[Harp-L] Re: Dave's response to Tom's re Sonny Terry & pucker players for Elizabeth

[EGS1217@xxxxxxx]

Hi Dave:
 
Well you lost me on the "oddly  tuned semi-valved 12 holed deals", but I hope 
I do bring some soul to  it.  
 
  "So pucker on, or tongue block, or do 5th position overblows  with oddly 
tuned semi-valved 12-hole whatsisdealiebobs, whatever, just blow with  soul!  
-Dave"
 
......I sent this to  Tom:  "  
....Thanks, Tom -- but then, that  should be right up my alley!  And if Sonny 
Terry's "pucker" playing can  still be considered "brilliant", why then do I 
really need to learn  tongue-blocking (given that I've been playing my own old 
made-up way for more  years than I really want to admit to here)?  I've 
always been able to  duplicate anything I hear (with a few added flourishes) but 
confess I know next  to nothing about the other techniques involved in  
harmonica  playing.  I just play and try to make it sound as good as  possible.  Now 
that I've begun writing my own music on keyboard and  feeling ready to 
translate it to harmonica and also given my newly rediscovered  obsession with 
harmonicas and everything that entails,  I do suspect  I'm going to have to learn 
some of these other techniques in order to be taken  seriously, so I guess I've 
rambled on enough to answer my own  question.  But why does it seem so much 
like hard work?   --  groan..... that's for Dave too, lol. "
 
Elizabeth
 
 It's clear I have  much to learn and these couple of days here have already 
been exceedingly  educational.  My only gripe is with the "cool hat' bit.  
What vision  immediately sprung to mind was Bruce Willis in his little pork-pie 
jobbie with  the obligatory shades.  I could get into wearing the sunglasses, 
but allow  hat hair?  In Public???   Never!   The only hat  ever looked right 
on me was cowboy style, and with my luck it'd fall off, I'd  then trip on it 
(some of us are born klutzes) and either break my harpmonica (I  like that 
designation, Dave) or some equally important part of my anatomy.   Perhaps I'd best 
stick to hiding behind long hair and  shades.