Re: [Harp-L] re: pathetic

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On Jul 18, 2006, at 10:49 AM, Tim Moyer wrote:

> 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

 ** I don't think any of them will be remembered. OR, to re-phrase  
that, I think that in general, they will fade away. However, you can  
be sure that there will be some 'die-hards' who will know about them,  
just as there are people today who can converse on subjects 1000  
years old. Are they archeologists? No, just regular people.
> 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.

** I happen to be a fan of Rag-Time and Dixieland Trad. jass. Most of  
it is from the 1905 + - era.
> 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 used to listen to Carmen Cavalaro, Eddie Duchin & Al Johlson  
quite a bit when I was younger. Though not nearly as far back as  
Caruso. I would never listen to Caruso because I don't care for his  
voice. I also don't care for Pavarotti, or that new blind Italian guy  
who seems to have a nice following. Facts be known, my Italian side  
doesn't like opera and my Polish side doesn't like polkas.

> I can't imagine my children's children's children listening to 100-
> year-old Blues Traveler CDs.

Ha, yeah, THAT's a joke.
smo-joe
> -tim
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