Re: [Harp-L] Is it all Howard Levy's fault?

[peter lind <pjazz_peter@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

 I have to agree. Lady Bird is a complex song with a lot of changes.  
It's a song I have spent some time listening to and playing on  
diatonic. While I think that much of the structure and many of these  
changes in the song were aptly represented by Sam I winced at notes  
that were not in tune. Yes, it was played amazingly quickly and often  
in time with the backing, but at the expense of the music. Simpler can  
often be more on the mark, than flashing a series of notes. I  
certainly don't pretend to play this song as well as Sam played it,  
but at the same time I don't think it was ready for prime time.

Peter

On Feb 6, 2012, at 9:45 AM, Venky Ramakrishna wrote:

> You'll find more guitarists trying to be Hendrix than Levy. If my  
> elevator
> was out of service and I'd have to take the stairs only to find an  
> annoying
> harmonica player doing the overblows I'd give him 5 bucks to leave.  
> Sam did
> a great job at SPAH but that doesn't mean I'd buy more harmonicas  
> [from
> him] just based on this video. To my ears it is not a product that
> inspires- maybe he'd sound better with a band where he'd have a  
> chance to
> phrase things out, listen to others and do the appropriate fills.  
> I'd go
> for Carlos del Junco, any day.
> Venky
>
> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 9:19 AM, 46long Blake <46long@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: