RE: [Harp-L] Bob Dylan's harmonica playing

["Eric Neumann" <eneumann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

well, Dylan and Neil Yong are racked mostly.... and they are so very popular.
 
We hear Popper, Dylan, and Neil young on the radio - and if we didn't know any better - we'd expect that anyone who "only" plays a harmonica to sound either lighting fast, or thin and breathy.
 
Not my cup of tea for sure. Just makes me wonder what people think when I tell them I play the harmonica.

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx on behalf of samblancato 
	Sent: Sun 12/12/2004 10:49 AM 
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	Subject: [Harp-L] Bob Dylan's harmonica playing
	
	

	Hi y'all,
	
	I listened to Dylan's music since I was a teenager and my opinion is  this:
	His harmonica work is perfectly and completely appropriate for what he is
	doing musically and poetically. For the statements he's making, a rich,
	complex harp technique isn't wanted.  Would I want to employ such a style in
	a Chicago/west coast blues groove? No. But that's not what he's doing- at
	all.
	
	Sam Blancato, Pittsburgh
	
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