source file: mills2.txt Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 22:08:41 -0700 Subject: one more for Harry From: bq912@freenet.uchsc.edu (Neil G. Haverstick) Haverstick here...actually, I was done with the H word, but I must comment briefly on Beardsley's last post...dude, first of all it's Thumbs CARLILLE, not Thumbs Charlie...and, he was indeed a genius, and playing on his lap was no novelty or gimmick...have you ever heard Thumbs? I get the feeling the answer is no...and Albert was an innovator in blues...he created one of the most powerful and unique voices in the genre, and influenced Hendrix greatly. Of course, Partch was an innovator...but, again, I see him more as a theoretical genius than one who touches me on any profound spiritual or emotional levels. Partch reminds me, in a way, of Johnny Smith, the well known jazz guitarist...Smith makes folks pee with his technique, but I saw him twice and he was a boring MF. Partch is surely not boring, but I sure don't feel his music hits those deep, deep levels where the Creator dwells...bitterness and bleakness are very present in a lot of Uncle Harry's music, I feel, and that ain't the final destination...besides, could he play his cloud chamber bowls behind his head, like T-Bone Walker did with his guitar, or could he duckwalk with his kithara like Chuck Berry?...Hstick Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Thu, 29 Aug 1996 15:02 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA05812; Thu, 29 Aug 1996 15:03:39 +0200 Received: from eartha.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA05818 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id GAA27271; Thu, 29 Aug 1996 06:03:36 -0700 Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 06:03:36 -0700 Message-Id: <960829130015_71670.2576_HHB55-4@CompuServe.COM> Errors-To: madole@ella.mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu