Re: Kim Wilson/Song writing...have we forgotten somebody, or are we just talking blues here!?!?

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You're right of course.

It's just that even though SW is a great harp player, most of us associate
him with keyboard and singing rather than harp.

He goes on my list too !

Ben FELTEN, Editor
www.planetharmonica.com

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From: "The Bernadettes" <mdestefano@xxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 12:21 PM
Subject: Re: Kim Wilson/Song writing...have we forgotten somebody, or are we
just talking blues here!?!?


>
> There is one guy who blows some incredible harp and is one of the greatest
song
> writers of all time, that is Mr. Stevie Wonder.  I'm surprised he's not
been
> mentioned.  Are we just talking the blues genre or music in general?
>
> Regards,
> Don D.
>
>
> > I guess different people expect different things. The single reason I
could
> > never get into Kim Wilson's stuff is the songwriting. I guess I'm not
> > capable of single out elements in music and enjoying the music because
of
> > these elements. The whole has to be to my liking.
> >
> > To me, the most interesting harp playing songwriters today would be Paul
> > deLay, Lee Sankey (a big Kiw Wilson fan, BTW ;-), Greg Szlapczynski,
Clint
> > Hoover and Paul Reddick. These guys have nailed down both the lyrical
and
> > the musical, never write songs that are just an excuse to play solos,
> > experiment with form and know how to write a catchy or interesting tune.
> >
> > Just my two eurocents...
> >
> > Ben FELTEN, Editor
> > www.planetharmonica.com
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