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

[Ken Hildebrand <airmojoken@xxxxxxxxx>]

For sure !  "Fishin' Blues" became one of the "standard" songs that my harp playing friends and I would play together !
 
And I never knew how cool the song "Shortin' Bread" was until I heard Madcat play it.
 
But all the songs he played were great... I still remember that "rhumba-fied" St Louis Blues song...  and "Too Late", "Scratch My Back", "Baby Please Don't Go", "500 Miles", "Hit the Road Jack", "Sweet Home Chicago", Mellow Down Easy", "Off the Wall"... what'd I forget ?    
 
It was quite awhile ago...
 
Ken H in OH
 

From: George Miklas <harmonicat@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Ken Hildebrand <airmojoken@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Madcat Ruth <madcat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2011 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Peter Ruth at SPAH (WAS SPAH - who's going?)


I second that Ken!

I loved the "Fishin' Blues" then (among others), and still play/sing it today with rack-mounted harp and ukulele.

George


On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Ken Hildebrand <airmojoken@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I was at the 1980 SPAH convention, along with other Youngstown, Ohio friends, George Miklas, Mike, and Pixie.
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>Madcat, you were a BIG hit with most everybody there, especially us diatonic harp players.
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>I will never forget it, and I've been a big fan ever since.
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>And meeting all those great harmonica players was a real pleasure for me, having only been playing for a couple of years.
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>Hard to believe that was 31 years ago !
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>Ken H in OH
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Peter Madcat Ruth madcat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>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.
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>Peter Madcat Ruth
>Musician - Grammy Award Winner
>madcat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>www.madcatmusic.net
>www.youtube.com/user/petermadcatruth
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