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

[ian osborn <davidianosborn@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday, 30 January 2016, ian osborn <davidianosborn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> Great read, thanks for finding that- most of us as you said probably use a
> Shure green bullet mic... Great company, what a loss...
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> Ian
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> On Saturday, 30 January 2016, Mick Zaklan <mzaklan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>    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.
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>> 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
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>> http://legacy.suntimes.com/obituaries/chicagosuntimes/obituary.aspx?pid=177462246
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>> 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
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>> Mick Zaklan
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