud man you already are a great credit to the world of music .

Personally I think the world of your playing as much as I feel about Robert Bonfiglio's great work . I'm proud to be a contemporary of yours .http://e11.email.excite.com/compose.php?ArdSI=72441212297bdd17dadcd1849afdd890
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Damn the torpedoes , full steam ahead man ! 


Sincerely :

Hurricane Ramon      

Aka :

Party_Man1@xxxxxxxxxx

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