Re: [Harp-L] Re: Gussow in Princeton Alumni Weekly please read before posting on this topic

[Jeff Baker <acornfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I seem to recall some one doing a survey on what amp you play , what  
mike , do you play pro , how old are you etc.
  I think they concluded the median age of players of those who  
responded was around 53.
  So I guess some one who is 51 or 52 would be considered an "old  
turk " . . .

       Signed a middle-aged traditionalist .


On Oct 11, 2011, at 6:06 PM, owner-harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Ok, I'm confused.  A cross post of a provocative interview of Adam  
> Gussow
> made its way onto harp-l.
> So far so good.  From there we had some comments but from a lot of  
> those
> comments it appeared nobody had really followed the thread on  
> Modern Blues
> Harmonica.  Adam followed up with a couple of explanations and an  
> apology
> of sorts and since then virtually all of the posting has been about  
> who's
> good or bad and which version of truth and or history the poster has
> chosen to adopt.
>
> Here's the confused part, how is any of this about harmonica and  
> how can
> you discuss the in and outs of an entirely different list than harp- 
> l and
> have that discussion be anything other than meta discussion?  I can  
> see a
> glimmer of a possible core discussion, young turks versus the
> traditionalists and what that might mean culturally and musically.   
> So far
> nobody's gone there.
>
> The bottom line, it's fine to continue the thread but only if the
> discussion is able to be about our topic, all things harmonica.   
> Replaying
> revisionist interpretive histories of something that didn't even  
> happen on
> this list is not going to work.  I do have one question that is  
> pertinent
> to the discussion, at what age is someone no longer a young turk?   
> 50, 51,
> 53?  harp-l-listowner