Re: [Harp-L] Re: Tradition vs. Innovation

[Zack <zack.pomerleau@xxxxxxxxx>]

Good call iceman! It seems as we get older (no offense to anyone) we sort of
become accustomed to one thing, and don't take well to change as easily.
When you're really young you want to figure out everything.

On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 12:55 PM, <icemanle@xxxxxxx> wrote:

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>  didn't the first amplified blues harmonica freak out the traditional blues
> players as being radical at the time? Innovation becomes tradition over
> time. Weird thing is that, once becoming tradition, further innovations are
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Fugazzi <mikefugazzi@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wed, Feb 10, 2010 11:56 am
> Subject: [Harp-L] Re: Tradition vs. Innovation
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> Robert and List and Repliers to Topic,
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> Again, going back to the original post that used the phrase, "blues Nazis",
> no one was directly called such a name, and the phrase came up specifically
> in jest because of how abusurd such a statement and notion would be....but
> obviously no one is realizing that and preferring to move this conversation
> in to a totally different off shoot implying that someone was directly
> called a name and something really offensive and mean spirited was said
> (well there was, but it was about overblowers).
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> But regarding tradition and innovation (my turn to get off topic)...
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> Robert brings up an excellent point.  In many instances, we go beyond
> tradition and into romanticism.  Blues musicians tend to do this a lot (not
> just harp players).  Everyone of your heroes is an innovator (and probably
> "sell-out" to some extent).  History doesn't remember anyone else.  LW =
> Innovator.  Elvis, who at some levels wasn't the innovator he was made out
> to be, gave at least the perception of being an innovator.  Like it or not,
> Lady Gaga is considered an innovator.
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> Be as traditional as you want but please try to do the following for the
> sake of man-kind.  Be accepting of others and at least keep the facts
> straight.  50 years from now Emo fans will be today's equivalent of Blues
> fans, lol.
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> Robert Johnson died at 27...the world's number 1 blues man was half the age
> of most blues fans...prooves not only old white guys can play the blues
> nowadays.
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> Howlin' Wolf went through some music school....prooves knowing theory and
> such is ok.
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> LW started blowing amped blues...proves using effects is ok.
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> LW was also a pop guitar street musician...proves you don't have to play
> just blues.
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> Willie Dixon wrote a lot of nontraditional pop-ish songs...proves blues
> rock
> and other offshoots are ok.
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> It goes on an on...
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