Re: Re: [Harp-L] re: pathetic

["Chris Michalek" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm thinking in terms of milestones.  Steveland probably won't be remembered for being a harmonica player but I've asked lot's of people at my shows who their favorite harmonica player is and they think... popper is always the first one to come to mind then people start saying Billy Joel, Dylan and Young eventually after some thought they arrive at Mr. Judkins.  I think Billy, Bobbie and Neilsinsky are not necessarily favorites but rather people players that are associated with the harmonica.

BTW- I didn't write the wiki entry as somebody suggested.  Although I dabble in acid jazz and funk I wouldn't ever call myself that kind of player. Interesting that somebody thinks that... I wouldn't label Ricci as Blues and would call Popper Pop/Rock. I probably would mention Toots AND howard as jass players ot just toots.



>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tim Moyer [mailto:wmharps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 07:49 AM
>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re:  Re: [Harp-L] re: pathetic
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>Chris Michalek wrote:
>> I think in 100 years the harmonica players that will be 
>> remembered will be
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>> Litte Walter
>> John Popper
>> Toots Thielemans (Maybe)
>> Stevie Wonder
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>It's funny to think about pop icons in terms of "staying power" on 
>the order of a century.  How many of us know anything about pop 
>culture from 1906, for instance?  We're in a new era now, because 
>100 years ago there wasn't nearly as much in the way of capturing 
>the performances of entertainers.  
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>I'd guess that of the above-mentioned harmonica players, none will 
>be remembered by the public in 100 years.  Stevie Wonder probably 
>has the best chance, albeit not as a harmonica player, because his 
>compositions are performed by lots of other musicians.  If you think 
>about musical personalities we remember over the centuries, most are 
>composers because there was actually a medium to capture their work 
>and preserve it over time.  Maybe this will change with all the 
>ability we have now to capture and replay performances, but how many 
>of us are going back and listening to old Enrico Caruso recordings?  
>I can't imagine my children's children's children listening to 100-
>year-old Blues Traveler CDs.
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>-tim
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