RE: [Harp-L] Charlie's Cruncher / Cindy Lauper

[<bfrain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

my favorite CM album might be continental drifter.  the actual 'blues' tunes on that album were the boring ones.  the other stuff was amazing.  so, no, it's not about the genre.  for me it's about the feeling i get when i listen.  that's my point. but the gma gig was a 'lauper plays the blues' kinda situation, and i personally didn't think it was that great sounding. pop artists playing the blues rarely works out.  and it didn't on gma. but that's my opinion.  we all have one. 
also, some of my faveorite CM tunes are when he plays chromatic and covers a tune like "what's new?" it's the feeling, not so much the genre. but the blues better have feeling, or it won't be blues to me.
---- Niall Tracey <internationiall@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
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> > Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:12:36 -0400
> > From: bfrain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > i'm happy for charlie getting the gig, but if they cut his ballz off onstage,
> > who's gonna become a new fan of the blues? who's gonna get hit way
> > down inside and be forever hooked?
> 
> Does every harpman have to be a constant advert for the blues?  Can't he just be a musician, like a guitarist, a bassist or a drummer (well, maybe) is?  People like Eric Clapton have made successful careers out of having a core genre but being open to collaborations and even albums beyond that genre.
> 
> I think it does the harp a great service to broaden its musical reach.  It's a musical instrument, not a "blues" instrument.
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