[Harp-L] RE: EGS1217@aol.com

["RON SMITH" <ron@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Elizabeth,

Sorry you are having one of those days.  No doubt that Little Walter would
be at home and add to any of the type music you mentioned. I can't think of
any harp player that was truly interested in his or her professional
development that would not benefit and enjoy studying Little Walter and
reading the comments of these learned folks about his style and influences.
In fact, they may well object to you placing them in a specific box and
obstructing their development. 
As we all are, Little Walter was a product of his environment and what he
heard growing up. We, sorry Elizabeth, most of us, would love to go back in
time and personally see snippets of Little Walter as he developed his
skills.  
Ron


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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 18:09:40 EDT
From: EGS1217@xxxxxxx
Subject: [Harp-L] Subject: RE Little Walter's harmony/Let's all talk
	Little	Walter!/ or Maybe Not?
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Nicholas Lovett writes: (snipped)
 
"Let's all pro it up an get together to  
> talk some Little  Walter, instead of Custom Harps and Jason Ricci! 
> (Nothing wrong with  either of these btw)"
 
No thanks....
 
I agree that there's nothing wrong with either of those....or any one of a  
dozen other topics of conversation here on the 'L'.  
 
I also agree that Little Walter was a brilliant and innovative player by  
any and all standards.
 
...but  instructing us all to 'pro it up' and talk about Little Walter  
'instead of' or to the exclusion of any other just might get decidedly
boring 
and a lot too dictatorial for those of us on the list who are NOT  "pro's" 
or who play chromatics or chords or bass harmonicas and whose music is  not 
remotely connected to Little Walter's style, capisce? 
 
This might come as a surprise but the list isn't here only for Blues  
players - or for purely diatonic guys.  There are women and chromatic
players 
here, classical players and jazz players....people who play only music  in 
their churches on Sundays or on their back porches and some who play only
what 
even they would call 'oldtimey' music; country players and some who  would 
refer to their playing as country AND western. 
 
I would guess that there might EVEN be people here from other countries who 
 don't  know much at all about Little Walter and who don't really want  to 
talk or know about him because Blues isn't 'a feeling' for them  despite how

ingrained it is into American music or even how widespread it's  
disseminated into other parts of the world. They're more geared to
harmonicas the way 
they were developed in the early days of Hohner in Germany  and the rest of 
Europe.
 
 Don't they have the right to still talk about or hear about  harmonica 
information and discussions related to their instrument and what would  
interest them even while you want to talk about Little Walter? ...or others
talk  
about gear?  My eyes glaze over when the talk turns to amps and tubes, yet
I 
respect that it's a huge interest for an awful lot of people here.
 
It always somewhat amazes me when some people don't seem to realize  the 
hugeness of the harmonica community - or that there are people from all over

the Globe playing the instrument and perhaps even lurking here. 
 
...so please, let those who want to do so, do so, and let those who want to 
 talk about other things continue to express themselves as often and  as 
freely as they see fit. 
 
I for one am currently eager to hear about Abner's very first Jason  Ricci 
LIVE show experience, since one's first time at a JR&NB show  is usually 
very difficult to put into words the next day for even a die-hard  harp
player. 
 Probably the best review I've ever read about him was  Smo-joe's when he 
went back for a second go-round in his own neighbourhood  at Jason's 
invitation a year or so ago. 
 
 I'm actually hoping MRS. Blueeyes writes a review...
 
Elizabeth
 
   

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