Re: [Harp-L] In Praise of Paul deLay's songwriting

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Larry's attention to Paul's songwriting and lyrics is right on the money. Even though Paul's writing was very much derived from his personal experience, I was always knocked out by the fact that he moved beyond the "me" mode of blues and beyond even the "<you hurt> me" mode, to a universe populated by multiple characters who were trying to figure each other out and use that understanding to act in accord with their motives. 

Sometimes I'd listen to his tunes and imagine him writing for the Broadway stage one day. He had the right sense of awareness of multiple characters and of interesting human issues, and he certainly had the humor . . .

Winslow

Winslow Yerxa

Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5

--- On Fri, 2/27/09, IcemanLE@xxxxxxx <IcemanLE@xxxxxxx> wrote:
From: IcemanLE@xxxxxxx <IcemanLE@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] In Praise of Paul deLay
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, February 27, 2009, 3:18 AM

Years ago, when I was in a strange head space, I was bored with what I  
considered at the time "The same ol' same ol'" in regards to
blues harmonica  
music. Owner of a used record store turned me onto Paul's first two record 
albums, 
which cured me completely and renewed my interests.
 
As well as great musician, Paul also was a talented song writer - listen to  
his lyrics. Most of what he wrote about was inspired by his real life  
experiences. The humor that comes through his music was a reflection of his 
essence; 
amazing that he held onto it after a hard life of drugs and  incarceration, 
coming out the other end "Nice & Strong".
 
The Iceman
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