[Harp-L] re: Today´s lesson

[martin oldsberg <martinoldsberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hmm, I´m not so sure ... The groove is great, but the harmonica playing here is not particularly impressive, to my mind. (And, less importantly, about dressing well: the fashion sense here is that of pimps. Is that cool?) 
  There´s much to be said for economy in playing, but there´s also something to be said for originality.
 Jr Wells could play great at times, but seemed to get so caught up in mannerisms -- vocal and instrumental -- that this became more or less a rarity. I saw him and Buddy Guy here in Sweden a couple of times in the 70s, behaving and playing so abominably, that in Chicago they´d probably been taken out and shot. Here the docile audience just tried to clap in time, thinking "this is probably how it´s supposed to sound".
  Pity, ´cause they were both talented.
 
 /Martin
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Today's
Lesson is about style and delivery rather than technique.  Please note
the use of "space" and the importance of not playing a million notes.


Also please note that dressing well always means playing well and says to ones audience, "we know WTF we are doing."

That's what I'm talkin' about.

Enjoy.
Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s4UPsANq14