Re: [Harp-L] Re: Norton Buffalo got no respect!

["Tim Moyer" <wmharps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have played with a number of different bands as a sideman, and 
when it comes to introductions, it's always a kind of game between 
the performer and the audience.  Members of the band are nearly 
always introduced as some kind of inside joke.  I've been introduced 
as being from Berlin, Germany, as being the kazoo player, given all 
manner of (tasteful and un-) pseudonyms -- it's all in good fun.  

If I were standing on stage with Steve Miller and he chose to 
introduce me as the janitor, I'd be counting my blessings.  I went 
to see Aerosmith recently and they have a full-time keyboard player 
that stands behind a curtain throughout the performance, and 
*sometimes* gets to come out at the end and take a bow with the 
band.  

No disrespect intended, but my guess is that Norton is a WHOLE lot 
less concerned about this than you are.

-tim


Klein, Steven wrote:
> Dear Fellow HARP-Lers,
> I have emailed Norton about this and will post his reply.
> 
> Steve Klein

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Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:54:29 -0600
From: "Suave Blues Man" <res6k2zt@...>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Norton Buffalo got no respect!
To: "Lenny M" <lennythetunesmith@...>, <harp-l@...>
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..... Any person on stage is there for the audience and should be
recognized 
by the band leader. (Musician's Rules of Order? ASCAP? Musician's 
Union 
Rules?) And if Norton is called a conga player, it may have been 
that he
DID 
play conga on THAT number.
     The Steve Miller sound is a trademark as much as the name 
Norton 
Buffalo is synonymous with the epitome of crafted harmonica play.
     If you want to know Norton's opinion about all this you can 
reach
him 
through his fan club e-mail @: bufffanclub@... .

   

Suave Blues Man

>
> "Klein, Steven (DSCP)" wrote:
> I recently purchased the "Fly Like an Eagle:30th Anniversary 
edition
of
> the Steve Miller classic" which contains a 22 song concert DVD 
(along
> with the CD). I highly recommend this collection; however, although
> Norton Buffalo played some great harp on it, when Steve Miller
> introduced the band, he credited Norton for his vocals and Conga
> playing, but made no mention of his harp playing. I felt that this 
was
a
> big disrespect, considering that Norton is a highly respected harp
> player who is also known for his instructional DVD's. I know that 
most
> of Steve Miller's songs do not have harp on them, so Norton wants 
to
add
> musical value in other ways, but I would doubt that he would mainly
want
> to be known as a vocalist/percussionist.
>
> Steve Klein


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