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

[Maurice Nazzaro <mauricenazz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So his no feel single grove busy playing is modernization? Whatever.
I don't think I've ever heard any of the mentioned say they're trying to be anything more than they are.
Perfection breeds envy

Maurice Nazzaro

On Oct 5, 2011, at 11:36 AM, Scott Harris <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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