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Country Blues => Down the Dirt Road => Topic started by: outfidel on October 31, 2007, 03:31:24 PM
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This version of "Gentle on My Mind" is one of the very best music videos on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fXXkybycsU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fXXkybycsU)
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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
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jaw-dropping version of "Are You from Dixie?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfBSIe3SKdE
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Good lord! I'm out of breath, and I was just watching.
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from "The Beat" program, 1966
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHq0sP8tFrI
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"Hideaway" from the same show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV7pxF4VHd0
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Tipitina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBSN7WOPkQ0
8)
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Ah! I LOVE The!!!! Beat.
I must buy some of those DVDs from Bear Family soon.
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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:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_kbGttueAY
[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]
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Thanks Rivers. How did you know I am a Ry Cooder fan anyways? It made me wanting to stand up and move!
Pic
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The guy can't help it - rhythm just drops off him. He's so natural.
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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
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A truly great duet, 5 minutes that will change your life . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCIyzNISw1Q
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Lindy,
You know it! I have viewed it repeatedly over the past couple of months. It is simply outstanding!
Pic
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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.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u778gSi94N4
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Coolio!
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Yeah, he blew the audience away. Very talented fellow, plays fiddle as well (he's classically trained but makes his living playing uke(!) ) and is very funny to boot.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njG_dQC-cnk&feature=player_embedded
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Rockin' Chair:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDAwQdkxKMs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIIGahCEqP8&feature=related
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hello friend,
a classic by wynonie "mr. blues" harris - quiet whiskey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YTdsIWCj4o (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YTdsIWCj4o)
i love the way he stops the record so the label is straight up & down
heres a rockabilly cat i just discovered. recorded a handful of songs around '56, or so. the stuff put out on the crown lp with ray smith is must own. (if you like rockabilly, anyway 8) )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoNP7PIKOSc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoNP7PIKOSc)
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hello friend,
here's a fun performance of the sylvester weaver "guitar rag". some great stand up bass in this one, too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xy86S4fPK4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xy86S4fPK4)
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Hi all,
I posted this one over on facebook, but I think it's important to see and hear this one and to realize that anyone could do what Dave McKenna routinely did: improvise like a great horn player while simultaneously comping chords in the middle register and walking an improvised bass line like a great bass player (NOT a repeating boogie figure), switch tempos seamlessly, go into Stride, et al. I think he's the hardest swinging pianist ever, what an engine, and when I hear him I always feel as though the guitar is a kind of nice little toy. Anyway--
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZKKIlUOi1Y
All best,
Johnm
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This is bluesy, both in title and music, but it's a lot more besides. Hoagy Carmichael doing Hong Kong Blues with a spiffy little band, from the film To Have And Have Not.
I love how the 'oriental' tenor banjo, mandolin, fiddle and percussion parts meld with the jazz / ragtime / minor blues idioms, it covers a lot of ground. Somebody's tapping on a bottle at some point I just noticed.
I've been obsessed with the song for the last week figuring it out for guitar, including some of the oriental licks and all the changes. It's actually an incredible piece when you start to dig into it and a real challenge to learn and big fun to play when you have it down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaG0pGf-8HE&feature=related
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnmwwMvz3nE
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Hi Michael,
That's a nice version. Who is playing it?
All best,
Johnm
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Only discovered this lot recently and I love it. It's very difficult to mix genres and actually make it work. I think they succeed very well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeiWUMpVdpQ
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Watch that left hand closely now, boys and girls . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPyY80pUujE
Lindy
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rcq93txBdtM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rcq93txBdtM)
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For those forum members who enjoy gypsy jazz, I'd like to intoduce to you a young Finnish talent called Olli Soikkeli.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey0_3mSef1g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG9AMHm6zEI&feature=related
Cheers
Pan
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Man that kid's good :o... just watching those videos was damaging to my sense of manhood
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Revisiting this one tonight and thought I'd share...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfRZuaPnuj0&feature=related
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk31242CnkU&feature=channel
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Now THAT'S a drummer! Made my day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItZyaOlrb7E&feature=player_embedded
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Raising the Weenie cultural bar a notch . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0REJ-lCGiKU&feature=player_embedded
Over 5 million hits for this vid.
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Something weird happened to the title of this thread; this used to be the "Other Musical Interests on YouTube" thread and now we have two country blues YouTube threads. Apropos of the other musical interests:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGMlAdJAc2Q
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that there is concentrated essence of the gone world. thanks for posting!
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Very cool. That looks like an NFB (National Film Board of Canada) logo in the corner. Perhaps there is more. Preliminary search on the NFB site hasn't turned up anything.
Will look into the thread mixing.
edited to add: OK, this thread is fixed, now to sort out the other one. Not sure how that happened. Banjochris and frankie, your posts now have an edited by me message, though I just changed the subject, not the content of your posts. :D
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Very cool. That looks like an NFB (National Film Board of Canada) logo in the corner. Perhaps there is more. Preliminary search on the NFB site hasn't turned up anything.
According to the YouTube page it's from a film called "Le Reel Du Pendu" (Hangman's Reel) and there are some other clips, one of McGee with Bois-Sec Ardoin and one of Isom Fontenot playing the harmonica. Not sure what else is there but that's what I saw last night. I sure hope there's more footage of the two of them. I also suspect that the place where the McGee/Courville bit was filmed was the same furniture store Dewey Balfa worked in (owned?) but I'd have to check on that "Cajun Visits" DVD to be sure.
Chris
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I'm sure you've already checked out YouTube for "Dennis McGee" and "Le Reel du Pendu", but don't forget to also search for "J'ai ete au bal" on YouTube and elsewhere. You'll see a couple of clips from Dennis, as well as Canray Fontenot and Bois Sec Ardoin. Only problem is that the film by the same name has a lot of clips that aren't allowed to play out to the end.
If you haven't seen the Les Blank film by the same name, go find a copy.
Even better, fly down to Evangeline Parish and hear some of that stuff on your own, spring and fall are the best times for festivals, summer's too hot. Find a VFW or American Legion hall that's sponsoring a Saturday night dance, they're closest to the original Cajun style.
The following is not from the film, but it shows Bois Sec and Canray in their musical prime:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiAWuXKsiFs&playnext=1&list=PLD2FE3CAACA1DAB39
Lindy
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Very cool. That looks like an NFB (National Film Board of Canada) logo in the corner. Perhaps there is more. Preliminary search on the NFB site hasn't turned up anything.
According to the YouTube page it's from a film called "Le Reel Du Pendu" (Hangman's Reel) and there are some other clips, one of McGee with Bois-Sec Ardoin and one of Isom Fontenot playing the harmonica. Not sure what else is there but that's what I saw last night. I sure hope there's more footage of the two of them. I also suspect that the place where the McGee/Courville bit was filmed was the same furniture store Dewey Balfa worked in (owned?) but I'd have to check on that "Cajun Visits" DVD to be sure.
Chris
Ah, the actual title turned up results at the NFB. You can watch the entire film (57 min) online at http://www.nfb.ca/film/reel_du_pendu/ (in French). There is a bit more footage of McGee and Courville at around the 50 min mark. I've just skipped through so far but watching the last 7 minutes of the film at that point is pretty great.
P.S. I realize the title is longstanding, but I think that it would be more accurately rendered in English as The Hanged Man's Reel. Which is kind of a different image. :D
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P.S. I realize the title is longstanding, but I think that it would be more accurately rendered in English as The Hanged Man's Reel. Which is kind of a different image. :D
Absolutely right on both counts!
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I'd like to dedicate the next tune to Blueshome:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT5HpK0eWW4&feature=player_embedded
Cheers
Pan :)
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... very few things bring a tear to my eye
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPe99yhxQ3s&feature=player_embedded#at=56
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I'd like to dedicate the next tune to Blueshome:
Cheers
Pan :)
He'll have nightmares, you know.
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hello friend,
warning - dirty old man content!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ucZ_IUaE0I&feature=player_embedded (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ucZ_IUaE0I&feature=player_embedded)
too funny :D
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just saw a picture of joseph spence on the samuel charters and it reminded me of how awesome he is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmDybuYTuoM
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Here's a beautiful tune by JuJu aka Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara in acoustic mode for once.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wegFTicEnNI
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This is my daughter Shaina, she has a lot of other videos on youtube, her website is:
www.shainataub.com (http://www.shainataub.com)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KWXyG3Di_Q&hd=1
please buy her EP!
thanks,
Mike
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A great jazz guitar duet by Eddie Lang and Carl Kress
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhcrRuTsPFI&feature=player_embedded
Cheers
Pan
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just saw a picture of joseph spence on the samuel charters and it reminded me of how awesome he is:
Coincidence, my fave long lost Joseph Spence album and I had just bought it again on the very day you posted.
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Here's Angelina & JC Grimshaw, accompanied by Paul Armfield on double bass, tackling a Hawai'ian piece (which is very laid back for JC).
JC AND ANGELINA GRIMSHAW La Rosita (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-zgXiglzTE#ws)
And while we're on with it, here's another:
J.C AND ANGELINA GRIMSHAW STORMY WEATHER (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7X86RLc2kA#)
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Ah this brings back memories. In 1991 I attended the 2nd Basingstoke Blues Festival. To be frank I found most of the acts boring and predictable with the exception of Angelina & The Cornbabies, an act from the Isle of Wight. They were playing good old fashioned acoustic country blues with more than a hint of Bessie Smith about the vocal. Two years later I went to the Onslow in Southampton to see an advertised duo of Angelina and J.C. who I'd never heard of before. Wrong...it was the same Angelina duetting with her brother John-Claude. Fantastic evening's entertainment. I've often wondered what became of them. Thanks to PP I now know.
