Re: Subject: Re: [Harp-L] "Authentic" pronunciation?

[joe leone <3N037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sep 28, 2010, at 10:30 PM, EGS1217@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Not only Jason and Todd. When you were up in NY I heard you too,

I was in N.Y.?    (just kidding, of course I was).

> when there was (if I remember correctly) an instrumental of a Brook  
> Benton song playing.

The Boll Weevil song?   (just kidding, it was Rainy Night in  
Georgia). Which I did this Sunday night.

>  Your singing voice is interesting, 'authentic' and very pleasant.

Aaaaw, thank you. I always thought it was boring and monotone.
>  You should sing more, actually (imho).

I would never subject my friends to my singing......YOU? That's  
another story.  Btw, I also did Englebert, Freddie Fender, Bing,  
(tongue firmly planted on frozen flag pole)

smo-joe
> Elizabeth
>
> "Message: 9
> Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 22:10:52 -0400
> From: joe leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] "Authentic" pronunciation?
> To: Ken Deifik <kenneth.d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Harp L Harp L <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> On Sep 26, 2010, at 1:50 PM, Ken Deifik wrote:
> >
> > What absolutely kills a record for me is to hear a white American
> > band playing well in the first few bars, followed by a white singer
> > who tries to use English like a Black Mississippi man from 1930.
> > I run away screaming, often leaving a Deifik-shaped hole in the
> > drywall.
> >
> Gee Ken, I guess you wouldn't like what I used to do with the old
> party band. Imitations. Buster Brown, Tommy Tucker, Ernie K. Doe,
> Brook Benton.
> I think Jason is the only one who has heard me. Oh, and Todd.
>
>    lolol
>
>
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