Re: [Harp-L] Media Editorial - Denver news and video coverage

["Ryan Hartt" <rhartt1234@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, that was a wasted opportunity. Showing Bonfiglio chug is like showing 
Toots play guitar. Sure he does it well but he does things on harmonica that 
no on else can do. And showing people that the harmonica is used in serious 
art music would help change the harmonica's image.
Ryan


> From: icemanle@xxxxxxx
> If so, it would have been awesome to show him playing Classical rather than 
> 'chuggaroo'. (While >important to the harmonica 
> evolution/history/preservation, 'chuggaroo' is only 1 step up from train 
> >noises which is 2 1/2 steps up from old men with silly hats - right next 
> to "Little Midget with Big >Harmonica"- in the perception of the general 
> public, IMO.
>
> The Iceman
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhartt1234@xxxxxxxxxxx
> To: icemanle@xxxxxxx; harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:14 AM
> Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Media Editorial - Denver news and video coverage
>
>
> Iceman,
> I agree with you as well that this while raising awarness of the event the 
> video did nothing to alter the image of the harmonica. BUT... I do believe 
> (forgive me if I'm wrong) the "long hair dude chugging away" was indeed 
> Robert Bonfiglio himself.
> Ryan
>
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