Re: [Harp-L] question?

[joe leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Oct 16, 2010, at 1:18 PM, Bob Cohen wrote:

> On Oct 15, 2010, at 5:55 PM, Tom Albanese wrote:
>
> > It occurs to me that this perceived lack of respect for the  
> > harmonica is
> > perceived by some to be coming from other musicians and not  
> > audiences.
>
> I think you're right. But the treatment, I think, is not wholly  
> undeserved because of the differences between how most of us  
> learned how to play the harp vs. how most people learn to play the  
> so called "legitimate" instruments. A variation on a old joke comes  
> to mind: "How do you get a harmonica player to turn down his/her  
> amp? Put sheet music in front of him/her.  Most of us don't read,  
> don't know a whole lot about theory, and therefore do not speak music.
>
> Bob


Big Bob, you just nailed it. I had been playing with a girl sax  
player the last couple weeks. She sounds a lot like Cannonball  
Adderley. She's good.
So t'other night, she wants to do a tune and the piano player isn't  
sure of it. She puts a chart on his music rack. So I stand alongside  
the piano
and read the music. I'm not a sight reader, but was able to follow it  
well enough to understand the head and follow the chords.

During the break, she tells me she has worked with literally dozens  
of harmonica players and I was the first one that was (in her words)  
"Worth a sh*d".
Tom Albanese nailed, and so did YOU. And I'm with Warren B. on this  
whole thing. Who cares if these schlameales don't respect harmonica.  
They ain't paying my bills, and I don't owe them crabs.         lolol

smo-joe