[Harp-L] re: Stevie Wonder overrated

[rainbowjimmy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Motown musicians valued substance over flash. They were more concern  
with the groove and the melody than soloing. Stevie's harp playing was  
exactly what the song needed and nothing else. When you think of his  
accomplishments (he invented the funk clavinet sound) the songs he  
wrote, the instruments he could play, the power of his voice, it's  
hard to see any validity in complaints that he wasn't as good a harp  
player as Sonny Boy.

Rainbow Jimmy
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