Re: [Harp-L] Isn't She Lovely cover, Shure obit

[ian osborn <davidianosborn@xxxxxxxxx>]

Great read, thanks for finding that- most of us as you said probably use a
Shure green bullet mic... Great company, what a loss...

Ian

On Saturday, 30 January 2016, Mick Zaklan <mzaklan@xxxxxxxxx
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mzaklan@xxxxxxxxx');>> wrote:

>    Interesting cover of the Stevie Wonder standard, "Isn't She Lovely":
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0rdmOe9B9U.  I've never heard it played
> with a diatonic blues harp sound before.  I prefer the original; I never
> get tired of hearing that solo.  Brings a smile to my face every time.  But
> I kind of admire the audacity of this one.
>    Earlier this week I ran across an interesting obit on a 95 year-old
> local business woman identified as "microphone maven" Rose Shure
>
> http://legacy.suntimes.com/obituaries/chicagosuntimes/obituary.aspx?pid=177462246
> .
> I doubt that there are many of us on this list who haven't used a Shure
> microphone at one time or another to amplify our tin sandwiches.
> Apparently the company started out as a mail order supplier of radio parts
> and kits before they went into microphones and phonograph cartridges and
> needles.  Mrs. Shure took over in 1995 after her husband's death and
> managed to triple the size of the business.  Kind of a throwback to an
> earlier era when families actually owned and ran companies.  As opposed to
> disinterested conglomerates using bean counters preoccupied with the bottom
> line.
>
> Mick Zaklan
>