[Harp-L] harmonica and blues elitism

[bfrain@xxxxx]

as long as it's filthy...i'm happy!
---- Mike Wilbur <mike at xxxxx> wrote: 
> 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
> > Serious Honkage in Arizona
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