[Harp-L] Famous Harmonica Players (John Popper)

[Joseph Leone]

A lot of the old blues players died broke. 
Scott Land

> On Jan 29, 2019, at 12:53 PM, Boris Plotnikov <ploboris at xxxxx> wrote:
> 
> John Popper is number one player for me today. Despite high-pitch approach
> to timber and notes, not extensive overblow using he is extra special and
> unique player, who is not easy to imitate. Listening to Popper always
> motivate me to play along with him.
> 
> вт, 29 янв. 2019 г. в 19:12, Richard Hunter <rhunter377 at xxxxx>:
> 
>> The Iceman wrote:
>> oh Richard.....touched a nerve, did I?
>> (tee hee).
>> 
>> Not really.  I just get very, very tired of harmonica players complaining,
>> on the one hand, that the harmonica and the people who play it don't get no
>> respect, and on the other hand relentlessly bashing the one serious
>> harmonica player in the last 20 years who actually achieved a high degree
>> of mass interest by taking a very innovative approach to the instrument.
>> 
>> Can't have it both ways, man. A few weeks ago people were saying on this
>> list that the best-known harmonica players are, to put it bluntly, not very
>> accomplished on the instrument: Dylan, Jagger, Young, etc. etc.  Popper is
>> accomplished on the instrument--try to play what he plays and you'll find
>> that out in half a minute.  And yet all he gets for it from most harp
>> players is "that's not Little Walter."
>> 
>> Wishing that your favorite blues player had the kind of mass recognition
>> that Popper has achieved doesn't cut it.  The audience voted.  He won.
>> 
>> Regards, Richard Hunter
>> 
>> Check out Richard Hunter's 21st Century rock harmonica masterpiece "The
>> Lucky One" at https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/richardhunter
>> 
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> Thanks, Boris Plotnikov
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