garry
113 posts
Sep 07, 2011
7:05 PM
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recently ran across this recording of john sebastian telling a story from his Lovin' Spoonful days. thought y'all might enjoy it.
John Sebastian Story
harp content: he opened for, then sat in with Hot Tuna on harp the night this was recorded.
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Honkin On Bobo
760 posts
Sep 08, 2011
7:33 AM
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Thanks for the post garry, love John Sebastian, great story.
My favorite line in the story is about how, he states, in the early days of the Spoonful they sucked but "we were too young to know it, and in a way, that helped us".
I've picked up the harp and the desire to learn how to play an instrument rather late in life, and for me, it's been extremely difficult to learn "like a child" (ie: ignore how bad you are and just enjoy the thrill of learning). So that remark coming from someone of Sebastians stature hit close to home.
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jbone
639 posts
Sep 08, 2011
9:12 PM
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i think- or hope!- that most people sucked early on in their endeavors. i know i did for a lot of years barring a few brilliant moments. or was that just the alcohol?
still, it was nice to get the same message from a heavy hitter from back when. i saw hot tune in about '78, but not with mr. sebastian.
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Honkin On Bobo
765 posts
Sep 09, 2011
7:51 AM
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Jbone,
Yeah, it's common sense that everybody does in the beginning. What I was focusing on was the part of his remark that in a way it helped them. i took that to mean because they were young they were either oblivious to it or didn't give a shit, and forged ahead anyway.
I read an article on learning to play music in a less stressful way and the article talked about how children don't have an inner voice that tells them how bad they are doing something at first, an inner critic if you will. The article urges the student to "learn like a child".
This resonates with me as I've picked up the harp in my fifties, and with all the great music I've listened to over the years, silencing my inner critic is a major challenge (even though it's perfectly logical/normal thing that no one is great at the start).
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