Re: [Harp-L] Gifted Players, Who I Play For

[moandabluz@xxxxxxx]

I have a friend who is a marvelous guitar player and a vocal range that 
is simply amazing. He can throw his voice all over the scales, hit 
incredible high notes, or sing bass. Terrific range.
But he lacks the drive, or ambition, to do anything with it. He's 
50-something, alcoholic, in poor health and plays a couple nights a 
week in a restaurant to make a few bucks, paints houses when he's able 
and basically just survives.
Being gifted without the ambition is not a good thing. Whenever anyone 
brings up the fact that this friend has the talent to make it in the 
music business, one of our other friends has the answer. Talent means 
nothing if the person doesn't use it wisely.
 "Doesn't is the same as can't," says my wise friend. In other words, 
he who wastes his talent is no better off than the person without 
talent.
I figure I was lucky to have little talent. Otherwise, because I loved 
the music so much, I would have been off chasing rainbows instead of 
here with my feet on the ground, earning a respectable, if modest, 
living.
Harmonica content: After hearing myself play, I might not record any 
more jam sessions until I get my act together better. I am, however, 
looking forward to Buckeye, after missing last year. Maybe I need to 
learn some things about harp yet.
Steve "Moandabluz" Webb
a fool for the harp in Minnesota
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