Re: [Harp-L] Music is not a competition?

[Moandabluz@xxxxxxx]

I have been to every Buckeye Harmonica Festival for the past seven years. I 
had never missed a late night blues jam.. UNTIL.. this past Buckeye.. when 
something I ate triggered a migraine and I spent Friday night in my room. Don't   
you just hate it when something like this happens?
   Still, I got to play Thursday night and Saturday night and I thought the 
little interplay Thursday night between Ben Nathanson and Dennis Gruenling was 
way cool.

Still a fool for the Harp
Steve 'Moandabluz' Webb


In a message dated 5/3/05 9:53:37 PM, gbrooks1@xxxxxxxxx writes:

> I was at the Buckeye jam that Buzz posted about.  Buzz is an absolute
> master at running a jam and has led many circles of harmonica players
> of varying abilities to some very impressive heights (his pairing of
> Ben Nathanson and Frederic Yonnet at last year's Buckeye blues jam
> being an example of his inspired leadership-it rocked!).  But this was
> something else.  The jam seemed to run itself, a runaway train that
> somehow stayed on the tracks and finally coasted safely into the
> station.  What a ride!   A number of people who were there, including
> Madcat, said it was the best harmonica jam they had ever been to.  This
> was certainly true for me, and by at least an order of magnitude.  I
> simply do not believe that the same magic would have descended upon our
> musical collaboration there in the Ohio night if the participants were
> adversaries during another part of the festival.
>