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Ah this brings back memories. In 1991 I attended the 2nd Basingstoke Blues Festival. To be frank I found most of the acts boring and predictable with the exception of Angeline & The Cornbabies, an act from the Isle of Wight. They were playing good old fashioned acoustic country blues with more than a hint of Bessie Smith about the vocal. Two years later I went to the Onslow in Southampton to see an advertised duo of Angeline and J.C. who I'd never heard of before. Wrong...it was the same Angeline duetting with her brother John-Claude. Fantastic evening's entertainment. I've often wondered what became of them. Thanks to PP I now know.
They'll be at my house tomorrow for their (almost) annual visit and I'll be doing my best to convince them to attend the Euroweenie weekend next year (you missed Angelina a couple of years ago, Alan).
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They'll be at my house tomorrow for their (almost) annual visit and I'll be doing my best to convince them to attend the Euroweenie weekend next year (you missed Angelina a couple of years ago, Alan).
Perhaps if they do I'll make an extra special effort to attend. (I've corrected misspelling of her name - a and not e as I had it)
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They'll be at my house tomorrow for their (almost) annual visit and I'll be doing my best to convince them to attend the Euroweenie weekend next year (you missed Angelina a couple of years ago, Alan).
Perhaps if they do I'll make an extra special effort to attend. (I've corrected misspelling of her name - a and not e as I had it)
All the more reason to try and get them there then, Alan. It would be nice to meet up with you again.
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Having survived a JC lesson at full bore I can vouch for his incredible technique as regards Hawaiian\jazz styles and what a nice bloke he is too :)
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Words fail me on this one. Simply stunning if you're a musician and appreciate klezmer. Check out the harmonies going on here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmU3MEqlIaI
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Hi all,
Here's a video of me playing a tune of mine, "The Singing Moon", with two wonderful Argentine tango dancers, Patricio Touceda and Eva Lucero. The film was produced by a friend and former student of mine, David Paris, and it was his idea to do the film. I hope you enjoy it.
All best,
John
The Singing Moon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrOl_bRcgG4#)
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Fabulous! And Cheryl agrees.
We play "Maria Elena Waltz" as an accordion / guitar duet. I had not heard "The Singing Moon" before and it struck me immediately that this song is a second cousin to "Maria Elena" so I have at least a shot at figuring it out. Consider it covered at some point, to the best of our abilities.
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Beautiful.
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It's such a great video, I have to cross post the one I made on facebook!
Absolutely gorgeous John, beautiful music and beautiful dancers - I've now fallen in love with Eva!
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Thanks for the good words, guys. I know what you mean, John D. One of the things I especially like about Eva and Patricio's dancing is their tenderness and affection and flow. It's not at all the standard-issue competition-type tango dancing, with ultra-stylized very rigid movements, no eye contact, communicating a sort of "we're horny strangers" type of message. I love their sweetness with each other.
All best,
Johnm
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I agree completely Johnm, not showy, just very relaxed and natural - it's like being a fly on the wall, are somehow privy to an intimate moment with them.
And not to take away form your great composition Johnm, (I can report at least some video success - I ordered the CD :D ) but I assume they are dancers from the Seattle area? And does she have a boy friend? (just kidding on that last one)
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Hi John D.,
Both dancers are originally from Argentina and at the time the video was made, around 10 years ago, they both resided in Seattle and were dance instructors there. I don't know if they're still living there, but I haven't heard otherwise. I can probably find out.
All best,
Johnm
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Slack, different dances seem to go through cycles of being popular, but the tango craze that started in the 80s just seems to get bigger and bigger, with no end in sight. I'll bet there's a teacher in El Paso who can show you enough so that when you meet Eva in person, you'll be ready.
(For a while, Port Townsend had two live tango bands, both with the same bandoleon player. It is rare for a city 20 times its size to have even one.)
Lindy
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Lindy, I have in fact taken Argentinian dance lessons, but not many. It was difficult to get that timing, to dance that slow, pauses etc. I suppose I really did not get it either.
John, I must admit I do not spend much time at all cruising youtube - but I'm sorry I've missed this video!
Well, that does it. It's obvious I just need to move to the northwest.
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Just wondering how you got that big acoustic guitar sound Johnm. Works great for the genre. What was the set up?
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I just played my acoustic guitar miked out of F in standard tuning, Mark, nothing special as I recall. The hall had a very nice sound and it was not post-synched or dubbed in any way.
All best,
Johnm
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There are many Snooks videos on YouTube, but for my money, none better than this one:
Snooks Eaglin with George Porter Jr.- Baby Please [2/6] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqZz4tW4GSU#)
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The story I heard was that a group of Kenyans were conscripted by the British army to fight in World War II, and they transferred the music normally played on 9-string lyres to the Spanish guitars they had access to. The result was something that is now called benga. The musician in this video, Olima Anditi, is from the post-WWII generation; he had some commercial success in the 60s and 70s. Similar to the way that young enthusiasts tracked down country blues players in the American South, a group of young Kenyans recently tracked down Olima.
Check out his right hand, he's holding a really large pick on his thumb, it looks like it might be connected to the pick that he's using the play the treble notes.
Raw Music International: "Apoli" by Olima Anditi (Kenyan Traditional Guitar) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN8OJVV0x8w#ws)
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Enjoyed that a lot, thanks.
We should have a whip-round and buy him a new guitar, the fret board on that one is down to zero. But it still sounds great.
Loved the Snooks vid also, the Ray Charles of the guitar. His right hand technique is hypnotizing.
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Here's a nice ragtime guitar piece composed by Dakota Dave Hull in memory of a fine musician who died a few years back, Bill Hinkley. If I were a better guitarist, I could pick up some licks from it.
The Hink (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F44_uIydTVs#ws)
Lyle
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Three words I never thought I'd hear in the same sentence, 'punk', 'accordioniste' and 'nuns'. Irish jigs & reels, or maybe it's a Breton tune(?), on the street, San Francisco.
http://youtu.be/q0P0EvJOfRQ (http://youtu.be/q0P0EvJOfRQ)
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Here's a nice ragtime guitar piece composed by Dakota Dave Hull in memory of a fine musician who died a few years back, Bill Hinkley. If I were a better guitarist, I could pick up some licks from it.
Thanks for posting that Lyle, real classy ragtime playing. Ragtime can be so cold, Dakota Dave puts a lot of warmth into it. I had not heard him play before.
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We haven't had any Ryland P. Cooder for a while, here's an outstanding Tejano piece with El Flaco on accordione I found surfing the youtubes:
http://youtu.be/Uiq61V_HPgg (http://youtu.be/Uiq61V_HPgg)
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Here's a French-Canadian guitarist I really love.
He only plays his own compositions, which are all played out of drop-G tuning, and always uses his trademark 'brush-stroke'.
Even his slow pieces have a great swing feel.
His playing looks easy but it isn't (I tried...)
dG228 "Issadad" Jean-Paul Bataille (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fREL4WgEqbo#ws)
A slower piece
dG203 "Snooks Jive" Jean-Paul Bataille (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQHGHMJaWfA#ws)
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Beautiful. That brush stroke really puts it in a different realm - bass, rhythm, melody - all from the right hand.
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Great playing there! Thanks for posting this, Carl! 8)
Cheers
Pan
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Bobby McFerrin hacks your brain with music (with the pentatonic scale)
http://www.ted.com/talks/bobby_mcferrin_hacks_your_brain_with_music.html (http://www.ted.com/talks/bobby_mcferrin_hacks_your_brain_with_music.html)
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Here's another one of my favorite guitarists : John James
In 1972 he recorded with Pete Berryman an instrumental guitar duet album called "Sky In My Pie"; it became a cult-album among fingerpickers.
After 42 years they reunited and recorded one of the selections of that album.
Fine, inventive and relaxed picking.
John James & Pete Berryman - TURN YOUR FACE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MgoiPJFiBU#)
John James & Pete Berryman - QUIET DAYS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ujl5WoZqjw#)
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Mellow tones and a tip of the hat to Blind Willie Johnson from Mr. Dave. I find a lot to like about this duo performance. I would have posted on the 'country blues' version of the youtube thread but the bouzouki (it is a bouzouki, right? Or some kind of hybrid saz?) kind of takes it somewhere else.
http://youtu.be/3cb5SajtwdU (http://youtu.be/3cb5SajtwdU)
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David Lindley is remarkable to me for the total mastery of the groove and the sound he gets from his instruments.
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I was told to check this guy out... helluva sound
SON OF DAVE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVMh0vBT0DM#)
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If you can watch this and not laugh then you DON'T have a sense of humour!
Uncle Earl - Streak O' Lean, Streak O'Fat (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCFJ3LURCtc#)
Annette
PS
Q. What is the difference between all these old time tunes?
A. The title!
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sorry that video didn't tickle my yorkshire sense of humour at all, best thing about it was the end mercifully, sorry annette.
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my we do have some dry old sticks on here :)
But it might be as a yorkshireman you're waggling my stick!
Bear in mind that Rayna Gellert on the fiddle IS one of the foremest old time fiddlers in the States at the moment!
