Harri Haka wrote:
<*Buddy Greene and Robert Bonfiglio might be talented novelty harp
<players. And it was not nice to put the other one down, especially if
<you are inferior to his playing. But one should not forget the real
<talents. James Cotton, Charlie Musselwhite, Steve Guyger, R.J. Mischo,
<James Harman, Willie Smith, Billy Boy Arnold, Rod Piazza, Mitch Kashmar
<and others who are real harmonica players from the bottom of their soul.
<They are the ones that deserve respect. They will not get it at Carnegie
<Hall but rather at the places where people really come to listen to good
<harmonica playing.
Harri, here are a few facts for you to consider going forward:
1) The blues is not the only music in the world, and far from the only music that matters.
2) People who play music other than blues are "real talents" and "real harmonica players" who play from "the bottom of their soul". That list includes people like Stevie Wonder and Toots Thielemans, by the way, who your comments above denigrate as surely as they denigrate Buddy Greene and Robert Bonfiglio.
3) People who play music besides blues "deserve respect". If you want respect, give respect. Your comments above are not designed to earn respect.
4) Robert Bonfiglio is probably the single most skilled harmonica player who has ever lived, and he doesn't need or deserve backhanded putdowns from anyone.
Regards, Richard Hunter
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