I have received email from Nelson offlist and he is of the impression that my post was meant to "put him in his place". If that was my point, I'd say yea, be pissed off, because I have no right to tell Nelson or anyone else what to listen to, play, say, blah, blah, blah. Nelson cited the phrase that suggested he was "easily impressed..." and referenced the sentence that encouraged him to send Skaggs a Xmas card, to go sit on his doorstep. Okay. Two things about that...1) Living in this town where you can't swing a dead cat without hitting somebody that plays half a dozen instruments well or at the least, above average, makes it really hard to be impressed by yet another person that can do the same. Unfortunately, sometimes learning more about something(or in the case of Jimmy Martin, Monroe, etc) runs the risk of losing respect or love or interest for it. Educating oneself is admirable, but it does sometimes put a dimmer light on some things, or has for me. 2) I thought I made it adequately clear that I was all for Nelson's appreciation for Skaggs' music. Finding something that touches the soul and inspires, provides an escape from the turmoil of the day is about as good as it gets. I remember what I felt like when I bought Monroe's records. I used to get the dry heaves before I could get the needle on the platter. The words I lent to Nelson regarding getting acquainted with his heroes were words given to me. I have known of at least a couple instances where artists living here have sought out their heroes to the point of calling them on the phone and showing up at their front door. I was told to do the same thing and did. I didn't get much time to hang out with Monroe, and seriously, found out there was a lot about his personality that I didn't like, which was sad. It is truly best, IMO, to keep one's heroes at arm's length. But the point I was trying to make was "hell, yea, go for it". Is that so hard to understand? I think not.
Now I am tired of this bit and I'm going to go cook some eggs... mistertaterbug On Sep 27, 9:41 am, Robert Feivor <rfei...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wow, what a thread! :) I love this group for the honest discussion that can > be had. > > I can't and won't pretend to be able to speak to anyone's concerns but only > share my observations with a bit of a tangent.... > > Sometimes our musical stars are not quite like we imagine them to be in our > own head or how they present themselves to the public. I get this and > accept as we are all human (even those w/a modicum of fame) > > On the one hand I really don't give a rip what the person is like it's there > music I enjoy; but this isn't always honest either b/c on some level the > person behind the music does influence, no? Though there are plenty of > musicians I love the music of and have never met; I do understand that > sometimes they weren't always the nicest people. > > I remember attending one of the early Mando Symposiums and upon arriving I > was a complete awe struck Dawg admirer but by week's end I was leaving a > total convert of Tater. Why? Dawg certainly wasn't rude or rock star like > but he also wasn't necessarily what I'd imagined in my head. Tater "was" > someone I was familiar with but left with a HUGE appreciation for b/c I saw > the measure of the man you could say. He was genuine and true to his words > and lives it. > > What does any of this mean; hell if I know. But Nelson, I for one > appreciate MC's insights and knowledge that far exceed my own. At the same > time I know he's honest and sincere when he says to follow your heart. By > darn it if Skaggs is your guy then don't be bashful, I'm sure Tater wouldn't > want that. Surely your conviction can withstand some ribbin? I hope so. > The beauty of this list is you can fire your own rib shot back and smile. > > Now someboyd queue up WAR's "Why Can't We Be Friends" and lets get back to > pickin! > > RF in MN > > On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 9:10 AM, malagrass <malayt...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > > Tater-agitator-taterbug............. > > > "I love you man......" > > > I have a few of Ricky's CD's and have enjoyed his talent through the > > years but i've heard some stuff that Ricky said at Bills funeral about > > "carrying the torch" and i'm still completely turned off. But since > > then I have bought his cd's and even went to see him once in Bristol. > > Man his timing was waaaayyyyyy bad but thats another subject. So I > > guess i'm on the fence.........as usual. > > > The entire political thing in BG seems like its pretty brutal but mr. > > tater, keep in mind you are the man and I personally like, look up to > > and try to emulate what you do. Which is more than I can say for > > Ricky's style. > > > BigMalagrass. > > > On Sep 27, 2:41 am, mandoho...@comcast.net wrote: > > > Hot damn! This is almost as good as the Jerry Springer show. (not that I > > ever watched) I was looking for the fat girl to take a swing at Tater any > > minute. I like Ricky just like I liked Jimmy Martin, but neither of them > > share my values so I wouldn't want to take them home, but I'll sure as hell > > buy their music. > > > > Clyde Clevenger > > > Just My Opinion, But It's Right > > > Salem, Oregon > > > Old Circle --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to taterbugmando@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to taterbugmando+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
