[TPIN] Maynard and poor choices

[Thomas Mueller]

I lioke your style..............................

On 8/30/06, Nanette Kappus <binak at rochester.rr.com> wrote:
>
> TPIN,
> I have truly enjoyed the posts about the great Maynard.  I also agree with
> both John  and David that we need to remember all the great musicians.
> There are so many that no one knows about.  It is not wrong to do "theme
> songs" for major pictures, play gig's at the local "college town" bar or
> simply, play for the enlightenment of another human being.  Are we not all
> talented in our own way?  Maynard, Doc, my brother Tim, :>) are all
> awesome.
> To try to say that one contributed more then another with their gift of
> music is insulting.  Not everyone wants to be a public star.  Some have no
> choice or are unwilling to make that choice. I realize that certain
> musicians attain a level of excellence that is profound and I am not
> trying
> to put a shadow on them.  I just want to keep in mind that the 8 year old
> in
> the middle school band may someday be the next Maynard.  Trying to compare
> Maynard, F., Doc S., Chuck M., Chase, etc. is an effort of futility.  They
> are all so distinctive and separate in their own styles.
> I look for ward to the next "great player" of the future who will blow my
> socks off!!  Maybe it will be one of the new members like Elizabeth Mills
> !
>
> Nanette L. Kappus, Tribologist
> www.binak.com
> binak at rochester.rr.com
>
> "Everyone dies. Not everyone truly lives."
>                    William Wallace
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Arndt" <darndt at oriongate.net>
> To: "'John Campbell'" <johnstrad37 at hotmail.com>; <tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 4:14 PM
> Subject: RE: [TPIN] Maynard and poor choices
>
>
> > Without "going down the road to riches" he might never have reached but
> a
> > fraction of the audience...
> >
> > ...and never inspired the next two generations.
> >
> > Snooky Young is a fabulous lead player and jazz player.  But I wonder
> how
> > many young players have ever heard of him... ?  No slight to Snooky -
> he's
> > one of my all time favorties.
> >
> > Fact is, we *need* both our "Maynards"... And our "Snooky's"
> >
> > - da
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: tpin-bounces at tpin.okcu.edu [mailto:tpin-bounces at tpin.okcu.edu] On
> > Behalf Of John Campbell
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 3:50 PM
> > To: tpin at tpin.okcu.edu
> > Subject: [TPIN] Maynard and poor choices
> >
> > I've been a lurker on TPIN for a while and this may get me roasted but I
> > can't be the only one out there who feels this way.
> >
> > Maynard made some incredibly poor choices going down the road to riches
> > over
> > the years. To be as talented as he was and to waste it on stuff like The
> > Theme to Battlestar Gallactica?! Rocky Disco II (with Sylvester
> > Stallone???). I mean some of those albums from early 80's barely had any
> > real music on them!  I had always hoped he would have teamed up with a
> > more
> > modern day Keith Mansfield.
> >
> > And one more criticism as much as I love him, on the At the Top video
> > filmed
> > in the 70's what's with the squeeling double and triple high squelch
> stuff
> > anyway, I mean he sounded so much better playing in the range from high
> C
> > to
> > double A or so because he had that HUGE CLEAN STEELY SOUND!!!
> >
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