Annette xx
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Bear in mind that Rayna Gellert on the fiddle IS one of the foremest old time fiddlers in the States at the moment!
That's one of the reasons it's depressing rather than funny.
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Let's just say that it isn't for everybody.
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A new genre for John Paul Jones's keyboard skills...he seems to have lost his way without Bonham controlling the beat...probably had fun with it though because he hopefully doesn't need to do it for the money. Would have preferred to see him on upright bass though...
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Kung fu clogging, imagine that.
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Well I thought it was fairly hilarious, being into the funny side of Kung Fu movies, and the band are having a good time. Pretty freakin' bizarre though! :P
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Aaargh, I screwed up. I was wanting to move this to the other musical interests on youtube topic since it has more in common with that thread. Help! Workin' on it...
Later, phew, I successfully moved it to the right thread.
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Kung fu clogging, imagine that.
I laughed at this! :P
Some of the facial expressions were pretty great, too.
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David Lindley Y Wally Ingram performing Timbuk 3's National Holiday.
Lindley is playing a bouzouki or some damn thing. No visuals to speak of, just turn it up loud, Memorial Day, USA.
http://youtu.be/9UFuYsWohvQ (http://youtu.be/9UFuYsWohvQ)
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The first quote in the quote generator this morning was from Snooks Eaglin: "Drop the bomb, y'all."
Here's the source. Go ahead, try not getting out of your chair and shakin' your booty while you're listening.
Drop The Bomb Snooks Eaglin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVrOlpdE0UY#)
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I've been told that Brazilian audiences love to sing along with the performer -- what a great tradition!
Jo?o Bosco - O B?bado e a Equilibrista (The Drunk And The Rope-walker) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73qU6YdeI64#)
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I just stumbled on this thread so I thought I would share some of my "Other Musical Interests". Here's one of my all time favorite groups live.
If I Should Fall from Grace With God- The Pogues (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrBLqp-s__o#)
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Heard Jean Emilien from Madagascar tonight on KUT Austin World Music show and had to track something down to post here.
The man plays great understated diatonic harmonica as a lead instrument within the African music context. This clip is amped up and slightly overproduced(!) but stick with it and check out the instrumentation. Let's see we have 4 row button accordion swapping solos with a fabulous harp player, several weird instruments I don't recognize and everyone having a really good time. I hear a lot of different stuff in there, particularly what struck me as cajun sounds:
http://youtu.be/boCAaZdET2Q (http://youtu.be/boCAaZdET2Q)
Is the guy in the background playing the world's largest cigar box guitar do you think?
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Hannes Coetzeen, the teaspoonman.
We probably all heard him before but this is a recent and nice song.
Hannes Coetzee - Teaspoon Guitar - "De Kip, de Haan en de Boer". (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdczzFO-U2Q#)
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Wake up!
All best,
Johnm
Ivo Papasov on Nightmusic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCweFfcV7Xo#)
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Holy Shit! That's some mad stuff John! That poor drummer! Going full tilt at a million miles an hour the whole time. Could easily be spliced into a Star Trek episode with a costume change. :)
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Yup, I agree, Phil. I saw this band a couple of times around twenty years ago, first at the Vancouver Folk Festival, where their set blew everybody's doors off. I literally took about twenty-four hours to come down from the excitement of their set. As is apparent, they are all ultra-virtuosos. Unfortunately, the bass player is not hot enough in the mix in the clip--he can and does play many of the super-fast, complex melodic lines in unison and harmony with the horns and accordion--how, I can't imagine. The drummer is a monster, too. If you listen to the clip a couple of times and just focus on him, he's changing up all the time, with tremendous dynamics.
I would love to see this band perform with dancers some time, because, hard as it is to believe, they are playing dance music. I would love to have seen them on "American Bandstand" sometime.
All best,
Johnm
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Ok, that's it it. Zappa's not available, unfortunately, so those guys will have to play at my funeral. ;D
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no matter how strong you make the coffee, those guys take it stronger.
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more Hannes Coetzee, great hawaiian playing
love the break at 1.50
South African Music - Hannes Coetzee - Hawaiian Guitar with Teaspoon. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THC3xj5JK8k#)
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I'm seeing Juan martin at a local venue this Sunday night...
Juan Martin - Evocacion - De Damascus a Cordoba (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsvY6fPtaLM#)
Should be good. One of these days I'll figure out how to combine some flamenco ideas with the blues.
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A track on a sampler CD that comes free with UK magazine "R2" has really caught my attention. It's a version of Bob Dylan's "Mississippi" by highly respected Scottish performer, Rab Noakes.
On this video he sports a "proper" Gibson, but on the recorded version (which you can find on his website - rabnoakes.com) he seems to be playing a Kalamazoo KG-11.
Noakes is a fine guitarist and blessed with a great voice.
Rab Noakes - Mississippi (Bob Dylan cover) - Glasgow, Celtic Connections 2012 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ_pUSVbs0c#ws)
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Nosby, Stills, Crash & Young with Jones The Voice singing lead in a strangely perfect time machine trip back to 1969, when just about anything seemed possible:
http://youtu.be/9Kg0v0Er8Ak (http://youtu.be/9Kg0v0Er8Ak)
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What ever happened to lamb chop sideburns...
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@Parlor Picker, thanks alot for the post, I really enjoyed that performance - caught my attention as well.
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This web site has been a real education for me and has exposed me to lots of great stuff I'd barely heard before. In particular - I'm really enjoying discovering what older Black fiddle music remains. Saw an old thread where Johnm mentioned this excellent modern player and was taken back to seeing this intense combo in '82 or so. Really love these guys and now think of Peg Leg Howell and Eddie Anthony when I hear it.... :)
Blood Ulmer - Charles Burnham, and Warren Benbow -
Saw somewhere that they'd played together recently for something in Europe - but no money/interest in the USA for tour apparently..... :(
Thanks to all Weenie people hipping me to great music....
James Blood Ulmer - Odyssey Live 1/8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOjO8slRjk0#)
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Great raw cajun fiddling:
The Boyer Stomp (Dennis & Jennifer Stroughmatt) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBWWCaZwrx8#)
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Ciro's Club Coon Orchestra was, according toe Dixon & Godrich, the 1st recorded African-American string band. They recorded in England as early as 1916.
The St. Louis Blues - early 1917 recording (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgogFa_46D8#)
Poor Butterfly - Ciro's Club Coon Orchestra - Columbia Record 660 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKXzR8a-_DE#ws)
Cheers
Pan
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The Sneaky Freaky String Band (Ventresco and Axelrod with Eric and Suzy Thompson) playing the East Texas Serenaders "Babe":
http://youtu.be/0qKU6zWpi04 (http://youtu.be/0qKU6zWpi04)
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http://youtu.be/p27JdQIHWe8 (http://youtu.be/p27JdQIHWe8)
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Bad, bad, bad! Go Jerry Reed!
Jerry Reed-Careless Love (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbVFZvgpmig#)
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Wow! Just look what lamb chops and a nylon string guitar can do. Stylistically, a cousin to you, to my ear anyway.
Thanks for posting that Johnm!
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I'm with you, John D., that is some great playing, isn't it! Beautiful, inventive playing in dropped-D--whew!
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Yup, love when he breaks into the walking bass - very effective!
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Jerry Reed was beyond categorization, a true guitar savant, left us way too soon. Listen to that improvised chord melody backing the vocal, wowee!
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Always dug me some jerry Reed! 8)
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http://youtu.be/w5ZUnbHhCJk (http://youtu.be/w5ZUnbHhCJk)
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http://youtu.be/2HiyWXGZURk (http://youtu.be/2HiyWXGZURk)
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http://youtu.be/q_nFsCrEmXQ (http://youtu.be/q_nFsCrEmXQ)
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Guy Davis with the late great LEVON HELM
http://youtu.be/SOA_tTGDqGA (http://youtu.be/SOA_tTGDqGA)
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The great Bill Frisell paints a chord melody picture with St Louis Blues:
Bill Frisell - "St Louis Blues" Solo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAHWE-w4vXU#ws)
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Superlatives fail me.
http://youtu.be/rp6DpiK_by0 (http://youtu.be/rp6DpiK_by0)
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Beautiful! And untypically she appears to be playing a mahogany guitar as opposed to the usual Rosewood Classical guitars. A Lighter slightly crisper sound it feels like to me.
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Western red Cedar actually...not mahogany
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Red Cedar top you mean?
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Yep. And the body is Rosewood.
Guitar : Gilles Mercier Luthier, Aix-en-Provence, France, Western Red Cedar and Bubinga (African Rosewood), made in May 2000.
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That's what it sounded like to me, too :P
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When you have an hour to spare, here's UK blueser Roger Hubbard and his band Buick 6. The other members are Colin Gibson on bass and Liam Genockey on drums.
This comes close to seeing the band live - there is uncanny chemistry between the three of them. They never rehearse, but just turn up and play gigs when all are available.
The Live Room S01E05 Buick 6 Live at Broadoak Studios on Broadoak TV (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRbGbTw5TSI#ws)
Edit: Not sure if this qualifies for Other Musical Interests or straight Country Blues. Great music wherever you pigeon-hole it though.
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Great and sure qualifies as good blues in my book.
What a great drummer too, he makes the difference.
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Great and sure qualifies as good blues in my book.
What a great drummer too, he makes the difference.
