Re: [Harp-L] Re: Jason Ricci

[Joel Fritz <jfritz666@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

M. N. wrote:
> Jp wrote:
> "... even Jason acknowledges a certain debt to the 'old dead blues guys'."
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> I took lessons from Jason deep down in Florida starting back in '99. 
> Trust me, the guy REVERES the old dead blues guys. We spent many an hour 
> hitting play, stop, rewind and play again -- digging LW, SWII, Jr. 
> Wells, G. Smith, etc.
> MN
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> PS: I found live lessons were really the only thing to get me over the 
> hump and to the point where I could make the sounds I wanted to. As a 
> bonus, now if someone asks why I'm not a better player, I can blame Jason!
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I know, they're all dead and would be pretty old if they were alive, but 
I can't help thinking of harp playing ODBG as people like Rhythm Willie, 
Jaybird Coleman, Buddy Moss, Will Shade, Noah Lewis...

Sonny Terry, SBW I & II, Robert Nighthawk (in his previous incarnation 
as Robert Lee McCullum), and the above mentioned are too young. <g>



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