Re: [Harp-L] Peter Ruth at SPAH (WAS SPAH - who's going?)

[Peter Madcat Ruth <madcat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My first appearance at SPAH was in 1980 at the 17th annual convention in Southfield, MI.
Having a young (31 year old) diatonic player at SPAH was extremely controversial at that time.
A sizable portion of the audience stood up and left the hall in protest just before I went on stage.
But I definitely had some strong support: Danny Wilson, Pete Pedersen, Jerry Murad and Don Les all came down and sat in the front row to cheer me on.

Peter Madcat Ruth
Musician - Grammy Award Winner
madcat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.madcatmusic.net
www.youtube.com/user/petermadcatruth


On Jul 22, 2011, at 1:33 PM, Richard Hunter wrote:

> The Iceman wrote:
> <In case you youngsters didn't know, Madcat was the first diatonic player brought into a SPAH convention, which <opened the door for diatonics at this event.