Re: [Harp-L] what is the blues?????

[Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Strangely enough I HAVE heard some of these people...live. At least they looked live. 
1... Rice Miller (ta Sonnyboy Williamson..at the time) Baton Rouge La. 1961
2... Little Walter 1962
There are some others, but whose counting"  lolol
smo-joe

On Oct 18, 2011, at 12:45 PM, MundHarp@xxxxxxx wrote:

> SmoJoe     said:     <<
> Apparently it's not being able to use the phrase 'What ARE the blues'. lolol
> smo-joe
> >>
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> If you someone has to ASK "What is/ what are the blues"? Then, they simply haven't understood it... YET.
> But.....
> Hopefully, They will.
> Listen to Rice Miller, Sonny Boy Williamson, (probably) the second... & Listen to Little Walter... Listen to Howling Wolf....
> THAT is the blues... OK I enjoy "Blues Traveler"... But that isn't "The Blues"...
> In my humble opinion.
>  
> Best wishes,
> John "Whiteboy" Walden
>  
> Just now, in the UK...
> http://johnwalden.freevar.com
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