RE: [Harp-L] Stevie, Tony Bennett and telling a musical story

["Bradford Trainham" <bradford.trainham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

One example of a "story" that comes to my mind is Sonny Terry playing with
Woody Guthrie on the song Lost John.
Guthrie's delivery is (imho) borderline awkward, but he lays out a narrative
of a man running for his life.
Then..., Sonny Terry (again imho) somehow manages to put in all the emotion,
all the fear/hopelessness that man might have been feeling... Not to mention
the terrain he might have been running through in what he does with the
harp. 
At other times, when I've heard Sonny Terry "whoop" and such, my inherent
reaction was "He's camping it up!!"... 
But for some reason, in this case, it doesn't feel that way to me at all. 
 In that song, his whoops, all the cunning artifices he executes on the harp
are somehow credible testaments to... Well... "John's loss"... 
Brad Trainham


-----Original Message-----
From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Richard Hammersley
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 2:16 PM
To: IcemanLE@xxxxxxx
Cc: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Stevie, Tony Bennett and telling a musical story

So never mind the singers - if story telling is a measure of musical skill,
who are the great story tellers on harmonica?
My vote is for Sonny Boy II
Richard
On 28 Oct 2008, at 16:19, IcemanLE@xxxxxxx wrote:

>
> In a message dated 10/28/2008 11:10:38 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> groovygypsy@xxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> I  don't
> know how you can say Stevie is less of a story teller especially  with
> this tune'
>
> It's easy - like this:
> "Stevie is less of a story teller in singing a song than Tony   
> Bennett"
>
> Everything I say that can't be measured with a ruler is my opinion  
> and  based
> on my life experiences.
> You are free to disagree (as you so often do).
>
> Viva la difference.
>
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