[Harp-L] The Blues In Any Color

[Dennis Moriarty <yodennis@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I really try to keep my little opinions to myself on this board as it  
feels grandiose to do otherwise.The only reason I play this little  
diatonic instrument sometimes is I have to. It is my expression and at  
my best I come a few steps closer in articulating my heart than words  
can do. This black white thing irritates me. I'm not referring to the  
bigger than harp macrocosmic issue- I'm referring to the musical  
plane. The aural plane. Why would it matter to me if Lee Oscar were  
white or black. I'm not experiencing his mellifluous playing with my  
eyes. Or William Clarke's tough unambiguous big verve. I love his  
sound and the wildness it evokes inside of me whether he's black,  
white, deceased or alive. The poverty of my talents always leaves me  
in awe of Walter. A colorblind awe. I'm not naive: people develop  
prejudices within historical and personal contexts and the sociology  
and psychology of these prejudices is interesting but if one is really  
a musician (which for me has to have sub-definition of lover of music)  
why would color matter. d
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