Re: [Harp-L] re: Iceman's editorial

[Pierre <plavio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah anyone who puts in 50,000 hours of serious playing time can do it. In 
fact you can do most anything if you invest that kind of time in a single 
endeavour, juggling, dancing, whatever.

What I found intetesting is the bit about Cotton in Martin Scoresee blues 
book (the one that went with the series). Cotton was crying because Little 
Walter cut him up bad at a show and Sonny Boy came in was pissed at Walter 
so he went up and cut him up bad.

Would be nice if someone scanned that bit of history (or BS?) and posted it 
here. I'm not telling it right, but it sounded like Sonny Boy could whip 
Walter bad whenever he wanted to.

Of course you had to be there to know if it was true.

Pierre.








----- Original Message ----- 
From: <rainbowjimmy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 7:00 AM
Subject: [Harp-L] re: Iceman's editorial


> The Iceman says this about Mr Cotton's tone:
>
> "Anyone can do it. It's so easy you won't believe it, and that's the 
> problem -
> you WON'T believe it, therefore limiting your ability to do just that."
>
> With due respect to Iceman, a stellar musician,--Cotton can do it  because 
> Sonny Boy Williamson II taught him how to play harp when  Cotton was nine 
> and by the time Cotton was just 13 or 14 Sonny left  and Cotton took over 
> the band. By fifteen he had toured the country  with Howling Wolf and cut 
> some singles for Sun Records.He spent 12  years with Muddy and Muddy was 
> very picky about his harp  players.Playing professionally for 60 years 
> with the best in the  business hones your chops just a little and being 
> taught by one of the  best harp players in the 20th Century doesn't hurt 
> either. Cotton got  his sound by decades of very hard work coupled by a 
> bottomless well of  talent.Very few people have ever been able to do what 
> he does. I count  myself lucky anytime I can hear a musician of his 
> caliber.
>
> Rainbow Jimmy
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> http://www.soundclick.com/theelectricstarlightspaceanimals.htm
>
>
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