Del played tougher than a boiled owl, and I still pity the fool what's got to follow her on to the stage. She sang prettier than many a woman with a guitar known primarily for their voice. Her original instrumental, Wobbly Walk, inspired by chapters 16-18 (Debbs and Socialism) of Howard Zinn's classic People's History of the United States is a hoot and conjures up a Chaplanesque Bo of old, IWW card fresh in hand, struttin' his stuff - Mr O'Muck review, Opera House gig somewhere off the mainland, Maine, USA
Hi all, I thought it might be interesting to create lists of "guitar stylists" for different playing positions/tunings--players who particularly specialized in one these tunings, recorded many pieces in it and showed originality and a distinctive personal sound in it. As a difference from the "Adventures In" threads, let's not exclude players who specialized in slide playing in the tuning from these lists. I'll start off by naming two players, and you can add to the list. If you limit yourself to no more than two players per post, more folks will be able to participate.
For Vestapol tuning, I'll select: * Josh White * Blind Willie Johnson
Hi all, * Jesse Thomas--only two titles in Vestapol, but one alone, "Another Friend Like Me" would qualify him as one of the greatest guitar stylists in Vestapol, ever.
Hi Old Man Ned and Eric, Yup, that's a pretty fantastic track. I described Jesse Thomas elsewhere on this site a number of years ago as "constantly on the verge of being discovered". For what it's worth, I teach "Another Friend Like Me" on my 2-DVD lesson, "Country Blues Guitar in Spanish and Vestapol Tunings", available in hard copy or downloadable versions from Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop. All best, Johnm
Hi all, * Willard "Ramblin' Thomas, Jesse Thomas's older brother played all of his slide pieces in Vestapol, and just checking his songs in Weeniepedia now I was surprised to see that the great majority of them were played in Vestapol, playing lap-style slide like Black Ace and probably Oscar Woods. And the Vestapol pieces comprise the largest portion of Thomas' recorded repertoire, too.