Re: [Harp-L] Subject: RE Little Walter's harmony/Let's all talk Little Walter!/ or Maybe Not?

[Zack <zack.pomerleau@xxxxxxxxx>]

   Seems like there is a lot of Little Walter chat on HarpL...How about we
talk about using the one overblow??? :-D


   Sincerely,
   Zack.

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 6:09 PM, <EGS1217@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Nicholas Lovett writes: (snipped)
>
> "Let's all pro it up an get together to
> > talk some Little  Walter, instead of Custom Harps and Jason Ricci!
> > (Nothing wrong with  either of these btw)"
>
> No thanks....
>
> I agree that there's nothing wrong with either of those....or any one of a
> dozen other topics of conversation here on the 'L'.
>
> I also agree that Little Walter was a brilliant and innovative player by
> any and all standards.
>
> ...but  instructing us all to 'pro it up' and talk about Little Walter
> 'instead of' or to the exclusion of any other just might get decidedly
>  boring
> and a lot too dictatorial for those of us on the list who are NOT  "pro's"
> or who play chromatics or chords or bass harmonicas and whose music is  not
> remotely connected to Little Walter's style, capisce?
>
> This might come as a surprise but the list isn't here only for Blues
> players - or for purely diatonic guys.  There are women and chromatic
>  players
> here, classical players and jazz players....people who play only music  in
> their churches on Sundays or on their back porches and some who play only
>  what
> even they would call 'oldtimey' music; country players and some who  would
> refer to their playing as country AND western.
>
> I would guess that there might EVEN be people here from other countries who
>  don't  know much at all about Little Walter and who don't really want  to
> talk or know about him because Blues isn't 'a feeling' for them  despite
> how
> ingrained it is into American music or even how widespread it's
> disseminated into other parts of the world. They're more geared to
>  harmonicas the way
> they were developed in the early days of Hohner in Germany  and the rest of
> Europe.
>
>  Don't they have the right to still talk about or hear about  harmonica
> information and discussions related to their instrument and what would
> interest them even while you want to talk about Little Walter? ...or others
> talk
> about gear?  My eyes glaze over when the talk turns to amps and tubes, yet
>  I
> respect that it's a huge interest for an awful lot of people here.
>
> It always somewhat amazes me when some people don't seem to realize  the
> hugeness of the harmonica community - or that there are people from all
> over
> the Globe playing the instrument and perhaps even lurking here.
>
> ...so please, let those who want to do so, do so, and let those who want to
>  talk about other things continue to express themselves as often and  as
> freely as they see fit.
>
> I for one am currently eager to hear about Abner's very first Jason  Ricci
> LIVE show experience, since one's first time at a JR&NB show  is usually
> very difficult to put into words the next day for even a die-hard  harp
> player.
>  Probably the best review I've ever read about him was  Smo-joe's when he
> went back for a second go-round in his own neighbourhood  at Jason's
> invitation a year or so ago.
>
>  I'm actually hoping MRS. Blueeyes writes a review...
>
> Elizabeth
>
>
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