[Harp-L] harmonica and blues elitism

[Mike Wilbur]

Ditto !

Mike Wilbur

> On Nov 1, 2016, at 6:02 PM, Robert Hale <robert at xxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 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
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