Re: Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Real creativity

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

I didn't mean for it to be such a short list and I wasn't being curt.  
I took your message word for word and the first name that popped into  
my head was Jason. See, I am old enough to have seen many of the  
greats living AND dead.
About the only one I missed was big Wally. I can usually catalogue  
players into 6 categories. Jason doesn't fit any of them. Sorry if I  
was misunderstood.

smokey-joe

On May 7, 2007, at 12:16 AM, Barnum, Ansel (Ansel) wrote:

> While I certainly acknowledge and appreciate the greatness of the  
> likes of Ricci, I guess what I'm lamenting is that when I ask the  
> question, the answer IS Ricci! Unlike most other genres where the  
> list of greats goes on and on, in the category of (blues) diatonic  
> harp, the list appears short--so short, that the same handful of  
> names repeatedly gets trumpeted. But then I guess I should be  
> grateful that they do make the list non-empty....