http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlNpHgJYN5E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ9HDw4R3lg&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07WLB584I5Q&feature=related


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Wow, now, that dude can play!

I was shocked to hear him say "Blues" music is rooted in Irish Fiddle Playing??

I did not know this????

A suprise to me too. Gosh, and all this time...............

chas

David's bio...
http://www.david-garrett-fans.com/english/biography.html

I Like that he is bringing much attention to the younger audiences also
Rock to Classical....simply fantastic!



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I think it's disgusting that people like Robert Johnson, Leadbelly, Mississippi John Hurt, T-bone Walker, and thousands of other bluesmen out of the Mississippi Delta actually stole the blues from the Irish and tried to claim it as their own. They should be ashamed. Actually, I understand that Rap and Hip-hop originated in Latvia and Lithuania. Hmmmmmm. If we (Black folk) hadn't come up with those Madrigals, we probably wouldn't have any musical heritage at all.



chas

When I close my eyes I only HEAR the Music

Yeah, closing one's eyes to the facts seems to be a very prominent American trait. It's the best way to pretend something doesn't exist or didn't happen. Happy New Year.

chas

chas thanx for starting the new year off miserable & sending this post south...what does all this craop have to do with playingthe violin? ....but hey that's your problem.....me I just ignor it no problem.....and I just close my eyes and enjoy the music.

Most of your posts start out 'south'. Oh, and of course YOU've NEVER sent any posts south. Damn, I guess I'll just have to aspire to your standards.

Here's a joke for you to get the New Year off to a good start.

'After a series of misfortunes, a devoutly religious man turns to the heavens and says, "God, I've tried to be a good person all my life, why are you punishing me like this?" The clouds part and a majestic voice says, "I don't know, Donald, there's just something about you that pisses me off".

chas

LMAO @ Chas!!!

Funniest thing I've read in a long long time!

Taike

If you knew me Chas you'd know I never talk politics or religion, Happy New Year & sit down & play your C1 & try to smile once in a while you'll feel better.

With a humorous guy like Chas, you'd have to pry that smile off his face with a crowbar and still get nowhere.

Taike

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My eyes are still closed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlNpHgJYN5E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ9HDw4R3lg&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07WLB584I5Q&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa-DQ13SwDo&feature=related

Darn, had you added a period you'd have a correct sentence for once.

(sticking out my tongue since he can't see me)

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Donny, I'm with Chas on this one.

If this young performer is going to inspire young people, he should also be factual in music history. Young people should know where the Blues actually came from; and it ain't Ireland.

Hey get over where music actually originates from and simply play good music ... that is all that really matters. Certainly you can give credit to where you get it from ... but in the long run it really isn't important.

Years from now no-one really cares ... just make it sound good.

I agree Nigel, well said!

people are always trying to re write history. This young man does not know what he is talking about but he is no music historian and so noone has to place weight on anything he says.

I'm suprised to hear you say that. I think a great many people care. Maybe not on this forum, but in the larger world, people care. It's an important part of our heritage, of who we are and where we've been. Seems to me, the least we can do is be factual about it. People like Leonard Bernstein, and Wynton Marsalis (a Nobel laureate), and numerous other music historians, have dedicated their lives to making sure that it's (music) story is told (accurately) and preserved.

I know it's not smart to disagree with 'the boss', but hopefully there is room on this forum for opposing views. Spalding is right; 'someone is always trying to rewrite history'. If that person is in a position to influence and educate our youth, don't we have a responsibility to speak up? Perhaps this is not the right forum, but this is where it happened. JMO.

chas

Correction. Not a Nobel prize winner but a Pulitzer Prize winner. Sorry for trying to rewrite history .

chas

He's no historian, but he is a player...very interesting choice of tunes.

BTW, I'll ALWAYS believe that knowing where you're coming from, musically, is critical. The time-period, politics, technology, cultural issues...all these things make music what it is, and differentiates the types of music from each other. Music is obviously not created in a vacuum. If you don't know where you came from, you won't get to where you're going, musically.

It's important to know where you're from.


Russ

I am in total agreement, hey bill ,I intend to post a song as soon as I can. Since you sak me to put a song on the tube with my Audya and my guitarist my wife had surgery and some very serious complications arose and she was in ICU for four days with a bad infection and is still at Henry Ford hospital. Fighting a real battle right now so I hope to get her home soon and start the recording.

Wishing your wife a speedy recovery, Mr. G

Taike


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Thanks Taike, She is improving a little bit every day. just need to get the white blood count back down to normal.