Quite right Carl - Liam plays or has played with the likes of Steeleye Span, Paul Brady, Gerry Rafferty, Penguin Caf? Orchestra, Richard & Linda Thompson and many more besides. He is equally at home playing blues, modern jazz, folk-rock or any other genre you can think of. He is amazing to watch live and you cannot believe some of the rhythms he creates. Bassist Colin keeps it simple for country blues, but is also capable of more elaborate playing in other musical scenarios.
Glad you liked it.
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Superlatives fail me.
Wow, what touch... incredible. I'm not a big fan of classical guitar in an orchestral setting - the guitar cannot match the dynamics f an orchestra, even though they try to play quietly... the guitar always sounds flat and unemotional. But as a solo instrument, in the hands of someone like Ana, just fabulous.
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Hi all,
I expect some of you have been familiar with Jesse Winchester, a Mississippi native. I was so sorry to hear of his death a couple of weeks ago. I just happened to find this video. What a thing to open your mouth and have such a sound come out.
All best,
Johnm
Sham-A-Ling-Dong-Ding - Jesse Winchester on Elvis Costello's "Spectacle" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uKGWpqnS8E#)
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Thanks for the post, John. I was a long time fan--ever since his first album came out. Living in Vermont at the time, I was exposed to his music early on. I was going to post the NY Times obituary, but didn't think it really related to our focus here, but following your lead, here it is:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/12/arts/music/jesse-winchester-singer-songwriter-dies-at-69.html?_r=0 (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/12/arts/music/jesse-winchester-singer-songwriter-dies-at-69.html?_r=0)
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What a voice! And what a fine songwriter.
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Here's a hour's worth of Merle Travis and Doc Watson playing live together sometime in 1976. I don't know where or how this was recorded, but the music and the interaction with the two gentlemen in question sounds absolutely great.
Merle Travis and Doc live in 1976 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0y5-vSs5HI#ws)
Cheers
Pan
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Hi all,
Here is Andy Bey with his sisters, Salome and Geraldine, having some fun.
All best,
Johnm
Real Jazz - Andy & The Bey Sisters - Smooth Sailing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jDDtUFUgbM#)
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Thanks for the post John, these folks are the real deal! Never heard of Andy Bey before...nice hour correcting that.
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Came by this in way of the Bert Jansch version. Karen Dalton's haunting version of Katie Cruel. Did any of you folks get to see her live back in the 60's?
http://youtu.be/raLXnnlPI_I (http://youtu.be/raLXnnlPI_I)
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Here's some footage of Karen Dalton on her twelve string if anyone is interested.
Karen Dalton - It Hurts Me Too (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0ZlWK-b_KY#)
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http://youtu.be/mPqe1Gh2UjQ (http://youtu.be/mPqe1Gh2UjQ)
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Here's one guaranteed to put a smile on your face. Talk about being all over your instrument. This is for you quill players: glass quills?
Michael Jackson on Beer Bottles (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkbZlautuUc#ws)
Wax
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Hi all
I thought some of you might enjoy this 1h 15min live footage of the telecaster master Jim Campilongo & friends.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciGIsNPfvEI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciGIsNPfvEI#ws)
Cheers
Pan
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Hey guys while i was surfing youtube i came across a great clip from the 60s of Tapio Rautavaara playing this beautiful finnish piece. Ive been trying to figure out the guitar part he plays but it is so different sounding than most western music and blues stuff i try to figure out. I have tuned my guitar down a half step to match his pitch playing out of a minor. its seems like hes just doing little base lines mostly but i was wondering if maybe he is using a different tuning all together? Beautiful though i thought i might as well share video with you guys because it is really awesome. cheers!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqSJvBaFnIY&list=RD8o-qoqWgRMc&index=25 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqSJvBaFnIY&list=RD8o-qoqWgRMc&index=25)
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Hi crustypicker,
He is playing out of A minor position in standard tuning, though he may be low. He's doing boom-chang back-up with moving bass lines, as you said.
All best,
Johnm
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And now for something completely different. Another Rautavaara : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc_j5jEFY5k (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc_j5jEFY5k)
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Can't get enough of this. It's beautiful:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO2ipPP_OL0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO2ipPP_OL0)
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They are terrific and just keep getting better... which is hard to believe.
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For those enjoying gipsy jazz and musette waltzes, the classic Matelo Ferret album Tsiganskaya can now be heard in YouTube:
MATELO FERRÉ - Tziganskaïa + the Django waltzes (full album) HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNYRskUhkMQ#)
Cheers
Pan
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Hi all,
I thought some of you might get a kick out of this playing by Teddy Bunn.
Guitar In High - Teddy Bunn (Solo) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVBiZSEGcfg#)
All best,
Johnm
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Since Ryland P. Cooder's name has come up recently, and it's Saturday night, I thought I'd share this, which, having seen it for the first time 5 minutes ago (so I've had a lot of time to think about it) I regard as close to perfection for a live performance involving electric guitar and conjunto accordion.
I really like the timing here, the changes are perfect no matter how crazy things get. It's nice to watch musical telepathy in action, and nobody messes up their solo either. It's also a primer on how to fingerpick a strat. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. I dunno why it doesn't embed, just click on the link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IJweR1d0dE&feature=youtu.be (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IJweR1d0dE#)
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Thanks, Rivers.
Also: An interview with Ry by Barry Mazor on YT from October 2014:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxICp8GZy4U (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxICp8GZy4U)
P.S. I finished Barry's book about Ralph Peer about 6 weeks ago. Definitely worth reading, IMHO.
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David Johansen & Brian Coonan - "Richland Woman Blues" (5-26-12) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vpv7jyC0eo#ws)
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Wow. That Teddy Bunn recording is great. I'd heard and enjoyed his playing in the context of the Spirits of Rhythm, but his solo playing is fantastic.
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I'm glad you enjoyed Teddy's playing on that cut, Lastfirstface, and I couldn't agree more about his solo playing. One thing really impressive to me about the cut is that it is 3:11 long, and he is not coming anywhere near to running out of ideas by the end--he sounds like he could keep playing until sometime next week and still be hitting fresh ideas.
All best,
Johnm
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AC/DC cover, down on the farm
http://youtu.be/e4Ao-iNPPUc (http://youtu.be/e4Ao-iNPPUc)
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And now for something completely different...
I don't even know what you call this genre, nothing I've ever been too keen on before I'm sure; but I could listen to these guys all day while I'm working and I ain't in a country blues mood.
Really like this EP and even bought it after finding it here.....( yes it is still possible to actually pay artists for their work if you like! who knew?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNKQR9NaZHY&list=PLUSRfoOcUe4aj3KrhjlbUjvthA83qdxgb (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNKQR9NaZHY&list=PLUSRfoOcUe4aj3KrhjlbUjvthA83qdxgb)
Gary
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In answer to those who asked about hearing Karen Dalton,
I knew her slightly in the late sixties, early seventies. She was the ex wife of a close friend, and also a terrific songwriter named Richard Tucker.
As with many musicians she was better live than on vinyl imho. Katie Cruel is a really great cut though. An Interesting, complicated and very alluring woman.
JohnM, I'm also a big Jessie Winchester fan. Excellent songwriter and singer. I saw him live once at a place called the Speakeasy on McDougal St., and in between sets he found a quiet place to sit and read a book! I looked at that and thought, wow I wish I had had the presence of mind to have done that rather than swilling away between sets at the Kettle of Fish! Although that also had its rewards.
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Holy Sh#T! That Teddy Bunn cut is hotter'n that! Amazing! Thanks for the intro JohnM.!
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RIP Ornette
https://youtu.be/DNbD1JIH344
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I'm so sorry to hear that Ornette has died. He was one of my biggest musical heros, a wonderful composer and player and a big spirit. To invent a new way of hearing and playing music--that's a really big thing to do, and he did it. The coherence and sense of his approach is reflected in the playing of so many present-day musicians who speak comfortably in his musical language. What a sound he had! I've heard him play solos that sounded as though he was expressing everything in life. I will miss just knowing he was out there somewhere, hearing what he heard and expressing it as he felt it. Thank you for letting us know, Phil, though it is sure sad news.
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There's a week long tribute on WKCR (columbia university radio)
https://www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/ (https://www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/)
That was beautifully said John and though I had a more love hate relationship with his music I ultimately have to agree with your assessment.
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1987 Vancouver Jazz Festival, Commodore Ballroom, Sunday night end-of-festival headline performance, the only chance I got to see Ornette Coleman live.
The band consisted of two drummers, two bassists (one electric, one back-and-forth electric and acoustic), Ornette on his white plastic sax, and a tabla player from India.
There's a Buddhist meditation practice called shamatha, or concentration. When I get into conversations about the idea of concentration, I sometimes think about those two bass players. They had to focus on Ornette's chordal changes, which could come at any moment and go in any direction. Those guys were sweatin' buckets with the effort. If they missed any, I sure didn't notice.
There's a quote on the quote generator from Muddy Waters, something like "Don't hear the changes, *feel* the changes." A challenge when playing with Mr. Coleman.
What a night, a transformative experience listening to someone completely in control of his unique art.
Lindy
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Years ago I saw a short clip of Dock Boggs on youtube, and when I went looking for it again I came across this longer video with some footage I'd never seen. Wish the narrator wasn't talking over his playing though:
https://youtu.be/4cmH5m2BnZI
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I had the pleasure of visiting the Harare International Festival of the Arts earlier this year, and I was amazed at the fingerpicking prowess of Derek Gripper, from South Africa.
