[Harp-L] Re: Harp-L Digest, Vol 23, Issue 8

[John Frazer <harmonicajohns@xxxxxxx>]

So, what PB was saying is, a shiite-head will sound like shiite?

hj


On 7/3/05 11:29 AM, "harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx" <harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> From: Steve Merola <srmerola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sat, 02 Jul 2005 09:00:43 -0400
> Subject: [Harp-L] gear vs tone etc.
> 
> 
> Hello Harp-L Digest
> In the mid 70's I had the good fortune to speak with Mr. Paul Butterfield
> about his gear. We were the only two people sitting at a bar in Woodstock, NY.
> Everyone else in the place was having breakfast. Having at least one bad habit
> in common, I got up the nerve to talk to him. I foolishly asked the question,
> "How can I get to sound like you?". He shook his head and almost cracked a
> grin and simply said "You can't". I persisted and asked why not. He eventually
> said I could use his mic, amp, and even his harp, but I'd never sound like
> him, and he could never sound like me. He said that the sound is "in your
> head". By that he meant tonal resonance in your skull, and the other parts of
> the body used to play. If your "head", as Mr. Butterfield put it, doesn't
> "sound" good, neither will you. Pretty simple.
> Peace 
> Steve Merola 
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