Re: Gussing - Rite of Passage?

[the Leones <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

   GENIUS, pure & simple....smo-joe



>You crawl before walking. You sign up at the jam session and are 
>made to wait until 1:40 AM. You strike out with the opposite sex 
>until you learn your game plan. You burp before you are taught to 
>say "excuse me."
>
>Most of us, at one time or another, have experienced "Harmonica 
>Lust" early on -- couldn't get enough -- driven by love to do 
>foolish things. I admit to having been, many years ago, an 
>Introverted Gusser and, even once or twice (gasp) an Extroverted One.
>
>My bends sounded crappy before they sounded good - Rite of Passage?
>
>My sense of time was awful before it matured - Rite of Passage?
>
>I gussed before I was good enough to play in a band - Rite of Passage?
>
>I'm not glorifying "Gussing," but, even though we all agree that it 
>is not desirable in the harmonica community, is it any more evil 
>than other rites of passage we humans are doomed to repeat?
>
>I've softened my reaction to the gussers I see these days, with the 
>exception to those that are drunk. The drinkers suffer from a 
>problem bigger than "Gussing." They just bring the harmonica into 
>the alcohol mix.
>
>The Editorialman