His specialty is performing songs normally played on a 21-string kora on a six-string guitar. As is the case in many of his renditions, he has three things going on most most of the time, bass line, rhythm line, and variations on melody.
Here's an example, a "standard" in West African kora playing called "Jiarabi."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSIGLpK9aQI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSIGLpK9aQI)
Lindy
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Mdou Moctar of Niger
https://youtu.be/PHie4ZrewNc
and
https://youtu.be/jYJGP0FBaT0
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Fantastic!!
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Fantastic!!
Ditto!
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https://www.fretboardjournal.com/video/john-smith-town-town
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Hi all,
Here is Eddie South on violin backed by Django Reinhardt on guitar and Wilson Myers on bass. It's amazing to me that someone could play like this--pull-offs to pizzicato notes, my goodness! I would love to have seen Eddie South play.
https://youtu.be/n-CaQ_efZvE
All best,
Johnm
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Hi all,
I've always loved this song, and Junior Walker's tone and the way he makes notes on the tenor sax--WOW, and what a great hook!
https://youtu.be/ub72eylahJg
All best,
Johnm
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That takes me right back to Hy Lit, and WIBG radio 99, Johnm. I think growin' up in the Philly area we had an extra dose of this music. Not saying it wasn't popular elsewhere, but in Philly, it just seemed to dominate the AM radio in the decade before the British Invasion, and held it's own for sometime afterward.
Thanks for the memory jolt.
Wax
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Yup, John C., I really love that stuff, and also cuts like this one from the Soul Survivors, which I don't think got much play on the West Coast.
https://youtu.be/4EBYMl-f-wo
All best,
Johnm
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Oh yeah! I still have that Soul Survivors LP. How 'bout some Sam and Dave:
http://youtu.be/AREppyQf5uw
Wax
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3 in a row got Cheryl dancing around the kitchen
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This one got everyone dancing at the Top Rank Ballrooms in the UK when I was a moddy boy in the sixties. In Reading we routinely had to dodge the skinheads and run for the scooters afterwards because the skins loved da reggae almost as much as they hated mods. Mostly peace on the dancefloor, total chaos outside. Souping-up Vespas and Lambrettas was a survival reflex.
http://youtu.be/mxtfdH3-TQ4
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Great stuff, brings back memories. We used to dance (in the late 70's) to a mix known as "Kevin's Party Tapes" which had a bunch of this old soul stuff. This group of Austin friends was still dancing to these tapes in 2014... I was there to witness and to also pull a leg muscle trying to get fancy. Kevin had transferred the whupped cassettes to CD - they sounded terrible, but didn't matter.
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https://youtu.be/12wL6fzvP8M
https://youtu.be/CuKlbQYf3q0
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4uJP6atMP8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeyxBUV-3ek
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Daniel Gonora - blind street singer, Zimbabwe
Sorry the first link I can only find on Facebook - the kid's drumming is fantastic, with such a POS drumset.
https://www.facebook.com/835334913173603/videos/1148143161892775/?pnref=story
The video is the same pair, drummer is more sedate.
http://youtu.be/tiU9_Q6b0uY
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Great videos, Davek.
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Again not YouTube, but still...where better to post it?
Just had this podcast pointed out to me, listening now. Our own John Miller with band Freshet, live, from 2005.
http://www.radiofreeolga.com/rfo-podcasts/podcast-319-freshet-at-odd.html
Dave
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This weekend a friend and I watched "Improvisation," a film that Norman Granz produced in the 1950s (with Charlie Parker, Lester Young, and Coleman Hawkins sadly lip-synching their performances because the studio wasn't sound-proofed sufficiently to record them live), plus some clips from the 60s and 70s tacked on.
This is the one that really caught my ear: Joe Pass.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f45ho3Ah2xw
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I have been a fan of Joe Pass for some time now. I actually have been listening to him longer than I have been listening to country blues. I only have one album of his but I really enjoy it. Great clip!
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https://youtu.be/qxvbxTYcLSQ
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Hi all,
Here you go:
https://youtu.be/iVxy-kP0jWU
All best,
Johnm
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Hi all,
Here is Norman Edmonds playing "Kingdom (not Kingdom's) Come" from the old Galax Fiddler's Convention LP on Folkways. I always loved this tune and performance.
All best,
Johnm
https://youtu.be/4sHQ0Ej2wwQ
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Hi all,
Here is the great Curly Chalker. Boy, I just don't understand being able to play like this, it's amazing.
https://youtu.be/HR5SkLhwuEY
All best,
Johnm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZekZe96gGEY
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This one got everyone dancing at the Top Rank Ballrooms in the UK when I was a moddy boy in the sixties. In Reading we routinely had to dodge the skinheads and run for the scooters afterwards because the skins loved da reggae almost as much as they hated mods. Mostly peace on the dancefloor, total chaos outside. Souping-up Vespas and Lambrettas was a survival reflex.
http://youtu.be/mxtfdH3-TQ4
This is background music at my house . Rudeboy music is hard to NOT to dance to.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDDmDDWtmcU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtESlTKBa4s
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Here's an hour-long film documenting Levester "Big Lucky" Carter's visit to a small space in Hungary--at least I think it's Hungary, please set me straight if it's not--where he mixes it up with two elder local musicians grinding away on a fiddle and playing a cello-sized stringed instrument with a stick (not a bow).
Proof that you don't need to be from the same culture, or in the same key for that matter, to make fun music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebxk0Q07-yY
Things really get cooking about 30 minutes in, but if you have time, watch it all.
Lindy
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Molly Tuttle. Interesting tuning, great technique.
https://youtu.be/xbaAmr9LXKA
Dave
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And a nice guitar.
I recently heard a lovely-sounding Huss & Dalton in the hands of Dana & Susan Robinson.
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Great find, Dave, she's really spanking that thing! And as Chet Atkins said (paraphrased), put the guitar on a stand and see how good it sounds.
All best,
Johnm
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https://youtu.be/XzFJysGyvGk
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Hi all,
Here's Jerry Reed getting down on his own bad self, doing "That's All Right, Mama" out of Spanish. He sure had a lot of cool ideas.
https://youtu.be/W4jY9zJZt5c
All best,
Johnm
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I believe I posted a vid of Derek Gripper before on this thread, but I think this 15-minute TED talk is worth watching.
I'm also posting because if you're in the Seattle area, Derek will be performing at Cornish School on E. Roy Street on October 26, 8 pm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD2I_Q9dkac
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Very cool. Thanks for posting Lindy... it's beautiful music.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rano-mrPaFE
Fortunately for us, the video focuses a lot on her left hand.
Lindy
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I just saw the Sam and Kirk McGee clip and did some searching to find the original documentary, "Reise i 'Country'-land", that it was taken from. I didn't expect success but looks like it can be found here:
https://tv.nrk.no/serie/reise-i-country-land
And despite the Norwegian origins of the page it seems I am able to watch the full documentary. Very excited to see it and thought I'd share.
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Wonderful. Looks like there are three separate full length episodes.
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Hi all,
David Paris arranged to have this film made of wonderful dancers, Eva and Patricio, dancing to my tune, "The Singing Moon", several years ago. I just found out two days ago that it was up on youtube. Some of you might enjoy it.
https://youtu.be/nrOl_bRcgG4
All best,
Johnm
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Johnm, I just love this (as you know) -- it is one of the prettiest melodies, absolutely wonderful song, and those dancers - well, that high leg kick puts me over the 'singing moon'.
Thanks for posting!
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Wow. That's just lovely, John.
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A very elegant song and video indeed!
Cheers,
Pan
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Hi all,
I don't know how many of you are into Brazilian music, but I think this performance of Chico Buarque's song, "Biscate", by Demetrius Lulo and Paula Mirhan, is just perfect--Demetrius' grooving, both of their singing and harmonizing, the faux trombone--and they're having so much fun.
https://youtu.be/HqE-I05Yfxk
All best,
Johnm
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Great to see these two having so much fun!
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Biscate - wonderful! Thanks for posting Johnm, I wish I could play faux trombone like that.
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I really don't have a good explanation for this, other than it's a version of Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane sung in what is apparently Goanese.
With yodeling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLoWKidriB4
Have a great weekend!
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Wow that is a weird one!
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https://youtu.be/WrwK7jTRsKM
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Nice performance of the Dead's Althea beautifully shot and edited:
https://youtu.be/df29N7MVshU
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Hi all,
Here's Earl Hooker--what a treat!
https://youtu.be/oL98wmCMvcQ
All best,
Johnm
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Ry Cooder performing at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017. He won the Lifetime Achievement Award:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IadcdQv-uFs
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Thanks Rivers - riveting and endearing performance IMHO.
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Great, great - love the political barb as well. 70 yrs old, and looks like he's got a few years left, hopefully many!
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The recent post about the Zydeco discography lured me to YouTube to look for old creole recordings. I think this unaccompanied vocal is interesting, you can hear the obvious Acadian base, but it's infused with blues.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPGkELrnFu0
This one from the 30's is a clear link to modern zydeco:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP4_ndbN3FI
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Two more strings than Big Joe Williams.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n41DXVn1_GE
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIkoqyOeZK0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lSwLgUl5G8
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Thanks Lindy, these are amazing, and a great way to start the week. I love the 'drum kit', very inspiring.
