Re: [Harp-L] Gussow in Princeton Alumni Weekly

[Scott Harris <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Amazing how many people feel their way is the only way.  If these guys enjoy playing and we enjoy listening, isn't that what really matters?

Scott Harris
President
Mustang Marketing

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On Oct 4, 2011, at 5:09 PM, "RON SMITH" <ron@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Interesting article but I didn't agree with his statement below, copied from
> the article: I guess three of the best and most successful harp players have
> got it all wrong.  (Yeah right)
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> As Gussow sees it, this perceived need to stay true to the music's roots has
> led many blues performers to stagnate. He singles out contemporary white
> blues harpists such as Kim Wilson, Rod Piazza, and Rick Estrin, saying that,
> by trying too hard to emulate the old blues masters, they have perpetuated
> an unduly conservative approach to what ought to be a more vital and
> evolving kind of music. "It has been -costumed [and] profoundly confected
> onto that old-time stuff like it's the only way to go," he says. "They
> resist -modernization."
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> http://paw.princeton.edu/issues/2011/10/05/pages/5226/index.xml?__xsl=/cms-p
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> I happened to get this magazine in the mail and was surprised to see a
> harmonica on the cover, then realized it was Adam Gussow (didn't realize he
> was a Princeton guy!).
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> Interesting line in the article about the students at his workshop looking
> like a Cialis commercial -- I had noticed in the photo all the T-shirted
> bellies hanging over the waist bands of the shorts -- but the Cialis crack
> hadn't occured to me.  Above is a link to the on-line article.
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