[Harp-L] Re: Tull

[Garry Hodgson <garry@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Mark Kegel" <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Just a note about Jethro Tull.
> I don't consider Hull a blues artist 

i doubt anyone does.

> and if his band 

by "his band", i assume you mean Jethro Tull.  the "he", in this case,
is Ian Anderson.

> happened to play a song with a harp in it was just a fluke.

nonsense.  his band has played songs with harp, including at least
one blues song, "so much trouble".  it doesn't seem like such a stretch
from flute player to harp player.  you've already got the breath control, 
timing, rhythm, musical aspects.  you just need to learn the mechanics
of harp.  ian anderson started as a guitar player, then taught himself to
play flute (he looked at the guitar competition back then and decided he
couldn't compete), so why not harp?

> Keep Tull on his flute, let him put you
> to sleep before his show is done, because he will
> "Aqualung you to death"

i'm sorry you don't enjoy their music.  their thousands of fans apparently
do.  i like some of it, not all.  but they're great musicians.  to each his own.

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