Re: [Harp-L] Innapropriate palying

[The Iceman <icemanle@xxxxxxx>]

cool story, cool comment "cast the first stone"


most of the real negative stories seem to involve Gus who passes out drunk or is close to it.....


everyone's entitled to their opinion... I still would not be appalled if a Gus played pretty good at the back of a bar. To me it would be based on the level of competency or talent. 


As was mentioned by someone else, there is no shortage of folk who sing along with bands at bars (and even concerts). Unless they are too loud, drunk or sing off key, not many seem to get too upset.



-----Original Message-----
From: Glenn Weiser <banjoandguitar100@xxxxxxxxx>
To: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thu, Nov 8, 2012 7:30 pm
Subject: [Harp-L] Innapropriate palying


While I note  and defer to the prevalence of opinion on this topic, to say that 
the best musicians would never do such a thing ignores history. Here's how Franz 
Joseph Hadyn got a gig with the choir at St Steven's cathedral in Vienna: A 
soloist was onstage singing. Hadyn ran up on the stage, snatched the music out 
of the guy's hand, and sang the part. That's worse than gussing. Hadyn was hired 
o n the spot. 
You have no way of knowing if any of the greats ever did or did not ever do such 
a thing-that's just speculation. They were all human. That's not a defense of 
gussing, but you can't make such pious assumptions.
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.

 
Glenn Weiser



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