Re: [Harp-L] Playin' blues in any color

[gary mulholland <g.e.mulholland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Now the English are getting pulled in !!!????

Gary

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 8:41 PM, <Pic2318834@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Like some English blues guys who just seem to fall short.  Not all,  some.
>
>
> In a message dated 7/2/2009 12:09:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> drfertig@xxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> Here's a  subject close to my heart AND close to the edge.
>
> Simply, as someone  (Rob?) said recently, harp is arguably the most
> expressive musical instrument  (short of voice, perhaps).  it doesn't lie
> easily.
>
> Yet,  some blues players (not only harp) seem to try to come across as
> other than  who they are.  How many of us have encountered white blues
> players
> who  affect a fake accent and costumes, let alone life stories and
> personas?
>  Even if they play well, it can feel ilke a vaudeville act, or a
> "re-enactment."
>
> But those that play straight from the heart need no  bonafides, it's in the
> music, whether you like it or not.
>
> -Dave "I  wish I was Sam Clemens, but I ain't him"  Fertig
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