Re: [Harp-L] Butterfield

[maurice richard libby <blues@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 06:44 AM 06/12/2005, sean stephens wrote:

> If PB had done no more than Driftin' and his solo on Mystery Train 
> with The Band,he would still count as a harp great in my book.Also 
> throw in Nutpopper#1 and his version of "Just to be with you "and 
> ,well ,'res ipsa locquitar'.
>   Its kinda easy to rate his abilities against a difficulty to play 
> level nowadays,in which case it could be argued that it wasn't the 
> most technically complicated ,but consider trying to come up 
> with/compose his lines de novo.
>   He played harp as opposed to riffs.
>   Sean.

Technique be damned--he was a musician not a technician-- unlike some 
current harp heroes. Tone, feelong,  and phrasing were what made him 
great. I saw him play in Toronto a week before he died and even with 
that monkey on his back, he could make me laugh and cry and touch the 
deepest parts of my soul--that's a musician.

maurice richard libby
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