RE: PBS blues documentary (Friday)

["M. Erickson" <erickm@xxxxxxxxx>]

The one to watch is "Godfathers and Son's". It had wonderful footage of
Howling Wolf, Muddy, Butterfield Blues Band (with a funny interview with
Mike Bloomfield). Best of all was the footage of Sonny Boy II. How he played
his harmonica while holding it like a cigar I'll never know. (Can anybody on
this list pull that off?).  There was great footage of a Chicago Blues
festival, with Pinetop Perkins (whom I saw live this year -- may we all play
with such passion and energy at his age), Ike Turner and others. Lots of
good harmonica in this episode and lot's of footage of the blues giants. The
footage of Muddy playing with a little four piece combo was too cool. I
think it was Cotton on harp.

The rappers were utterly respectful of the bluesmen. This one episode could
turn a whole lot of rap fans into blues fans.

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> I stopped watching halfway through the second one ,,maybe I had high
> expectations ,,but it got a lot off track ,,I was hoping the feedback will
> tell me which ones to watch when it is rebroadcast 47 million
> times between
> now and next Christmas ,,
>
> sorry for the negativity.
> I really try to steer clear of that stuff ,,but the sixties were not that
> great ..
>
> Sorry, Tom Jones stinks when you want something anywhere near an actual
> blues player of any import ,,,he or she could just have had a harmonica in
> their pocket ,,and I would have watched.
>
> My last hope is the Eastman one ,,It is the last one ,,maybe it has played
> oh well I will wait for the reruns next month
> Overall very disappointed
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tim Moyer" <wmharps@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 4:42 PM
> Subject: Re: PBS blues documentary (Friday)
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> >
> > the Leones wrote:
> > > I came in in the middle and after 10-15 minutes of Tom Jones,
> > > I got disgusted and turned it off. What was THAT all about?
> >
> > Did you *listen* to Tom Jones?  That man has one HELL of a voice, and
> > whether or not you identify him with his "It's Not Unusual", leather
> > pants and swinging hips background, he laid down some awesome
> > vocals.  If you switched off before Lulu's closing number, you really
> > missed out.
> >
> > I think the fact that the British picked up on the blues that
> > Americans were ignoring and brought it back to the states was pretty
> > much the point of the show.
> >
> > -tim
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