Subject: Playing at SPAH was (Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Train Time)

[EGS1217@xxxxxxx]

Smo-Joe writes in response to my post:
 
Dear Liz. When I heard about your apprehension of playing at a   
festival, I remember offering to stand up there with you, and that  we  
could line up a chord and bass player. Well, I didn't have to  hear  
but 6 notes, and knew that I was going to have an easy time  doing  
harmony. There are a lot of players whom are blazingly  fast. There  
are others who can handle excruciatingly difficult  pieces. But when  
it comes to pleasant, that's where you fit in.  Some players go  
through the motions but don't put in the  feeling. I think that partly  
because you were scared and wanted  desperately to do a decent job  
that your quivering actually  BECAME vibrato. Please don't loose that  
innocence. I look  forward to playing with you again.
jo-jo"
 
"On Feb 6, 2007, at 12:12 AM, EGS1217@xxxxxxx wrote:

>  Smo-Joe writes in response to my post:
>
> " I was able to  play Robert Bonfiglio's version of Sleepwalk on  my
> >  chromatic
> > within a couple of tries the first day I heard  it  on his CD....
> > but I assure
> > you I don't  sound remotely as good as  him, and never will.
>
> I  happened to like your version. I thought it had heart. And heart  is
> something I don't hear a lot of lately.
>  smo-joe
>
> ....wow.  Coming from the "Featured Artist"  on Slidemeister  this  
> is very nice indeed.   Thanks, Smo-Joe...much appreciated.  You sure  
> make a  newcomer to this world feel better about always trying to  
>  play "with feeling".
>
> Elizabeth"
 
.....and again, thank you.  Hey...I'll take "pleasant".  A  lot better than 
"unpleasant" <G>
 
If it wasn't for your and Mike Runyan's pushing and encouragement, I  never 
would have managed to get past the tremendous stage fright  enough to get up on 
stage...and having YOU there to back me up as well as  Wally was the biggest 
part of it...being flanked by two such  great players made it much less 
traumatic for someone as terrified as  me.  I doubt I could have played doing just a 
duet with  Wally...needed your back up too.  I've no idea why my mention of 
your  being onstage as well, was cut from my "Impressions" in the brand-new  
issue of Harmonica Happenings...I know my article had to be edited down  (and 
was, enormously, to about a tenth of its size <G>)...but since  my "debut" was 
the most important harmonica experience of my life so far  ...and you a major 
factor, it saddens me to see your name omitted in  particular.  
 
Elizabeth