Re: [Harp-L] Re: Dylan (& Arthur Lee)

["Rob Paparozzi" <chromboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David,

   Loved your post! Makes a lot o' sense.......You know Arthur Lee????!!!!!
I'm a HUGE Love Fan!! Dang!!!
One of the first song's I learned on rack Harp was Lee's "Message to
Pretty"( I know he didn't play rack but it's a good rack/gtr tune
.....simple perfection!.....They played a Reunion show here in NY last yr at
Town Hall with the Zombies and I had to work and missed it#$%^&*(!!!!

Man... please send my LOVE,-)) to Arthur! That's sooo cool!
Ciao,
Rob P

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jazmaan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <dmf273@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 9:15 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] Re: Dylan (& Arthur Lee)


> I enjoy Dylan's harp playing.  When I've seen him live, I've enjoyed it
too.  I don't know how
> many of you are familiar with the group "Love with Arthur Lee", but
Arthur's harmonica playing is
> very much in the Dylan vein except that Arthur doesn't use a rack and his
playing is rather more
> "over-the-top" than Dylan's.  Arthur is a good friend of mine, and an
incredible singer and
> songwriter, but I usually plug my ears when he plays harp, and not just
because he plays through
> the P.A. and is often too loud.
>
> To be fair, I must say that Arthur's audiences ADORE his harmonica
playing!  They cheer him on and
> shout out loud when he plays.  He usually only plays harp on one song,
"Signed D.C.".  And I must
> admit that his style of playing is right for that particular song.
> Arthur admires my playing and has offered to let me sit in on that song.
But I know that my style
> wouldn't be right for that song.   It doesn't matter how well I can play,
his style is personal to
> him, and his audiences pay to see him not me.
>
> So I guess my point is that Dylan was absolutely right when he said
somebody can be a technically
> great musician but two minutes after he's through you forget all about
him.  The best music
> doesn't always come from the most skilled musicians.
>
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