Re: Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Train Time

[BiscuitBoy714@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 2/5/2007 9:54:19 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
leone@xxxxxxxx writes:


On  Feb 5, 2007, at 1:24 AM, Harpburns@xxxxxxx wrote:
        I by no means want to further  and controversy either, I just want to 
clarify something I said in an earlier  post. I made a comment about whether 
something said was bull*&% or not. I  personally believed everything that was 
said in that post, I was merely trying  to make the point that whether you 
believe it not, feeling good and being  nostalgic wasn't reason to rip on 
somebody else. I brought up the subject of  Train Time a few weeks back because of my 
own feelings of nostalgia upon  hearing it on the way home from Kentucky to 
Catskill NY. This all stems from the  fact that I had attended my Aunt's 
funeral down home who had been a musician  herself at church her entire life and 
always supported me playing music  too.
        As an interesting aside and  to the show importance of heritage to a 
southern boy like me, my aunt had my  grandfather's old C melody sax in the 
smoke house on the family farm. One day I  pulled it out and looked at it AGAIN 
and she told me that since I had taught  myself to play sax that I could use 
it if I wanted but not to let it get  away from me. I still have that sax more 
than 30 years later and have had it  rebuilt by a pro 3 times since and love 
to play funk and blues in E with it.  They's gotta be a blues song in there 
somewhere about that sax bein' in that  smoke house soakin' up the smoke and 
ambience of hanging around those home made  country hams. Thanks for letting me be 
nostalgic again.
        Peace Love and Collard  greens
           Randy



> Hi all-
> Wow, I didn't at all mean to cause a  controversy here, and I  
> certainly didn't
> mean to be a  bragger.

'I' didn't see any bragging?

> Maybe I was wrong to  say I learned the song in it's
> entirety, meaning note for note. It was  many years ago, and I  
> really and truly
> did "have the  song down" with a week of practicing. For some reason  
> I was  able
> to hear the notes and find them on the harp (albeit upside  down).

I read it three times. I don't know what you're apologizing  for?   
It's getting to the point where we can't even talk  anymore without
causing some consternation. Do we all need to hire  professional  
speech writers. I can't affford it   :)
smo-joe