Re: [Harp-L] reading things into the best

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Well,
 I think you have a lack of understanding of the real language of blues 
harp.
The statement that those players you mentioned are meerly clones
 or copy cats or doing nothing but rehashing because they stay within 
that genre
seems absurd to me. It is what is said within those confines that makes 
the music refreshing. To negate
and right off all those players as only clones because they don't 
choose to stretch
the limits of the language and play within the language with their own 
voice
does not make them copy cats. The same goes for a classical player 
performing
a piece written long ago and performed 1000's of times, it is about 
interpretation.
All the players you mentioned are very talented.
;-)


-----Original Message-----
From: chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 To: hashbb@xxxxxxx; chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; jross38@xxxxxxxxxxx; 
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Sent: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] reading things into the best

 The fact that I said "I think..." negates the need to use IMO, IMHO, 
IMAO etc...


 I am not ingnorant of the blues or those players. It's more than fair 
to say
 they are doing nothing but rehashing what has already been done. I'm 
not
 knocking anybody and in reality or IMHR it's no different then saying 
so and so
 is wearing a yellow shirt. It's an observation and a realatively 
educated
 observation at that. Notice I didn't mention Dennis Gruenling? He's 
got a
 fresh voice in the blues and thusly I feel he's not a copy cat. oh 
yeah IMAO...
:-)





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