Re: [Harp-L] Re:Butterfield

["Tim Moyer" <wmharps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

SONNYTONE wrote:
> We all have gotten used to computer age, just ask a question on 
> HarpL about tube setups, or whatever, and your lazy butt is 
> answered, rather than the old fashioned way of spending the time 
> to learn it yourself by trial and error, pay your dues, not just 
> pay your network provider. 

All I can say is thank God it isn't the "good old days" anymore.  I 
started playing in 1972, and learned a huge amount from listening to 
guys like Butter and Magic Dick and the greats that went before 
them, and was lucky enough to see Magic and Sonny & Brownie in the 
70s.  But my own playing plateaued and I drfited and drifted until 
about 1996.  Then I found the online harmonica communities and the 
great group of people willing to share what they know, and my 
playing took off like a rocket!  I wouldn't trade it for all the 
hard knocks on the planet.  

Thank God for Butterfield, and the community of generous people who 
keep his spirit alive today.

-tim