Re: [Harp-L] Cadillac Records - Little Walter

[The Iceman <icemanle@xxxxxxx>]

It's a movie - not a documentary.


I loved "Amadaus", but don't really believe that Mozart was a giggling goofball.





-----Original Message-----
From: michael rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Bill Kumpe <bkumpe@xxxxxxx>
Cc: cljdm <cljdm@xxxxxxx>; harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tue, May 10, 2011 7:30 am
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Cadillac Records - Little Walter


I agree that Walter and others had reputations of doing morally
questionable things.  If they had shown him getting in fights, doing
drugs and alcohol and being a womanizer I would have enjoyed the movie
just fine.  As it is, I will always add a warning to my recommendation
to watch the movie.
Michael Rubin
Michaelrubinharmonica.com

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Bill Kumpe <bkumpe@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm not saying it's right.  But I am saying don't tamper with history about
> these characters just because we like their music.  They were not saints for
> the most part. (Excepting maybe Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Willie Johnson,
> Josh White and maaaybe Son House.)  The blues lifestyle killed many of its
> servants one way or another.  All I'm saying is be truthful about it. Don't
> slander them but don't try to make them something they're not either.
>
> Bill Kumpe
> Tulsa, OK
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