Re: [Harp-L] re: what Popper means to me

["Eric Garcia" <ericgar85@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"To learn harmonica properly"??????
that's a scary thing to say right there.
.. how'bout learning to play like Sonny Terry, (somber? try yelping and 
playing with
a straight face), and THEN learning a Popper solo, note for note?
then try a sweet Paul De Lay solo when you're done icing your lips.
... who says you can't have sweet potatoes, a steak, and then chocolate cake 
after?
kind of funny, when you put all that together, you become
a stronger, more well rounded player,,, keeping what you like from each.
(it all comes out the same anyway)
.. seriously...  to "learn harmonica properly", is to be able to exploit the
potential of the instrument to it's fullest. it's up to the player to 
execute
the "soul"... can't steal that from sonny terry.

eric

> From: "Robert Paparozzi" <chromboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: Robert Paparozzi <chromboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Bob Cohen" <bcohen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Harp-L" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] re: what Popper means to me
> Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 09:19:31 -0400
>
> > rainbowjimmy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > listen to Sonny Terry who
> > > always played quietly, slowly and somberly
>
> Are we talking about the SAME Sonny Terry here???....my Sonny Terry is 
> ANYTHING but slow-quiet and "Somber"..................................
>
> exuberance is in the EAR of the beholder,-)
>
>
>
> > rainbowjimmy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > The problem with John Popper is that he plays too fast and too wild, way 
> > > too
> > > exuberant. To learn harmonica properly you need to listen to Sonny Terry 
> > > who
> > > always played quietly, slowly, and somberly (can somber become an 
> > > adverb?).
>
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