VS: [Harp-L] My comment on Jason Ricci

["Haka Harri" <harri.haka@xxxxxxxx>]

In response to smokey-joe's post:

Matter of taste how good Rice Miller, John Lee Williamson, Little Walter Jacobs and Walter Horton were as harp players. To me, recordings are enough to convince me of their greatness.

Passed harp players should be listened to. Carey Bell, Paul DeLay, Gary Primich and many others are on my playing list. Doesn't matter if I can't go out to see them.

Harri  

> On Dec 3, 2007, at 8:08 AM, Haka Harri wrote:
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> > I was surprised that some comments downgraded the Walters 
> and Sonny  
>  Boys because they are not alive and doing gigs anymore.
> 
>   Well, although I'm not the one who initially made that comment, as  
> one who has heard them live. my personal opinion is that they 
> weren't  
> as good as a lot of people seem to think they were. But they 
> sang and  
> WERE a complete package, so I guess there was a certain amount of  
> mystique to them. Again, personally, I feel there are people out  
> there right now whom are as good  if not better. More diversified,  
> more interesting, more able to get me off my couch to go and see  
> them. I prefer to support the living in this regard.
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