Re: response to Captain Spaulding

[Jon Dawson <soupnazi99@coastalnet.com>]

>Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 11:38:05 -0500
>From: Gregory Sager <captainspaulding@ameritech.net>
>Reply-To: captainspaulding@ameritech.net
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>To: Jon Dawson <soupnazi99@coastalnet.com>
>Subject: Re: response to Captain Spaulding
>
>Jon Dawson wrote:
>> 
>> If they do produce new songs on tour, then this tour is worth it.  It is
>> also worth it to see the band in it's almost original form.  The Who are so
>> far ahead of Zeppelin and the Stones in creativity and performance ability,
>> it's not even funny.  The thing about the Who is that there stuff from 1971
>> sounds fresh today, Zeppelin circa '71 sounds like Zeppelin '71....not, it
>> sounds like Willie Dixon '71.
>> 
>> The fact that the greatest live band ever is on the road is a glimmer of
>> hope to those of us who make their living trying to play meaningful rock
>> and roll.  I live in North Carolina, and I'm eeking out a living playing my
>> songs in my band, a  band that would never have happend if the Who hadn't
>> happend.
>> 
>> I agree with most of your points, but let's just wait and see if something
>> new comes out of it, and then we can tear the best rock band ever apart for
>> going out and playing the best rock songs ever.
>> 
>> How dare they!
>> 
>> Jon Dawson
>
>
>Thanks, Jon, for your response. Due to the overwhelming feedback that
>I'm already receiving for the Who column, I will be posting a letters
>column in the next few weeks. I may use your letter.
>
>Thanks again for responding, and for reading "Hooray For Me" and
>*Pandemonium Online*.
>
>
>Captain Spaulding
>
>P.S. No soup for me?
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