Fw: Scorsese Documentary

["Bob Maglinte" <bbqbob917@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Bob Maglinte" <bbqbob917@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Mark Wilson" <markwilson53@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 10:19 AM
Subject: Re: Scorsese Documentary


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> From: "Mark Wilson" <markwilson53@xxxxxxx>
> To: <Rsrch1919@xxxxxxx>; <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 2:55 AM
> Subject: Re: Scorsese Documentary
>
>
> >
> > > Does anyone know anything about the harmonica player playing with Sam
> Lay
> > in
> > > tonights PBS series episode "Godfather's and Sons"
> >
> > I was wondering who he was as well,  I'm sure we'll hear by morning.  I
> must
> > say, the episode that ran tonight is the documentary I've been waiting
for
> > since Sunday. I enjoyed all the other films, but this one really grabbed
> me.
> > I thought it was a supreme effort. The highlight for me was all the rare
> > footage, old and new, of guys I've rarely or have never seen,
Butterfield,
> > Sonny Boy, Wolf, Walter, Perking, Sam Lay, Willie Dixon, etc..    The
old
> > timers from the 20's and 30's singing the blues, solo with an accoustic
> > guitar, are interesting to me from a historical point of view, but, when
I
> > hear a band plugged in doing the Chicago thing I really start to feel
the
> > music.
> >
> > We were lucky here in the LA market, tonights film was followed up by a
> > short piece on Jimi Hendrix and his ties to the blues.  There were a
> couple
> > of clips of him digging deep into the music both accoustically and
> > amplified.  I've never really looked at him as a blues artist, but,
after
> > watching him tonight, it's pretty obvious where he came from.
> >
> > Tomorrow night is looking pretty good too, especially if you cut your
> teeth
> > on the late 60's early 70's music coming out of Britan.
> >
> > Mark
>
> Hi,
> That was Rob Stone playing harp with Sam Lay on that film.
>
> Sincerely,
> Barbeque Bob Maglinte
> Boston, MA
>