Re: [Harp-L] Gunslingers? Where? Should I duck?

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

I dunno, Larry. My recent experience at SPAH doesn't support your
predictions.

The acoustic blues jam is very supportive atmosphere. Buzz does not
tolerate negative attitude or disruptive behavior and it is extremely
rare that he is required to do anything about it - the congenial
atmosphere is self sustaining.

The Monday night blowoff does not tend to exhibit anything beyond
normal performer ego. There's bound to be garden-variety tension and
anxiety around a one-off, multi-performer show in front of peers. But
that's not the same as gunslinger attitude. That word, to me and I
think to you, indicates something more like the
out-to-utterly-crush-the-other-guy form of competitive jockeying. Not
the same as worrying where you are in the evening's lineup and whether
you'll get enough rehearsal or a soundcheck.

Could it be that extolling the glorious past of your involvement while
making negative and purely speculative comments on upcoming events not
of your involvement is itself a form of gunslinging?

Winslow

--- IcemanLE@xxxxxxx wrote:

> In the "old old days", the Thur night blues show was an act or two
> followed  
> by an open electric jam. This was transformed into the more
> substantial Thur  
> night Blues Show, with more attention paid to performance by the
> pros. It was 
> a  great concept - (witness the legendary 98 Blues Blow Off, it that
> recording 
> is  still available).
>  
> The acoustic late night blues jam took the place of this electric
> blues  jam.
>  
> Harmonica Players have a lot of "gunslinger" attitude, for some
> strange  
> reason. I don't believe you will be able to have a "Not Cutting Heads
>  Harmonica 
> Blow Off" at SPAH without this negative energy creeping into the 
> proceedings. 
> Already, some of the comments made indicate "gunslinger".
>  
> The Iceman
> 
> 
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