Lew
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When I woke up this morning, I was completely unaware of the presence of vegetable orchestras on this planet. Obviously they've been around for a while, just not on my radar.
This is my last post on this topic, I promise. But I can't help but look at someone playing vegetable panpipes and not think of Bulldoze Blues.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7qiwu46hrA
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Hi all,
Here are Chick Corea and Gary Burton performing a tune of Chick's, "Armando's Rhumba". Chick starts out on vibraphone, which is not even his primary instrument. Gary joins in and they hit the main theme at 2:14. Man, are they having fun! I think what Gary Burton can do with two mallets is amazing, but two in each hand is completely incomprehensible.
https://youtu.be/VRSjLkj0VMw
All best,
Johnm
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Now that is some vibra-zaniness! I love it!
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Sublime 8)
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Hi all,
Here's a little seasonal music.
https://youtu.be/Sjc2KwhlrtA
All best,
Johnm
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I came across this young lady via the Fretboard Journal chanel recently. I think her earlier material was very bluegrassy / country (too much of the latter for my tastes) but her most recent album is beautiful, broader and more sophisitcated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DqtbIOJuuo
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Someone mentioned Dennis Lichtman in another thread, and not knowing who he was, I did a quick search and found his website with this video. It's fun to watch if you like New Orleans-style jazz, clarinets, or horses:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB8Kn39t7y4
If you prefer, you can watch it on his website, better resolution.
https://www.dennislichtman.com/news/
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That "someone" is your ol' buddy Stuart, Lindy. Dennis has been out here a couple of times, playing with Greg Ruby's band, The Rhythm Runners. When I saw them last May at Washington Hall in Seattle, I got there early and was sitting on the front porch when Dennis and Charlie Halloran walked up with their mitts--they had been playing catch in Wisteria Park, which isn't a bad way to warm up for a gig. Charlie is a trombone player based in NOLA. Paul de Barros also came by. Paul is the author of Jackson Street After Hours: The Roots of Jazz in Seattle. Greg first learned of Frank Waldron from reading Paul's book.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AGxbSmMrwA
http://gregrubymusic.com/bands/the-rhythm-runners/
After the initial Syncopated Classic CD release and tour, Greg put together a folio that contains reproductions of the original sheet music as well as a book with the music in updated form and an expanded essay about Frank Waldron by Paul and Greg that includes photos. Greg also had Jacob Zimmerman and Dalton Ridenhour record the music in the way it might have sounded at Frank Waldron's place back in the day.
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Hi all,
The late George Jones, with "Book of Memories". I sure love this.
https://youtu.be/Ki0jLUhFFCs
All best,
Johnm
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The perfect George Jones song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5216FZHLcsU
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Hi all,
Some of the most enjoyable things on YouTube for me in recent years have been the videos posted by the amazing young Finnish Jazz guitarist, Teemu Viinikainen. Here is his version of Ray Charles' hit, "Crying Time":
https://youtu.be/yG-_rnHzvyc
Here is his play-along with Kenny Kirland's piano solo on "When The World Is Running Down". If I didn't see him do it, I would never have believed it possible. It isn't just the execution, it's the memory involved, too! And the industry--I don't care how gifted you are, you can't play like that without working and working for years.
https://youtu.be/EXW1pN1uqOM
All best,
Johnm
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Astounding!
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Beautiful! and I thought he was just there by himself, in his room!
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Old Crow Medicine Show was one of the most exciting modern old timey bands of recent years, and Willie Watson provided the high harmonies that lifted them out of the mud.
Here he is feeling a little awkward next to the delighted scandinavian duo, My Bubba. Until he starts to sing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HPEi545PsU
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Celso Machado, a wonderful Brazilian guitarist, lives a couple of hours north of me in Vancouver, B.C., so I've had the good fortune of seeing him several times. For a long time I did not know that he has an equally talented brother named Filo. Here's Filo with his grandson, looks to be around 11 or 12 in this vid, obviously blessed with Machado guitar genes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfSvF6jeHDQ
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https://youtu.be/gOMRNSmwa3U
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Hi all,
Here you go:
https://youtu.be/TPVk-m1Pr4s
All best,
Johnm
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This is my first time to see a "visualizer" in action, I tend to be the last guy on the block to learn about these things. Seeing this visualization of a John Coltrane composition brings out the old "Wow, cool!" feeling from my high school days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7X2X7LDFok
There's a Vevo version of the same video embedded in this NYTimes article, which for some reason strikes me as being clearer than the youtube version, but Vevo won't let me post a direct link.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/07/arts/music/john-coltrane-lost-album-both-directions-at-once.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage®ion=CColumn&module=MostEmailed&version=Full&src=me&WT.nav=MostEmailed
Powerful music.
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From "The King of Jazz" --I threw my back out and snapped my neck just by watching it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td5oDb17nbw
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This obituary caught my eye this afternoon, and I clicked on the accompanying YouTube vid of this alto sax player's 100th birthday party.
He was the organizer of an amateur gathering of jazz musicians that met every Tuesday at noon at some restaurant in Manhattan. He had to shut down the gig in 2011, but he made sure to get his friends together for one more session for his birthday.
Watch it all if you have 8 minutes to spare; if not, at least check out his solo at :36, then again at about 6:05.
100!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tFTM8uRsV0
There's a bunch of other songs from this gig on YouTube
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Thanks, Lindy. Inspiring to say the least. Here's a link to the notice in the NY Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/16/obituaries/les-lieber-who-served-jazz-to-the-lunch-crowd-dies-at-106.html
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Love this! Hedy is playing a longneck banjo capoed up. I do it in sawmill tuning on a regular OT banjo and have no clue how she's tuned but love the playing and vocalizing. What a great groove and backbeat she has.
Yes that is MJH, transfixed at stage left.
https://youtu.be/rpWUDU_GEL4
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Doc Watson and Merle, with Earl Scruggs and his two boys. There's something here for everybody, wow!
https://youtu.be/DUzVUNJKiDc
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Hi Rivers,
Thanks for posting the Hedy West version of "Little Sadie". She used the same tuning as you do, but it's neat to hear the song done with a different melody than the more familiar one that Tom Ashley, Doc Watson and many others have used. Wade Ward recorded an instrumental version on which he played fiddle that had a different and very cool melody--different from either the familiar version or Hedy West's. It transfers well to the banjo, too.
All best,
Johnm
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Thanks John for the tuning, I'll listen out for that Wade Ward version you mention. Hedy's version has piqued my interest in playing longneck banjo, I've never tried.
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I don't think Hedy West is using sawmill. She's playing it out of the tuning Hobart Bailey used, which is dDGAD. She's capoed up to what would be the fourth fret on a standard banjo and has the drone string tuned down a half-step to f#, the resulting tuning being f#F#BC#F# playing out of the key of F#. The first and fifth string are tuned to the same note. Watch how she lands on the "home position" of fretting the third string at the second fret.
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Thanks for the catch, Pete. You are certainly right. Does she ever play the fifth string in this rendition? Sometimes she rests her thumb on the string, but I can't hear or see her play it.
All best,
Johnm
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Hard to say if she catches the fifth string, her thumb just seems to float around it! The sound of it could be blending in with the unison-tuned first string, but definitely seems to be avoiding the drone string in general.
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https://youtu.be/ANArGmr74u4
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Stephane Grappelli 40 years later, with the cream of acoustic players at the time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIbL9uw139s
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Here's a video that demonstrates Mark Knopfler can do a good Blind Blake and Willie McTell impersonation. He also does a very good summary of various guitars and what they're good for, and developing out of simple I-IV-V into chord melody.
This would be a video I would recommend to any enthusiastic young guitarist just starting out. Don't get me wrong, I've always loved his playing, I had no idea it went this deep.
https://youtu.be/OG__SwkV3wg
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Hi all,
Here is pianist/singer Nellie Lutcher doing her song, "Fine Brown Frame", reputedly written about the great drummer, Big Sid Catlett. Boy, did she have great time!
https://youtu.be/o2bIRABI9mE
All best,
Johnm
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Nice, I love that song.
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Dennis Lichtman having some fun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k565psPeCk
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Hi all,
Here is Dave Edmunds with the amazing Albert Lee on lead guitar for "Sweet Little Lisa". And just in case you don't believe it's possible for someone to play that way, I've also attached video of Albert in the studio. It's great how unassuming he is and to see the reactions of the other musicians to what he is doing.
https://youtu.be/h1Rx-zaBjow
All best,
Johnm
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Thank you, John. It's always a pleasure to have the "Guitar Consciousness Bell" rung. I had to go out to YT to watch the second one and this followed (a few people having fun on stage, Albert among them):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOXf9oAGfDw
An here's Scotty Anderson playing a show piece:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLExWg_V-hI
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Hi all,
Here is Lulu, doing "To Sir, With Love", from 2007. Boy, can she sing!
https://youtu.be/W36mSMNHtPY
All best,
Johnm
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Thanks, John--That's a good one for sure. Like many of us in the U.S., my only exposure to Lulu was to her Top 40 hits in the sixties. But when I lived in Taiwan and did transcriptions and translations for Taiwan Television, one of the shows I worked on was "Let's Rock!," which prominently featured Lulu (as well as many other talented artists). I was very, very impressed by her talents. "Let's Rock!" was a Jack Good production for teenagers in the UK and beyond. The MC doing the intro for the famous Howlin' Wolf appearance on Shindig! is Jack Good.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/06/obituaries/jack-good-who-put-rock-n-roll-on-tv-in-the-60s-dies-at-86.html
http://www.fumbleontheweb.com/sites/ohboy.htm
I'm sure that our UK members can provide more info.
