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From:  John Link <johnlink@n...>
Date:  Fri Jan 18, 2002  11:51 pm
Subject:  Envy [WAS: Charlotte, Bocelli]

There's been a lot a bashing of individual singers here in the last
few days and frankly I don't see the point. I suspect that a lot of
the bashing comes from the envy of someone else's success.

I once saw Don Cherry, the trumpeter who played a pocket trumpet, at
the Village Vanguard. Besides playing trumpet, he also played a
stringed instrument that would not stay in tune and whose only
possible use would be to decorate a wall. He spent maybe five
minutes, in the middle of a set, attempting to tune that piece of
garbage! The audience waited patiently, acting as if nothing bizarre
was happening. I didn't particularly like Don's performance, but I
went home with the wonderful idea that if he could get away with his
shenanigans (at the Vanguard, no less) then there must be room in the
world for _my music.

To your own success,
John Link

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http://www.cdBaby.com/JohnLink2 (John Link Sextet)
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16602 Re: Envy [WAS: Charlotte, Bocelli]Axwell@a...   Sat  1/19/2002  
16686 Love, JanisJohn Link   Sun  1/20/2002  

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