This version of "Gentle on My Mind" is one of the very best music videos on YouTube:
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You hear these songs, and they're incredibly moving. But when we talk about it as being raw or authentic, it discounts just how hard this stuff was to play and how musically sophisticated and innovative it was. There's a sense of almost remarginalizing it by talking about it as this primitive music that sprung up in the cotton fields, when in fact, it's incredibly skilled and impressive music - Amanda Petrusich, author of Do Not Sell at Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78 rpm Records
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic. Wasn't he great? Glad I was lucky enough to enjoy his fiddle playing, banjo playing,fancy footwork and sly humor a few times in a couple of local small clubs.
Thanks, Gary mississippijohnhurt1928
Ah! I LOVE The!!!! Beat.
I must buy some of those DVDs from Bear Family soon. Since we have a few Ry Cooder fans out there, here are The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces from the Les Blank movie of the same name, laying down one of the greasiest grooves ever invented, Down In Hollywood. Featuring Flaco, Terry Evans, Bobby King, Jim Keltner. Dig how Ry makes his slide solo sound like a tenor sax on that strat with the legendary Tesico Del Rey gold foil pickup:
[I would guess this may not be on youTube for long, Cooder never wanted the movie released in the US for reasons that totally elude me. I was grinning from ear to ear for the whole song] NevadaPic
Thanks Rivers. How did you know I am a Ry Cooder fan anyways? It made me wanting to stand up and move!
Pic It just does not get much better than Ry Cooder!! I have a bootleg of Ry with this same band doing a killer version of 'Jesus Hits Like An Atom Bomb!'...amazing stuff...
RJ lindy
A truly great duet, 5 minutes that will change your life . . . NevadaPic
Lindy,
You know it! I have viewed it repeatedly over the past couple of months. It is simply outstanding! Pic Was in the Seattle and Port Townsend area last week doing a couple of workshops and saw James Hill perform his version of "Billie Jean" at ukefest 2010. To say he is taking ukulele playing to the limits is an understatement.
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