Well done, fellas. You both make Big Bill proud!
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Much of the Dolceola's checkered history is recounted in various journals as well as the previous Yazoo 2003, which you may refer to now before discarding - Pat Conte, notes to The Key to the Kingdom, Washington Phillips, Yazoo 2073, which describe Phillips' true instrument as a paired Phonoharp and Celestaphon
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic. It just occured to me that Forum member Gerry Clarke does a charming version of the song too:
http://weeniecampbell.com/yabbse/index.php?amp;Itemid=128&topic=5548.0 Cheers Pan Just finished listening to the Copenhagen concert and was struck by Big Bill's comments before Sixteen Tons, regarding having or making or living in a "Free World". My red diaper baby radar went up upon hearing those words and noting that this performance was in 1956, and that Bill must have been aware of the fates that befell Josh White and Paul Robeson, Pete Seeger and others, I can't help but think that he got some "friendly"
advice to mention being in favor of the free world or other pro American type buzz words in order to expiate the sins of having taken the left's coin for the preceding several years? In other words he was probably scared into doing it. The wording is amorphous enough to perhaps be calculated to also appeal to lefties who would be expecting some reference to civil rights too. Interesting. Its the least successful performance of the set unfortunately. He records it much more successfully on other sessions. I believe the m7 chord in the bridge is in the real book version of Glory of Love. I play a dropped D version a la Spence, but I added in the m7. Maybe I can record something. New territory for me. Stand by.
Dave I believe the m7 chord in the bridge is in the real book version of Glory of Love. I play a dropped D version a la Spence, but I added in the m7. Maybe I can record something. New territory for me. Stand by.OK, here is my take on GOL. Recorded on crappy built in microphones on my laptop. No sound SW other than what comes w/Windows 7, converted to MP3 using iTunes. Sound is so poor, its not worth talking about what kind of guitar, etc. Enjoy! Dave ps. Thanks for the link to the Broonzy record, GOL sounds really great. lindy
Just finished listening to the Copenhagen concert and was struck by Big Bill's comments before Sixteen Tons, regarding having or making or living in a "Free World". My red diaper baby radar went up upon hearing those words and noting that this performance was in 1956, and that Bill must have been aware of the fates that befell Josh White and Paul Robeson, Pete Seeger and others, I can't help but think that he got some "friendly" I've always felt that Big Bill was very capable in the arts of irony and sarcasm. Could that be an alternative take on this? I think there's always that edge in what he says, but this felt gratuitous, unnatural and somewhat scripted.
I'm guessing he wanted to stay on the right side of the state department to insure his ability to keep his passport and his relatively lucrative overseas gigs. Robeson had his passport revoked, First of all I'd like to compliment on Davek's great version. I like your bass lines on your arrangement. Was that in dropped D?
Secondly, I remembered that Glory of Love and the Danish recordings had been discussed before, so here is the link to the discussion: http://weeniecampbell.com/yabbse/index.php?amp;Itemid=128&topic=5911.0 And last and definitely least here's my lame attempt to the song. I need to go back woodshedding, that seems to be the first thing you notice when you record something. :-XvSorry for the poor recording quality too, I need to figure out where the hum comes from...And to learn how to sing this friggin' tune in the first place and... Cheers pan Pan - yes, my version is in drop D.
I like yours too - your very active bass lines are great. I think that 'hum' is just room ambience from cheap miking. But what do I know - mine sounds like crap sonically. Your singing is fine. Dave
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