[Harp-L] Re: Stevie Wonder,harmonica player?

[S Barteau <suzanne_etc@xxxxx>]

I defer to you in all things harmonica, Joe, but...seriously?

 
> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:18:10 -0400
> From: joe leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Re: Stevie Wonder known as a harmonica player?
> To: jazmaan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Harp L Harp L <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>

> 
> I can't answer for what others think, but I think that it was all a  
> matter of opportunity. A baby boy is born blind. The family is  
> devastated. What to do? Well, from what I know about blind children,  
> you're supposed to watch over them and take care of them more than  
> you would another child. I believe in my heart that his family did  
> just that. They kept him warm, fed, safe, protected, nurtured,  
> supported. Somewhere along the line maybe someone got the idea that  
> musician was what Steve should aspire to. People like to make a big  
> deal about musicians BUT it's one of the few jobs that a blind person  
> can hold. Surely he wasn't cut out to be a watch maker.

> He's sitting on the front porch playing harmonica while other kids  
> are doing other things. That's what I meant when I said "He had  
> nothing else to do". I doubt that he ever had to hunt for a sandwich.  
> The only person he had to worry about was himself. In fact, even HE  
> didn't have to worry about himself. Someone did it for him.
> From what I can glean, he is a  
> sweetheart of a guy without a malicious bone in his body. But  
> wouldn't YOU be too? I mean, a blind man is hardly in a position to  
> create enemies. Wouldn't be smart. Wouldn't be safe neither.
>