[Harp-L] Re: re: pathetic



IMHO, ultimately, it's what you say and how you say it, not necessarily with what you say it.   We all in this forum have a certain affinity to harmonica... we all have something to get out and the harp happens to suit us well for one reason or another.  People, places and things that have touched me emotionally are the ones I remember... so if you want to go down in the annals of history, be it the annals of one person, a group, a little village, a small town, a city of tiny lights, or the tangled world, get to them emotionally and you're on your way... for those folks you get to where harmonica may not be their primary focus, you'll be remembered for what you did and said, not necessarily that you did it and said it on a harp... it's bigger than that.

Jim.

>>> "Haka Harri" <harri.haka@xxxxxxxx> 7/20/2006 8:06 PM >>>
With all due respect to classical, country, soul, funk, folk etc. harp players the only genre where harp has played a really important role is the blues. From its earliest beginnings up until today blues harp has been the driving force for soloists, duos and bands. Both acoustic and amplified. From that perspective you might justify naming substantially more blues harp players as being most influential to the instrument compared with all other genres put together.

Among the all time greats is Sam Myers who I was sorry to hear passed away.

Harri


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In deference to fjm, let's leave the specific Wikipedia out of this  
and just think about which players should be in a general-knowledge  
encyclopedia under the harmonica header.

 

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