RE: [Harp-L] re: Popperularity vs. Quality

["john merx" <mxpoet@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Popper can play the blues. Saying he is not a good musician is ridiculous. 
Have you seen him in concert? I played harp for a jam band for 2 years and 
it was a lot easier to get along and get gigs than in a blues group where 
the fan base is limited, even in a town like Peoria, IL, and the egos are 
giants. Not only that, but in the Jam Band, Kynetyk, we played some of the 
best blues I have ever heard and really funked it out. So Popper may not be 
the best harp player in the world, he's not Sonny Boy I or II, but he is 
still skilled beyond your imagination and I am not one of his fans. I like 
his band, but his harp style doesn't suit me. And I still think he is 
incredibly good.

Merx


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> "    Jim,
>              On one level I agree w/ you it's nice
> that a harp player is getting recognition and has
> obviously developed his craft.  It's quite another
> thing to say that because someone has sold many
> records that they're good. Pat Boone's version of
> "Tutti Frutti " outsold Little Richard's . I
> challenge you to find a musician to say his version is
> better.
> Hence, my previous "MacDonald's " remark. MacDonald's
> sells billions of burgers but does that make them
> superior
> to French Cordon Blue cuisine or other excellent
> culinary styles including Mexican and Indian ?
>       To me blues is similar: it's been around over
> 150 years   so it's really a cultural entity of
> substance . Lots of people (especially American ) like
> fast food, ditto fast music . The
> only question is , "Why do I try to rearrange the deck
> chairs
> the Titanic ? " No wait, lots of young people love the
> blues
> music or any art form of quality . I 'm not that
> cynical . Now
> if we could just do something about that global
> warming ....
>                                              Onward
> and upward,
>
>          Chris " Hammer " Smith
>
>
> ifif
> or
> on
> only
>
> "
>
> I don't often post but over the years and MANY threads about JP two points 
> are often missed
>
> 1. JP is NOT a blues player and dose not claim to be, Blues Travaler is NOT 
> a  blues band they are a JAM band much like Phish, Steve Kimock and Rusted 
> Root.
>
> 2. JP attended and graduated from NYU jazz program in New York City playing 
> harp.
>
> Also the  Little Richard vs Pat Boone that was marketing the versions sold 
> and appealed to two very differant fan bases. Thats making money not music.
>
>
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