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Originally Posted by Rudeboyelvis
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I cut my chops listening to and trying to emulate Tower of Power horn riffs. Hadn't heard this news. Will have to get out the old vinyl discs tonight and toast them and my own good fortune for getting to know their music in my youth.
As for the "article" by Dan Zinski, he appears to have an overinflated estimation of his own worth and the value of his opinion. I'm reminded of the words of Donald Ivey, who (among other things) taught a wonderful, wildly popular History of Jazz course at UK. On appreciating music, he said that it's fine to say, "I don't like that music," but not to say, "I don't like that s.h.i.t," because in the latter statement you've labeled it as something, and it's entirely possible you're not qualified to make such a judgement. As jms said, Zinski doesn't appear to be interested in making a statement so much as generating click revenue.