Ron.M -> RE: Strings with compliments! (May 20 2004 22:06:19)
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Mike, I'm not a whisky connesoir, I'm generally a beer man. Lots of guys up here can tell you exactly where the stuff came from in one sip, but I'm not one unfortunately. Glen Grant is a good one, but there are heaps of minor distilleries who produce small quantities of their own stuff that doesn't make the International market. To me, the mark of a good whisky is the "nose" and smoothness, much like a great fino de Jerez. Man...what a great program tonight...Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson and J.B. Renoir. A couple of pretty good "white" performers, notably John Mayall, but in general, the performances of the white enthusiasts were a little too "over enthusiastic", a little too overdone, like getting rubbed down with a piece of sandpaper rather than drowning in syrup like the black guys can make you feel. To me, a complete parallel with Flamenco! You can hear a guy play a few chords or notes and immediately you can tell if he has aire or not, and that's irrespective of technique. Wonderful stuff, music...practically inexplicable really. cheers Ron
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