[Harp-L] ancestor worship

["John F. Potts" <hvyj@xxxxxxx>]

Well. I've played stuff from  Butterfield's East-West album for  
people who were not necessarily blues aficionados and they were  
SHOCKED when i told them it was recorded in 1967.  They thought it  
was a new CD i had just picked up. The very  best material will  
withstand the toughest test of all:  The test of time.

Another (non harp) example from he rock world:  Steve Winwood's  
performance of Gimme Some Lovin' with the Spencer Davis Group.  Hard  
to believe it was first  on the charts with the early Beatles' stuff  
in 1965.  An example from the jazz world:  Miles Davis' Kind of Blue  
album in 1959. Arguably the best album ever recorded.

Some of the stuff from the early  50's  is limited by the recording  
technology of the time and just can't compete with more modern  
recordings with respect to sound quality, but that's an entirely  
different subject.  But I'll say it again:  The very best material  
will withstand the test of time.  That is the measure of greatness.

JP