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Smooooooth ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1xvx0UHa0A
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Smooooooth ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1xvx0UHa0A
That augmented triad/whole tone lick at around 3:41 is too cool! I've heard some gypsy jazz players do similar things, but rarely a blues player.
Cheers.
Pan
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An interesting song by British "indie rock" band, the Wave Pictures. The subject matter will be familiar to Weenies. The guitar style is straight out of Africa. The band's guitarist David Tattersall is a very good fingerpicker in the style of Rev. Davis, John Hurt, Fahey, etc. and has released an LP of acoustic guitar instrumentals called "Little Martha" (that Allman Bros. tune being one of the tracks).
It might be a bit too quirky for some folks, but I have come to like it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUuzCx9-sbA
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Hi all,
I always loved this song--what a great lead singer. In the States, I think most of us had no idea who the Foundations were, who comprised the band, etc. I don't know how many other bands there were in England at this time who had this kind of sound, but they just seemed so much more groovy than the typical Rock bands of the time.
https://youtu.be/NXRs0coMSbU
All best,
Johnm
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Dom Flemons has a new record out. I found this very soothing. [edit, later - actually it's been out a while]
https://youtu.be/F9Tns9-WLSo
Article at https://www.npr.org/2019/01/05/682318409/dom-flemons-presents-a-new-image-of-the-american-cowboy
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Hi all,
I became aware of this duet recording of Shirley Collins backed by Davy Graham when a student asked me to transcribe Davy Graham's guitar part. He sure was an inventive guitarist. I figured out out that he played his accompaniment here for "Jane, Jane" out of E position in standard tuning. Here is "Jane, Jane":
https://youtu.be/4LGpYW2B1VU
All best,
Johnm
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Davy Graham was arguably the acoustic guitarist who "started it all". Subsequent star players all looked up to him. I once saw him on a train from London to Leeds in the early 1970s, but I suppose I was too shy to talk to him, and he was already engaged in conversation with an elderly lady who clearly did not know who he was. This was at a time when not many people would have recognised him, but being a guitar nerd I did.
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Fretboard Journal posts some great stuff. Matt Munisteri this time.
https://youtu.be/FEXu_plR4Gw
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Thanks, Dave. I received the FJ e-blurb earlier, but didn't think to post the video.
Matt will be teaching at the ?Red Hot Strings? workshop in May in Port Townsend, along with some other very talented musicians:
https://centrum.org/vintage-jazz-workshop/
And re: Al Duvall who Matt mentions:
https://alduvall.bandcamp.com/
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Al_Duvall
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Someone asked about fans of Hank Williams on Weenie ... the only reason I haven't been a fan as long as Front Page is that he's older. Hank *was* a great performer, but what keeps me in constant awe about him is his songwriting talent, noticeable in a long long list of cover recordings made by other musicians over the decades. Here's one of my favorites:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85oVVqf2qwg
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In the mid-90s, I was back in NJ and painting my folks' house outdoors. I was listening to Hank on a cassette player. My dad came out, looked at me and said, "You can't argue with talent." His comment stuck in my mind and pretty much sums it up.
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I first saw Grant Gordy perform with Darol Anger's group, "Mr. Sun," at Wintergrass 2-3 years ago. I just stumbled over his website today. First, here's an acoustic guitar duet playing a Bud Powell composition, not something you hear every day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3Dc9K0Xg6Y
And here's a link to a page with videos of various collaborations involving Gordy -- with Anger, Grisman, and like-minded musicians:
http://www.grantgordy.com/gallery
Lindy
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Hi Lindy,
I don't know if it is the case with the video you were attempting to share, but some videos are set up in such a way that they may not be viewed except at youtube.
All best,
Johnm
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Great stuff Lindy, thanks. The last one embedded and worked for me
D
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Hi all,
Here's Danny Paisley with the Southern Grass. Boy, I love the way he sings--the way he pops those notes on the chorus--wow! He's a real paint peeler.
https://youtu.be/9wKQYIload0
All best,
Johnm
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Nice
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Thanks, John. Dan certainly knows how to put one across. It would peel the paint off an unpainted barn.
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On another thread today someone mentioned Radio Bristol ... here's an example of the content you'll find if you pay a visit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=80&v=RJpUdHlHEYA
Lots of other good vids on the Radio Bristol youtube channel.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M95ETq47_BU&list=RDZ9Df5kPM1-U&index=2
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Thanks, Lindy. It's always a treat to listen to Craig. Now if he would only smile...
While we're on the subject of guitarists, Eric Skye and Jamie Stillway are going to be at the Phinney Neighborhood Center on November 23 for a SFS concert:
http://www.seafolklore.org/wp/events/stillway-skye/
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I recently came across this 30 min. live recording of Howling Wolf and his band, from 1971. Hope some of you like it as much as I do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7nBhAxqWmQ&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3-4q38sVzuxfnSNQPndKAcss0FmAlSSsytIE4PixvFg-vCdwk8L_tH0fY
Cheers,
Pan
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Great stuff Pan, I had not seen that either. I cringe at the multi-color, mr. cool producer dude - or whatever he was - but I suppose he is why the taping happened at all!
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The shaky start, what with the band having various tuning issues, was making me n-n-n-nervous...
It gets way better after the half way point I reckon. I Got A Woman got cut off way too soon, I Ask For Water & Killin' Floor are good. I wanna see the whole footage of the band, maybe cut the barroom chat to the end of the video or actually just cut it entirely.
Man that piano sure needed tuning, and the bass player must have had trouble hearing himself to be so sharp. Anyway, glad I saw it, thanks.
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Hi all,
Here is a video by Sadie Roach and Michael Roach, featuring Sadie on vocals and piano with her composition, "A Vote For Me". The song is featured on the new Michael Roach CD "Tryin' Times", which also features Sadie on several tracks. Sadie has been a student at the Guild Hall School of Music in London, in the Jazz program, and Michael is justifiably proud of her. The video features a couple of Weenies from other parts of the U.K. and Europe, too. Here is the song:
https://youtu.be/u1zdV9iw7Nw
All best,
Johnm
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As some of you may already be aware of, our friend Mike Brosnan pulled up his Portland stakes and moved to the East Coast to play Italian guitar duets with our other friend, Frankie Basile.
I'll post one of their wonderful recent creations, there are others at the Frankie12string YouTube user/subscriber page.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MATcVMgYl9E
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I wouldn't be at all surprised if someone else had posted some of Albanie Falletta's music on here previously. But she is a fairly new name to me and this little solo set of jazzy blues she performed for Acoustic Guitar magazine, just her and her resonator, is wonderful:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGNNXeUgQEg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGNNXeUgQEg)
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Bobby Hebb, who wrote Sunny, playing the spoons on the Beat! show. Wow.
https://youtu.be/P62keWTi8Ow?t=776
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Hot hot hot . . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdWRWwHfY98
Tyler Jackson, the banjo picker, will be teaching at the Red Hot Strings workshop at Centrum in May.
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Hi all,
Here is George Jones, singing "Take Me".
https://youtu.be/O-PwoQb5GSw
All best,
Johnm
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Perfect. What a voice.
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The Arhoolie Foundation has this video documentary of the New Lost City Ramblers up on their YouTube channel at the moment, as well as some other interesting stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1roXgU96Tc0&feature=emb_logo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1roXgU96Tc0&feature=emb_logo)
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Hi all,
Some amazingly intense harmony singing from the Davis Sisters, who weren't sisters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeOs198BH4M
All best,
Johnm
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That is amazing, you can see how they could get away with being sisters. They kind of destroy the myth/magic of "sibling harmony"... that is really tight!
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I'm glad you enjoyed that, Slack. I remember the first time my friend Laurel Bliss played that track for me, it blew my mind. They sing together and sound like like a vocal pedal steel guitar. Their story is kind of tragic. Not long after the recording was made, they were in a serious auto accident and Betty, the one playing guitar in the picture was killed. The other singer went on to become known as Skeeter Davis, who had a hit with another song that I really love--"The End of the World".
https://youtu.be/sonLd-32ns4
All best,
Johnm
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Wow, it's been a long long time since I've heard "The End of the World". A big hit. What a tragedy about Betty - pre seat belt days...
And kind of a career tragedy to have a recording name (surely that is not her real name! Just looked it up: born Mary Frances Penick) Skeeter Davis?? Sounds "country" but what were they thinking?
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Yes, I am a big fan of the Davis Sisters and Skeeter. The duo featuring Skeeter and Betty Jack sang on only a few Davis Sisters recordings. The rest of them feature Skeeter with Betty Jack's sister Georgia and aren't as good. Chet Atkins was their producer and musical arranger. When the Davis sisters act broke up Skeeter went solo and would double track her own voice on her recordings to create harmony. Chet Atkins remained her producer and led her in a more cross-over countrypolitan musical direction. The End Of The World was supposedly written by a young girl about the death of her Father. The lyrics obviously touched Skeeter as she could relate them to the death of her singing partner Betty Jack and thus was born her biggest hit song which was popular on both the country and pop charts.
