[Harp-L] Afro-American chrom players

[Slim Heilpern]

Yeah, I get that Rick. However, Stevie also happens to be a musical genius and a blind one at that, so perhaps those are contributing factors? :-). Hell, he invented a truly original and compelling style of playing chromatic as a teenager and has influenced most modern chrom players in a big way. And indeed, the music from people who've been oppressed is often the most moving and soulful, so I do believe there's something to that. My point was that there are many modern chrom players all over the world that are doing great and unique things on the instrument (with no lack of soul). 

- Slim

https://slimandpenny.com



> On May 31, 2021, at 3:40 PM, Rick Dempster <rickdempster33 at xxxxx> wrote:
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> My point was that I was trying to understand what made Stevie  stand out. You can say "race" and nationality don't mean anything, but culture does. Imagine, for example if only Anglos had played diatonic, and not Afro- Americans. 
> 
> On Tue, 1 Jun 2021, 05:58 JOSEPH LEONE, <3n037 at xxxxx <mailto:3n037 at xxxxx>> wrote:
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> > On 05/31/2021 2:21 PM Slim Heilpern <slim at xxxxx <mailto:slim at xxxxx>> wrote:
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> and I don't know why it matters whether Maret, etc... are American or not.
> 
> It doesn't. But an Aussie asked a question. Maybe curiosity?
> 
>  Not sure I understand why their race matters either.
> 
> It doesn't. See above.
> smo-joe
> 
>  The world is a melting pot with so many great and soulful chromatic players of various races and ethnicities.
> > 
> > But here's another: Thaddeus Hogarth is a multi-instrumentalist that plays chromatic and teaches guitar at Berklee in Boston. He'll be doing a workshop (as will I) for the HUK Chromatic Weekend beginning June 18:
> > 
> > https://thaddeushogarth.com/harmonica/ <https://thaddeushogarth.com/harmonica/>
> > 
> > http://harmonica.uk/HUKBlog/chromatic-weekend/ <http://harmonica.uk/HUKBlog/chromatic-weekend/>
> > 
> >  - Slim
> > 
> > https://slimandpenny.com <https://slimandpenny.com/>
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > On May 30, 2021, at 11:28 AM, JOSEPH LEONE <3n037 at xxxxx <mailto:3n037 at xxxxx>> wrote:
> > > 
> > > Julian qualifies. Not too many people know who he is? And if you count the islands of the 'New World' then Maret and Yonnet qualify.
> > > Maret? Father Swiss, mother Martiniquan? currently Nuevo Jork.
> > > Yonnet? Father French, mother Grenadinan? currently Washingaton dee Chee.
> > > Just guessing. lolol
> > > 
> > > smo-joe 
> > > 
> > >>    On 05/30/2021 9:01 AM Gary Lehmann <gnarlyheman at xxxxx <mailto:gnarlyheman at xxxxx>> wrote:
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >>    And Julian Davis, but he sounds a lot like Stevie--and not famous (yet!).
> > >> 
> > >>    On Sun, May 30, 2021 at 7:59 AM Gary Lehmann < gnarlyheman at xxxxx <mailto:gnarlyheman at xxxxx> mailto:gnarlyheman at xxxxx <mailto:gnarlyheman at xxxxx> > wrote:
> > >> 
> > >>>> 
> > >>>>>> Well, Gregoire Maret's mom is African American, and he lives in NYC, perhaps he qualifies?
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> 
> > >>>>>> 
> > >>>>