Klarinet Archive - Posting 000329.txt from 2000/06

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] Kenny G boycott?
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 22:46:22 -0400

At 11:06 AM 06/11/2000 +0930, you wrote:
>Regarding Mr. Garrett's long and depressing narrative that focused on "Mr.
>G" - I simply couldn't let this pass.
>To begin - who elected Roger president of the musicians' affirmitave action
>group?? To suggest that "we all" boycott" Kenny G's recording sales because
>"he" is offended by a particular recording is just plain silly. Nobody on
>the planet, and beyond is going to tell me what I should or shouldn't
>purchase with my hard earned money!

This kind of post is why I left Klarinet. I didn't suggest anything to
anybody - and Mr. John W. Sheridan's post suggesting that I did is even
sillier than his conclusions. I posted information that is readily
available on the web because there seems to be an interest in Kenny G. I
don't have a personal opinion about Kenny G., nor have I listened to him
enough to have an educated opinion. Beyond that, I know very little about
Pat Metheny except by his reputation. So Mr. Sheridan, I can't be offended
by something I have never heard. If you don't like the information in the
post, don't blame me for passing it along!

Everybody's entitled to their own opinion, and their own version,
>and that is why, Mr. Roger Garrett, you are totally out of line, so step
>down from your podium, and shame on you as an educator for being so arrogant
>and narrow minded.
>
>John W. Sheridan
>Music Lover & Educator

I would suggest that Mr. John W. Sheridan read posts a bit more clearly in
the future. Maybe take a cold shower and an anti depressant to help settle
you down!!
RG

Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director, Concert Band and Symphonic Winds
Advisor, Recording Studio
Illinois Wesleyan University
School of Music
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
(309) 556-3268

"If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me,
this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very
best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until
the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won't
amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, 10 angels swearing I
was right would make no difference."
-Abraham Lincoln

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