Re: [Harp-L] Charlie Musselwhite on the Jay Leno show

Bill Hines <billhines4@xxxxxxxxx> · Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:23:06 -0400

 I just watched the youtube clip (thanks for saving me the trouble of 
searching for that!) on my computer, which has pretty nice sound card 
and Bose speaker system. I thought it sounded great, Charlie didn't get 
a solo but his fills and backing came through loud and clear and he got 
some great face time as far as being in the video clip. I can easily see 
folks saying "dang I didn't know a harmonica could sound that great" 
after watching/listening to it myself.
Everyone's entitled to their opinion, as I've given mine. But it hurts 
me to see someone as genuinely nice as Charlie, and a humble legend how 
has performed so well every time I've seen him, essentially trashed in a 
disrespectful manner on a public  list like this. Nobody gets a free 
pass because they are humble or a legend I guess, but still it's painful 
for me to read stuff like that. Some folks will view laying back and 
playing professionally as 'tired' and boring and view theatrics like 
jumping up on the bar knocking over drinks as awesome, others are quite 
the opposite. We all different in what we enjoy.
That said, it's my opinion that the arrangement of this song really 
didn't work for me, nor did Jonny Lang's way over the top theatrics. I 
mean, the scrunched up face might work for  a brief moment to add 
emphasis to some over the top note or section of the solo, but looking 
like you're constipated and trying to squeeze one out for the whole song 
is kind of ridiculous, especially when it's kind of a slow song! He took 
85% of the song between the tortured (as someone else put it) singing 
and guitar solos. But, others may well have loved that. just saying it 
didn't work for me. I have to wonder what Charlie was thinking!
Bill Hines
On 9/3/2010 10:47 AM, captron100@xxxxxxx wrote:

SawDoc58 wrote:
How did it go? I recorded it but my PVR stopped after only one hour just as they started playing.

I enjoyed it and thought Cyndi did a great job.  Watch it here on you tube.  If my server corrupts the link, eliminate any "3D" in the link.  Or go to You
Tube and type in "Cyndi Lauper Leno".   I was surprised to see guitarist Johnny Lang playing in the band and was disappointed that Charlie
wasn't given a solo.    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEIovpD0TfI
Ron - FL Keys