[Harp-L] harmonica and blues elitism

Robert Hale robert@xxxxx
Tue Nov 1 18:02:18 EDT 2016


Harmonica is is such a wonderful and widely accepted instrument!

I have always been annoyed by the in-group elitism expressed by some... a
few...

   - real blues is diatonic (Richter) tuning only, and
   - on a wood-body harp
   - real blues is that one iconic bullet + bassman sound

Thank goodness for Richard Hunter, and others like him, who can lay down an
honorable tribute to tradition AND explore the textures of other tunings,
and processing gear.

Robert Hale
Serious Honkage in Arizona
youtube.com/DUKEofWAIL
DUKEofWAIL.com


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