Everybody's comments on PBS system

["Larry Pratt" <LPratt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Boy!  You guys sure know a lot of stuff.  Its always amazing to me that
people know so much stuff from so long ago.  I just got a chance to
catch up with this thread, including the Tim/Tom debate.  I won't take
sides on that one, but I think Tim substantiated his case with the PBS
website quote.  Nonetheless, as with many things, there is more than one
version of "right".  

I was drawn to an early comment about Tom Jones.  Back in the day, I
saw Joe Cocker on Tom Jones' variety show.  This was a time when Cocker
was renowned for his Woodstock version of "A Little Help From My
Friends".  They did a duet.  Tom Jones completely blew Cocker off the
stage.  My god, Jones had the most powerful voice I had every heard.  I
don't mean powerful like particularly expressive.  I mean for sheer
volume and force.  I think he could outshout Hendrix's wall of
Marshalls.   

And another thing,  I think someone noted that Hendrix was an American,
not a Brit, influenced by the blues and bringing it to a larger
audience.  Well he was an American, but he didn't do squat until he went
to England, bought 46 Marshalls and a can of lighter fluid.  Don't get
me wrong, I love Hendrix.  I spent many a smoke-induced hazy evening
listening to his albums and bouncing around oil and water light shows.  
Saw him live at the Fillmore in NY, too.  That's me in the audience of
the "Band of Gypsys" album on the second side when he broke a string.  

They say that short-term memory is the first thing to go.  But I guess
it comes back pretty clearly later on as long-term memory.  

Sorry for the sheer lack of harmonica content.  Although I'm not sure
this thread ever had much to begin with.

Best Regards to All,

Larry Boy Pratt
www.parkhousejam.com