Re: [Harp-L] best of pigpen

[Joel Fritz <jfritz666@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend.  The silence part was rhetorical 
excess in search of a cheap laugh. Anyone can like Pigpen.  I'm actually 
neutral about the Grateful Dead and I don't want to have a drawn out 
argument over a matter of taste. I'm right, of course, but I wouldn't be 
surprised if someone else thought I was nuts.

I could be wrong, but AFAIK the Grateful Dead never had a singer that 
could carry a tune and I'm not talking about occasional notes that were 
a little off.  That's my objection to the vocals.  I've seen them live 
more than once.  The instrumental parts were fine.

BTW, you should see what reviewers on Broadjam have said about my 
vocals.  Some of them were a lot more negative than what I said about 
Pigpen.  Others were neutral and a few liked them.  My favorite negative 
one was "This is blues, not opera."  Weird, I don't care much for opera. 
The Dead have sold more records and played more large venue concerts 
than I have. (Not hard to do, but they put up some impressive numbers.) 
They must have appealed to a lot of people.


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Garry Hodgson wrote:
> Joel Fritz <jfritz666@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> > It's a matter of taste, but wouldn't the best of Pigpen be like the John 
> > Cage piece that's nothing but silence.  
>
>
> now, that was uncalled for.  clearly the fact that someone went to the
> trouble to assemble this indicates that some people feel otherwise.  simply
> stating "i don't care for this music" would let us know how you feel,
> without belittling the efforts of those who do.  i posted it for the benefit
> of the folks on the list who like the dead, of which there are a few.
>
>
> > The one thing the Grateful Dead always lacked was a competent singer.
>
>
> in fact, they had several, though perhaps not to your taste.
>
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