Re: [Harp-L] Re: Head Cutting

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

What does Joe Filisko have to do with a head cutting contest? Or
overblowers? This idea was proposed by someone who fits neither
description and who is not strongly connected either to Joe or to
players who happen to use the overblow technique. As far as I can tell
Joe was never mentioned in this thread nor has he personally weighed in
on the idea. The "overblowers" who have weighed in on the idea have
mostly been against it (despite a tongue-in-cheek remark by Chris
Michalek).

Winslow

--- SONNYTONE@xxxxxxx wrote:

> 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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