RE: [Harp-L] RE: Harp-L Digest, Vol 76, Issue 83 -- 7 hours of listening

[<bfrain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ron, i'm getting a coupla folks who think you're ripping me for my opinions on these harp players. the trouble w/ the internet is that we can't hear voice inflection or sarcasm by just reading words...so i posted this so all can see we're having a good, spirited conversation, and that they shouldn't hate you!  LOL
lottsa great players out there, and we all have our favorites, and even undiscovered talent we point out to others... and i just wanted you to know how totally wrong you are!  :))
---- RON SMITH <ron@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> Austin-lucky you.   When all said and done, Kim Wilson is my favorite.  Plays non stop on Ludella album on sloppy drunk-perfectly. Really appreciate him as he always gets his sound, regardless of venue and goes out in the crowd w/o mic.  Way cool playing.   
> Enjoyed the conversation.  Any feeling in the attachment?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bfrain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bfrain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 10:54 AM
> To: RON SMITH
> Subject: RE: [Harp-L] RE: Harp-L Digest, Vol 76, Issue 83 -- 7 hours of listening
> 
> sankey rips!  primich was great.  lottsa great players.  i hit a jam here in austin last monday, and this guitar player was phenominal.  hope he's there tonight.
> ---- RON SMITH <ron@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> > Jason has been to everybody and studied them.  Tech is great-don't like his music.  Entertainment value?
> > Get the Ludella CD or download Sloppy Drunk.  You tube Lee Sankey "Monkey Lips",  Listen to Gary Primich.
> > 
> > Baharath-Little Walter Like Little Walter.   All get licks from everyone before.  Butterfield found niche so good for him, but don't copy his style as a lot of it is wrong.  Like his music, ok by me.  Not in top 20 for playing, but did break new ground, out of necessity. Many do so much in different ways that it is cool to hear the differences. 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bfrain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bfrain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> > Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 9:55 AM
> > To: RON SMITH
> > Subject: Re: [Harp-L] RE: Harp-L Digest, Vol 76, Issue 83 -- 7 hours of listening
> > 
> > ron, i assure you i have listened to the guys that post here, and there are many  who can actually play, and a few pretenders and wannabe's...having said that, i think walter and butter put certain notes in certain places unlike anyone else, and those notes tend to hit me way down deep inside, and that's what drew me to the blues, and that's why i like them best.  and, yeah, i forgot wm clarke, only cuz i didn't have any of his stuff with me...he was fantastic!
> > 8-track?  i heard the 1st led zep album in a drive-in waiting for the movie to start.  our guitar player got it and insisted i listen, which i did full volume cuz i liked jimmy page with the yardbirds and all that.  i don't ignore current players at all.  i'm interested in hearing anyone play harp.  it's just that LW and PB are the kings, and the rest of us (I assume you play) are pretenders to the throne.  ricci would be the heir apparent.  there was a princess joke there somewhere.
> > LW took the instrument someplace else.  PB took it in a similar direction, but deeper emotionally.  ricci is taking it to another universe!  everyone else is playing like the guys before them, so i give the top 2 a special ranking due to originality.
> > do you play?  lemme know where i can hear your stuff.  check me out on myspace   bill frain  'digital blues' has me on harp on the intro and outro.  tell me what you think! but be kind.  i'm sensitive!  LOL
> > i also listen to a lot of guys on youtube.  not many 'real' players. lottsa guys can hit notes, but few can 'play'.
> > these are all MY opinions.  everybody has one.  your mileage may vary.
> > ---- RON SMITH <ron@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> > > Message: 10
> > > Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:12:45 -0500
> > > From: <bfrain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > 
> > > drove for 7 hours today listening to nothing but harp players.  here's what
> > > i came up with...
> > > little walter and butterfield are tied for 1st.  
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Try the road trip again without the 8 track and you might realize that all
> > > of the players you mentioned are great in their own way, and you left out
> > > many great players.  Any player that can put in the countless hours of
> > > practice, and then eek out a living playing the harp is tied for first in my
> > > book.  Sure, some do it better than others based on personal taste, but your
> > > ranking is on the wrong road.  Just listen to the players that post
> > > here-they all are different but very talented.  What is amazing is the huge
> > > variety of styles and sounds that these talented folks can get out of such a
> > > simple, yet complex instrument.  I love them all for what they can do.
> > > 
> > > 
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