Re: [Harp-L] rare popper show

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Eric,

You did what everyone who diminishes his ability should do.

One may not like his playing, but dissing it implies a lot about the
listener's ears...

Ben FELTEN, Editor
www.planetharmonica.com



----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Neumann" <eneumann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Joe and Cass Leone" <leone@xxxxxxxx>; <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 8:15 PM
Subject: RE: [Harp-L] rare popper show


> Smokey-joe,
>
> It's funny you should say that about being jealous of Popper. At one
> point in my life I was admittedly jealous of Popper... I used to call
> him "One-lick Larry"... that is, until after I thought about why I was
> saying I didn't like him.
>
> Then I finally started to listen to him - sat down and tried to play his
> licks - had to think about why I didn't like him, and concluded that it
> was jealousy afterall. He sings as if his lungs are ten times the size
> of a normal man's, and then lays into his solos with expert precision.
>
> Since then, (early 90's) I regard him with the respect he is certainly
> due.
>
> That's my story.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Joe and Cass Leone
> Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 11:36 AM
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] rare popper show
>
>
>
> On Sep 2, 2004, at 11:52 PM, BradKava@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> >
> > I saw John Popper earlier this year at a nightclub in San Francisco,
> > Slim's...in a show where he jammed with, among others, bass player rob
>
> > wasserman and
> > guitarist bob weir....They were playing a kind of rock that met
> > jazz..and the
> > best moment was just popper and wasserman doing a song that sounded
> > arabic.....It was very, very impressive, Howard Levy level
> > improvisation and mastery of
> > the instrument....Anyone who would have heard that would never
> question
> > popper's abilities..
> >
> > now, if anyone has that show on tape or disc, I'd sure like a copy....
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > brad kava
> > _
>   Hi Brad, it's ONE thing to be able to say "Gee, that kind of music
> just isn't my cup of tea". It's another thing entirely to be able to
> objectively sit back, listen, and even if it ISN't (particularly) to
> your liking, to be able to appreciate the complete mastery of the
> instrument. This is where 'I' sit, and can't help feeling that anyone
> who can't give the kid credit for what he is doing is just jealous.
> Every time I hear this guy coming over a system (restaurant, elevator,
> dept. store, whatever), I stop DEAD in my tracks. WHAT a talent.
>
>   smokey-joe
>
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