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

["Chris Michalek" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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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>Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2006 08:41 AM
>To: chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, jross38@xxxxxxxxxxx, harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [Harp-L] reading things into the best
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>These are pretty wide sweeping statements that should be prefaced with 
>'IMHO'.
>After all, isn't all music subjective? Making statements why some 
>players are clones in your musical mind
>while others are great to you is totally your own opinion. To say that 
>the harp players you mentioned are
>clones and copy cats shows a total igorance of that particular genre 
>and style of blues playing. Building
>up one while knocking others is not the way to convince anyone of 
>talent or musical superiority.
>Kudos to Jason for his music and Brad for his article.
>All 'IMHO'
>HB
>
>
>Do I think Jason is the best blues harp player in the world? Hell 
>yeah!!!..
>because he's doing his own thing his own way.  He's not a clone or copy 
>cat like
>Kim Wilson, Rick Estrin or even Steve Guyger et al.  When I see those 
>guys, they
>make me feel like I've heard it all before. When I see Jason, I can't 
>wait to
>get home and practice.  Jason knows how to move people and build a fire 
>of
>inspiration in people.  Look at how he moved Bonfiglio, I've never seen 
>Robert
>talk about another harmonica player the way he talked about Ricci.
>
>That is why Jason is the best.
>
>
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