On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Jeffrey Friedman wrote:
>
> I think his playing is almost poles opposite from Buddy
> > MacMaster, another great fiddler from Cape Breton.
> > Unfortunately I cannot explain John Campbell's playing, you have
> > to hear it for yourself :-)
> I hope I did his playing some verbal justice. There are some who can play
> notes on a page, and then there are some who can play the story, almost in
> an impressionistic manner, giving out more than just an emotional melody.
> Ramble Ramble Ramble Ramble.
> Jeff
Well it's like Buddy is very big on consistency. John seems to
thrive on having some randomness in his playing. I happen to like that. I
think it's exciting.
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