Re: [Harp-L] Toots called Howard a name

[Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

All one has to do is listen to Toots from around the time he was 45 years old (and that would be around 1958). NO ONE could touch him then....... and, frankly, he's hard to catch...even now. 

smo-joe

On Jun 5, 2013, at 7:06 PM, The Iceman wrote:

> I do not believe for a minute that Toots is jealous of Howard.
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> I do know that they were "forced" to perform together at Michalek's Harmonica Summit and that Toots did not particularly care for Howard's approach. (Vicki and I spent some alone time with Toots at that event - he did not enjoy it very much).
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wed, Jun 5, 2013 1:42 pm
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Toots called Howard a name
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> I don't think Toots meant it in a bad way. It's like when a musician calls 
> another musician a bitch or a monster - both are compliments.
> 
> Winslow Yerxa
> Author, Harmonica For Dummies, ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5
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> From: Larry Sandy <slyou65@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 4, 2013 3:22 PM
> Subject: [Harp-L] Toots called Howard a name
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> I was enjoying watching this video when suddenly Toots (jokingly) called Howard 
> a freak.  Actually, I think Toots was a little jealous of Howards abilities.  
> Who isn't?  This was about the 47 minute mark on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vITStp_usc 
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