Too many dirty dishes in the sink for just us two. You got me wondering, baby - who's making dirty dishes with you? - Albert Collins, Too Many Dirty Dishes
Hi all, Here's a cool one from the same song family as Peg Leg Howell's "Rolling Mill Blues", Charley Lincoln's "Chain Gang Trouble" and Bill Monroe's "In The Pines". All best, Johnm
John, Thanks for this. I've never run in to it, and, boy, is it peculiar. Do you hear the same rhythm tussle I do? I'm hearing the lead in 6/8 yet the guitar is emphasizing the 1 & 5 (as if the song alternates a bar of 4 and a bar of 2!!!?) signed, Perplexed in Tennessee
Hi Bruce, It is one for the books, isn't it? The way I hear it, for the sung parts of the rendition, it is 6 bars of 3/2, which would be backed boom-chang, boom-chang, boom-chang, but with the bass alternating as though the player was playing in cut time, so that the bass flips on itself, 2 phrased in three, and then two bars of regular cut time, 2/2, which is backed boom-chang, boom-chang per measure. With the lyrics, it works out like so, with chords indicated above each phrase. Each number in the count represents a "boom", and is followed by a "chang" that is not indicated. I I IV I The long--est train I e----ver saw was the | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 |1 2 3 |1 2 3 | I V7 I I day I left my home The | 1 2 3 |1 2 3 | 1 2 | 1 2 |
When Mainer solos on the fiddle to play the outro, he starts early, but apart from that, they hold to the form consistently. It's hard to say what the motivation for doing it this way would be, but the whole band bought it! Perhaps the guitar player couldn't catch a standard 3/4 boom-chang-chang feel, and had a hard time with the idea of one downbeat and two upbeats. His way, at least, each downbeat has only one upbeat. I don't imagine we'll ever find out the impetus for the unusual version at this point. All best, Johnm
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Hi all, Whew, talk about some rockin' time, oof! Like Booker White, she sounds to be playing slide out of cross-note on this track, but unlike Booker, she keeps it minor, she doesn't keep that first fret of the third string fretted. Go, Sister O.M. All best, Johnm
Hi John Lee, The musicians shown on the Tarheel Slim video, which is really nice by the way, thanks!, are Gabriel Brown on the left and his playing partner, Rochelle French, on the right. All best, Johnm
Hi John Lee, The musicians shown on the Tarheel Slim video, which is really nice by the way, thanks!, are Gabriel Brown on the left and his playing partner, Rochelle French, on the right. All best, Johnm
Thanks John - I actually meant the other(s) that appear on the recordings as opposed to the vid - since there are two voices and two guitars, and neither sounds like Dan Pickett (who's songs are grouped with these on the document album).