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[Craig Ventresco]

Why do I find this so depressing to read?

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 9:10 AM, Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>wrote:

> Spats wrote:
> >   Dear Rockined!
> >
> > I'm afraid my otherwise very wide taste in music does require the
> > following....great melodies based on interesting chord sequences...so
> > Country music certainly will not be found on my show.
> >
> > As for the Blues, well, the occasional one, usually of the
> > sophisticated Jazz type might appear, but not too often.
> >
> > Have you actually LISTENED to the show yet?
> >
> > Earl.
> >
> >> No Hillbilly?? No Blues??  sorry no interest :(
> >> playlist does look interesting though
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> I have the same general feeling about country music (apart from western
> swing) and blues. I find them both harmonically limited, although I do
> like piano blues. Blues players like Lonnie Johnson and Big Bill Broonzy
> would appeal to me much more if they were to shut up and feature their
> guitar playing! Many years ago someone likened Johnson's singing to that
> of an Irish tenor--I could never take it seriously after that. The only
> Broonzy I like is his guitar playing and the stuff he did with jump
> bands in the late 1930s.
>
> Someone else commented that he can't be bothered listening through
> boring singing to hear a few bars of guitar--my sentiment precisely.
>
> Yes, Earl, I did hear your latest show. Will get round to the earlier ones.
>
>       Julian Vein
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