Re: [Harp-L] But when it comes right down to it,,

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, you can observe the change in Muddy's band itself. When it
was just Walter, Muddy, and Jimmy Rogers at the beginning of the 1950s,
they intertwined. By the time I saw the band live in the '70s it had
gone to the trading thing, where instruments took turns - I remember
Paul deLay describing how it worked once in an interview - he initially
didn't understand it and ran afoul of the etiquette early on.

I think that as band got larger and personnel changed more frequently,
the intertwining thing, delightful though it is, became unworkable. It
requires a small ensemble who have the time (or the instantaneous and
unlearnable compatibility) to develop musical communication. Otherwise
it just turns to a tangle of competing noise.

Winslow

--- Tom Muck <tmuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

<snip>
> I see the exact opposite these days. In Muddy's band and other great
> old 
> music, if there was a piano solo or guitar solo you would still hear
> Little 
> Walter throwing down some tasteful licks -- everything is
> intertwined. 
> These days it seems when someone takes a solo every other instrument
> just 
> drops out and the musicians just stand there. It becomes less musical
> and 
> more of an instrumental showcase. I think all the instruments should
> fit 
> together and work off each other.
> 
> Tom 
> 
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