Wouldn't you know that fellow'd get get somewhere like that. He came into Greenville when I was home on leave and he gives a dance, There were posters up and everything about him being Blind Boy number two. The people there wouldn't let me go until I got and played a number and the last time I saw Brownie after I played my number was him walking out the door and going to catch a bus out of town. - Baby Tate speaking of Brownie McGhee, from the liner notes to "The Blues of Baby Tate, See What You Done Done" Bluesville # 1072
Hi all, Let's slightly relax the requirement of having recorded a lot of numbers in the position/tuning for this playing position and just say, "showed notable skill/facility in the position". With that slight change in characterization, for F position in standard tuning I'd select: * Rev. Gary Davis * Leadbelly
That's a great point about William Moore, Chris, I'd say that qualifies him as a specialist in F position, standard tuning. And that's a great choice of Snooks Eaglin for F position, Wax. I think he might be the most thoroughly fluent of anyone who recorded songs in that position, including Rev. Davis. I was torn two ways on Walter Vincent, since he really used F position only in a back-up capacity, and never used it for a solo guitar accompaniment in which he was also playing melody, for example. But in thinking more about it, he did utilize the position a lot, and had moves, especially for Bb, which weren't obvious, so it seems to me that he does qualify as a stylist there. And maybe we should relax the definition of a stylist for F position anyway, since so relatively few players recorded in it at all. All best, Johnm
Hi all, Virgil Childers had two songs out of his six released, "The Preacher and the Bear" and "Traveling Man", in F position in standard tuning. All best, Johnm