[Harp-L] Re: Head Cutting

[SONNYTONE@xxxxxxx]

In following up  with Joe, whoever the Judges may be, it could not be even 
close to being a  relatively good idea. Just because overblowers want this, how 
is someone going  to be able to judge all the styles that could be 
represented. Such as Sonny  Terry style, no OB has a clue as to how that Actually should 
be played, or other  styles. Joe F. might, but again it would be everyone's 
personal bias. I don't  see why certain individuals continuously feel the need 
to be out in front, or  have to be called, The Best. No one can hit a note like 
Big Walter, who  played few notes, but their saw like vibrato is no match for 
BW's thick tone. No  one is better, just different. Just let people have a 
good time, that was the  whole beginning theme I thought of SPAH. I have been 
talking with Tom and Paul  and God willing I will be doing a seminar there next 
year on ST style and  amplification for the lay person, any amp, plus have my 
own there. While I agree  that playing together with someone in harmony is a 
beautiful thing, it  brings out more in you,  like when I play with Lee, there 
are no egos,  neither of us is trying to outdo the other, we just blend 
spirits. That, to me,  is what it is all about. I am sort of glad I am not going 
this year if this is  what it is all about. 



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