Re: [Harp-L] Why I play the blues

["46long Blake" <46long@xxxxxxxxx>]

Could be Cincinnati, too, though a good cover band can do quite well here as
well......

On 8/21/08, harmoniman@xxxxxxxxxxx <harmoniman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> As I read this I thought 'A city with 1.5 million that is only interested
> in Karaoke and D.J.s...sounds like Philly. I see from your website that i'm
> right. Willie Dixon once said, "The blues is the truth" ,and sometimes the
> truth hurts. This hurts...real good.... until you get up on that stage for
> your next gig and do it all over again because the blues is embedded into
> your being.
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: jandkday@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > Why I play the blues:
> >
> > I play the blues because I enjoy low paying gigs as opposed to
> > being in a tribute/wedding/coproate band and making real money like my
> horn
> > players.
> > I play the blues because I enjoy playing to disinterested BBQ & NOLA
> foodies
> > chomping
> > away as we are spewing great musical moments.
> > I play the blues because I enjoy being locked into a I IV V framework
> that is
> > a challenge to find anything fresh to say.
> > I play the blues because I enjoy some ex-jailbird w/ a harmonica gussing
> me all
> > set long & then
> > his son saying he'll "shiv me in my ribs" if I don't let his 'Dad' play.
> > I play the blues because I enjoy educating some municipal soccer mom
> booker that
> > the blues is not necessarily depressing and an antiquated genre.
> > I play the blues because I enjoy living next to a 1.5 million populated
> major
> > metro area that is only
> > interested in Karoke & DJ's spinning.
> > I play the blues because I love to audition guitar players who play
> Hendrix &
> > SRV blues.
> > I play the blues because I love to audition stand up bass players who
> play
> > be-bop & don't know how to 'maul' an acosutic bass.
> > I play the blues because I enjoy drummers who are aging rockers who hit
> on the
> > 1&3.
> > I play the blues because I enjoy being told by first tier festival
> promoters
> > that they already have a harmonica act and there are already to many
> "white
> > faces on the bill"
> > I play the blues because I enjoy requests for Sweet Home Chicago,The
> Blues is
> > Alright and my favorite:
> > Mustang Sally.
> > I play the blues because even National players are rolling quaters just
> to make
> > the next 9 hour drive to a poorly routed gig.
> > I play the blues because I love opening for do-rag clad,harley T-shirt
> ,flip
> > flop wearing ,minstrel sounding blues rockers who shuffle at the same
> meter all
> > night long and the audience LOVES it because they are one of them.
> >
> > "The blues is a rough & tumble game & is just like scrimping & pimping in
> a
> > competition for crumbs"
> > -james day
> >
> >
> > --
> > James Day & the Fish Fry
> > "Jump Blues & Greasy Grooves"
> > www.jameswday.com
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