Re: [Harp-L] Sugar Blue and alternate tunings

[Jesse <jvboden@xxxxxxxxx>]

couldn't agree more. great player - talent plus hard work = Sugar Blue.
1994?  who knows what he might think about the subject today? no need to
diss or offer backhanded complements to SB while digging into this topic.
he's bad to the bone, if he was going on about something for a minute 17
years ago - who cares?

surprised nobody flipped out over this line from the interview:

Steve:What kind of harps do you like?

Sugar Blue:If it ain't a Hohner, it ain't a harp!


tell mama!



On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 7:15 AM, fjm <bad_hat@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I read that quote as hyperbole.  Obviously SB is a process product kind of
> guy.  If you fit everything you play to a standard German major tuning
> you'll get a certain result.  Likewise if you make extensive use of non
> standard tunings like Lee Oskar does you'll achieve a different result.
>  Interesting to me that those two polar opposite players have arguably the
> two most often heard harmonica riffs on radio.  Miss You and Low Rider which
> pretty much any diatonic harmonica player of a certain age eventually learns
> note for note.
>
> When was that interview, 1992?  Close to 20 years ago.  My guess is you
> could search the harp-l archives and find plenty of my older posts that I
> would now disown.  I find it ironic that SB is really focused on doing what
> he does and that the reaction is criticism.  Really if your personal focus
> in terms of playing is in a different direction what he's saying doesn't
> matter at all.  Work your own program, that's what SB is doing.
>
> fjm
>