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

["Patrick Lines" <plines@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

See, the thing that irritates me is Cyndi is not the greatest blues singer 
and Jonny is not the greatest blues singer or guitarist. Charlie is one of 
the greatest harp players or maybe the greatest ( a matter of opinion ). But 
Jay Leno and Don Johnson bypass him and go directly to Cyndi and Jonny for 
hugs and handshakes. They mean no disrespect, it's just a matter of what you 
know.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Hines" <billhines4@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Charlie Musselwhite on the Jay Leno show


>  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