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The Phillip McCann debate

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Subject: The Phillip McCann debate
From: CRAIG BENNETT <CraigBennett1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 10:42:13 -0400
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Sender: CRAIG BENNETT <CraigBennett1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I've read this argument (substitute argument with word of your choice) wi=
th
interest. I think we're just going to have to beg to differ here. I'm luc=
ky
enough to have played in the same band as him which was a thrill (he is
after all one of the best know and experienced cornet players we have) BU=
T
I have got to say that I am still not a PM fan.


He wasn't, for me, a bandsman, being rather aloof at times and also very
sarcastic/patronising. Quite often he was more of a hinderance than a hel=
p
to the BAND e.g. refusing to move tuning slide/constantly interrupting th=
e
conductor (ps I'm already taking cover). Now as a player no-one can take
away what he has done (especially going back to his BDM days and listenin=
g
to him on a recording as a teenage top-man with Faireys in about 1969 -
quite brilliant).


I personally prefer the more adaptable players such as Brian Taylor,
Richard Marshall, Roger Webster etc. At the end of the day those FOR will=

probably not change those AGAINST' minds and vice versa. So it's probably=

better to leave it at that. I say this after trawling through 350 mail
items!

Regards.
Craig Bennett.


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