[Harp-L] pathetic, again

[Jonathan Ross <jross38@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

So, for all those who defended Wikipedia, try this out.

"The harmonica is commonly used in blues (e.g. Jason Ricci) and folk  
music (e.g. Bob Dylan), but also in jazz (e.g. Howard Levy),  
classical music, country music (e.g. Charlie McCoy), rock and roll  
(e.g. John Popper) and pop music (e.g. Rosco Selley). Increasingly,  
the harmonica is finding its place in more electronically generated  
music, such as dance and hip-hop (e.g. Jeff Grossberg), as well as  
funk and acid jazz (e.g. Chris Michalek). Harmonica seems to be an  
instrument that crosses ethnic, musical, and cultural divides in a  
manner that is not as well duplicated by many other instruments."

Let's see.  Dylan as an example of folk harmonica?  He hasn't played  
folk music since 1965.  It's a lot less egregious than many here.  I  
like many of the players above, but how many records have most of  
these people sold?  Ten?  The only ones who belong in a main-page  
encyclopedia page on harmonica are Popper, Levy and McCoy.  Hell,  
Adler isn't mentioned, Toots isn't mentioned, Little Walter isn't  
mentioned--and if we're going by impact on the world at large and the  
easiest way to judge that, sales, STEVIE isn't mentioned!

This is pathetic, and a wonderful example of everything I was talking  
about with regards to Wikipedia in general, and the harmonica page  
there in specific.

I know, I'll get the chorus of "well, why don't you change it?"   
Because, if I just delete it (as it deserves--there's a whole section  
below about genres and players) it will be seen as too much deletion  
of material and so forth.  I'd love to hear someone defend the above.

And note, this isn't a diss on any of the players mentioned.  I quite  
like many of them individually and their playing as well, but I bet  
more than one of them would be embarrassed to see themselves as the  
exemplars of their genre.

I skimmed the rest.  It doesn't get better.  Ah, the joys of freedom  
without knowledge.




 ()()    JR "Bulldogge" Ross
()  ()   & Snuffy, too:)
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