Re: [Harp-L] Discussion topic: Why do you want to play blues?

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On Aug 20, 2008, at 5:46 PM, <venkyr@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> I took to the diatonic harp to play jazzy tunes a few years ago.  
> The blues just happened along the way. Really! When I found out you  
> could do more with the chromatic, it was not only too heavy to  
> carry in the pocket, but was also something I couldn't afford.  
> Through the diatonic, I am connecting with my soul and others'. I  
> wanted to sound like me and not like others. Every once in a while  
> at the SPAH I transcended to a higher level when I heard GG, Jason,  
> Jelly Roll and Sandy Weltman, Rupert, Winslow and Brooks among  
> others do their thang- mainly because our styles somewhat  
> intersected in a subtle way!
>
> Venk
> _
In the 'these are a few of my favorite things' category. I caught you  
sitting in at that Itralian restaurant up in the food court. Here I  
was at this marvelous convention a couple doors away and what did I  
find. YOU branching out into the neighborhood and exposing citizens  
to harp.

It was 'Venky venky cool'

smo-joe