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

"Robert Paparozzi" <chromboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Thu, 25 Aug 2005 11:01:13 -0400

Merx, Chris O'Sullivan,
   Great Posts!
Rather than equate Popper to McDonald's (the fast food of Harmonica).....I'd 
purport this analogy...
"Popper is to Harmonica what Salk was to Vaccine...."
He's opened doors, minds and possibilities.......
you could plug in Levy, Toots, Marion Jacobs, Rice Miller, Larry Adler, Paul 
Butterfield and Sonny Terry for Popper's name if you'd like....all good all 
works for me...
keep practicing fellow Reedsters,-)
best,
Rob "Popper"-ozzi
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From: "john merx" <mxpoet@xxxxxxxxxxx>

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Subject: RE: [Harp-L] re: Popperularity vs. Quality
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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Subject: [Harp-L] re: Popperularity vs. Quality Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 
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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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