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Thanks for the posts, John. I'm old enough to remember when "The End Of The World" was a hit on the radio. As for the nickname "Skeeter," I grew up and went to school with a girl who had "Skeeter" as her nickname (in NJ). I don't know where she got it, but I remember her being called that when we would be out on the playground when we were in grammar school in the mid-late 50s. So I guess it was in popular circulation at the time.
Thanks for posting the additional info, Lightnin'.
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Several years ago I picked up her biography Bus Fare to Kentucky. It might have been an autobiography. I remember it being great. Definitely worth a read...My recollection is that I was blown away by the first 3/4 or so and not so much by the end of it. Tom
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Way off piste for a lot of bluesers, but if, like me, you also take an interest in other kinds of root music, this short film is charming. It features two brothers who go out under the name of Ye Vagabonds (I'm not too sure about that choice myself, but it's nothing to do with me). Their harmony singing is superb and they are both accomplished players of various string instruments. I think it's worth watching for the beautiful Irish scenery and down-to-earth feel of the whole affair. [Should you need more info., the film is called "Seven Songs on Six Islands" and is on YouTube.]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzoR25f413Q
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Thanks for posting that, Michael. Those young fellows sing so well, it's a treat.
All best,
Johnm
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RIP Betty Wright, who had a much longer and varied career than most people give her credit for.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/10/arts/music/betty-wright-dead.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=Obituaries
If anyone can find a better 5-note riff than the one on "Clean Up Woman," please point it out to me.
*Impossible* to listen to this without moving your body:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPVk-m1Pr4s
Lindy
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One of the authors of this famous song was the notorious Blowfly under his real name Clarence Reid.
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First of all, that's a great track by Betty Wright.
Second, just when I thought I had a handle on eccentric outliers in American music, Lightning introduces me to Blowfly. Wow.
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Hi all,
Mike Dowling forwarded a link to this video of him playing the Brazilian tune "Carinhoso" accompanied by me at Blues Week a number of years ago. What an ace guitar player he is!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5aiL2txdAc
All best,
Johnm
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Nice one. John, if memory serves, you did a duet at PT with Orville Johnson of an Ornette Coleman tune (I'm pretty sure it was his, anyway). Is that one on a CD somewhere?
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Hi Eric,
I'm glad you liked that. Yes, Orville and I played Ornette's tune "Lonely Woman" a few years ago at Port Townsend. We've never put that on a recording, and I hope we do some time.
All best,
John
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Hi all,
Here's one that is nominally from the Louvin Brothers, but it is really a solo feature for Ira Louvin. What a voice! I've always loved this song, "Cash On the Barrelhead":
https://youtu.be/amWMQHNUAUk
All best,
Johnm
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Hi all,
Speaking of singing, here is one from a young woman named Varijashree Venugopal, labeled simply John Coltrane "Giant Steps", Carnatic scatting #3. I've never heard anything like this, for accuracy in every way, rhythm, pitch, inflection--whew! To say nothing of memorizing that solo. It's really unfathomable the things that humans can do, sometimes.
https://youtu.be/t1ek4siKqn4
All best,
Johnm
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What a study in contrast... Ha!
Love the 'barrelhead' hook and the honky-tonk feel.
Wow, I'm thinking only an Indian could do this?... after listening to a lifetime micro-tonal sitar music??? I dunno... I'm a simpleton I think. Astounding.
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No, I think your question is a good one, John, and I certainly do not know the answer. I just googled "carnatic singing--what is it?", and it is apparently an Indian Classical singing tradition from southern India. Almost instantly, I was able to find on-line lessons in beginning Carnatic singing. I think that the way it is taught, and that serious students of it are taught to hear, can result in incredibly accurate singing in terms of making pitches--but only after a great deal of work, practice and discipline, of course. And like most other such endeavors, it probably doesn't hurt if you're gifted in the first place. The fact that there is a discipline that can even potentially produce such results in more than one person is mind-boggling.
All best,
Johnm
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Yes, I had to do a little googling as well (after 10 minutes, I'm now an expert!). It's associated more with violin than sitar.... her skill at doing this makes a little more sense. These are compositions. But Damn. Can you imagine?
I was lucky enough to visit India for a few weeks, but never got further south than Hyderabad. What a culture... or cultures. We walked past a sitar shop in Amritsar... really wanted to go in and buy one, but we had no host with us and were freaked out enough as it were... ha.
From what I read, this is a typical carnatic group... love the intent young woman, behind the lead singer, who is obviously an apprentice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1rziNHzAfg
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Here's a version of Cash on the Barrelhead that I've enjoyed for years:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V2sNRemp-E&list=RDeCsQe69n4cg&index=14
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No, I think your question is a good one, John, and I certainly do not know the answer. I just googled "carnatic singing--what is it?", and it is apparently an Indian Classical singing tradition from southern India. Almost instantly, I was able to find on-line lessons in beginning Carnatic singing. I think that the way it is taught, and that serious students of it are taught to hear, can result in incredibly accurate singing in terms of making pitches--but only after a great deal of work, practice and discipline, of course. And like most other such endeavors, it probably doesn't hurt if you're gifted in the first place. The fact that there is a discipline that can even potentially produce such results in more than one person is mind-boggling.
All best,
Johnm
Carnatic refers to southern India in general; the other major distinction in Indian music is Hindustani (northern). The two different divisions tend to share a lot of thaats (scales, kind of, as I understand) but with different names. Hindustani music became more influenced by the Persia, whereas Carnatic is perhaps older and more untouched. (The current Tamil culture that exists to this day is very old; it's somewhat like going to Egypt and encountering Pharaohs).
India really is a continent rather than a country; it's diversity is staggering - having more native languages and even language groups than modern day Europe, for example.
It's hard for us to get insights into what really goes on in Indian music - I read an offhand comment by a contemporary of John Martyn that claimed he "learned the sitar in about 10 minutes". I think that reveals the depth of ignorance we had when the sitar came "onto the scene" in the 1960s. Learning the sitar is something that really takes decades, but I suppose back then in the west the bar was quite low and if you could pull of a pentatonic scale on an exotic sounding instrument a by stander might think you have "learned" the instrument!
If you're in India during the correct season then musical performances, sometimes which go all night, are not too inaccessible.
In Kochi there is a place when even during monsoon you can listen to a few hours of ragas for about $5 every night.
The thaat and raga system is something I still cannot get my head fully around - seemingly very constrained yet allowing great freedom within those constraints.
I'll take a moment to share my favourite performance, of Raag Bhairavi by Ali Akbar Khan:
https://youtu.be/AvA-vog4srU
If you have 51 minutes to spare, it's a staggering performance. Bhairavi is roughly Phrygian, but as you can tell there's more to it than just noodling around in Phrygian for almost an hour.
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Jerry Reed playing Careless Love. I started transcribing this a few years back, got most of the way through, but left it unfinished. I can transcribe, but I can't play it! Recently revisited.
https://youtu.be/m1jVrYYEArw
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Hi all,
I had heard about the Mavericks for years and their lead singer, Raul Malo. I happened to listen to this the other day and thought it was just about perfect, nobody's trying to impress, no solos, just the song, and boy, does he sing it beautifully.
https://youtu.be/sSoSuGZzePE
All best,
Johnm
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Beautiful... so tastefully done. I love the Mavericks and listen to them quite often.
They have a great blend of C&W and TexMex/cajunto/whatever... that Mexican influence that really appeals to me. You cannot tell it by the vocal range in this song... but Malo's voice, in other songs, often sounds very Roy Orbison like... I mean without the irritating aspects of Roy's voice... haha. If I could have any voice in the world... I think it would be Raul Malos'.
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I know what you mean, Slack. I think Glen Campbell was a great singer, obviously a great player, too, but when I heard Raul Malo sing this song I thought, wow, that is just perfect. I love that he's not knocking himself out, trying to be expressive--he just trusts his voice, his interpretive instincts and the song itself. And does he ever have good reason to trust his voice!
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Amen on the Mavericks -- love the accordion in their music.
The song is such a strong one that it really doesn't need embellishment. I also appreciate Molly Tuttle's renditions in concert--I've been fortunate to see her twice, and there's about 20 vids of her singing this song on YT. For example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJY5RjuHHDY
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Thanks for the posts of The Mavericks and Molly Tuttle--they're great, IMHO. It's also worth revisiting the fellow who wrote it. There are a few videos of him performing it available on YouTube.
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Hi all,
Here is Jerry Reed, once again, doing my favorite version of "City of New Orleans", which I just found. He was similar to Kenny Baker, in that he was comfortable exploring new sounds in Spanish tuning, as he does here and did on "That's All Right, Mama". Really nice singing, too. And that interlude before the last vocal phrase is worth the price of admission.
https://youtu.be/I7a6R2GNFQs
All best,
Johnm
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Rick Ruskin, always tasteful.
https://youtu.be/aoeJJO74EzA
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More great musical talent oozing from the west coast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOvkHkQtdss
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Hi all,
Here is Jukka Perko's Jazztet, from Finland, at a live performance from a few years ago (he's the alto sax player) playing a Jimmy Van Heusen song, "Aren't You Glad You're You?". That's Teemu Viinikainen on guitar, and boy, is he great! The whole band is just a gas.
https://youtu.be/SDoSIvWjb74
All best,
Johnm
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Thanks for that, John. You are certainly correct--They really know how to put a song across and Teemu Viinikainen is a great and very tasteful player, that's for sure!
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I'm really glad you enjoyed that, Stuart. I should say the band has a whole series of videos up on youtube from that gig, and another gig and the videos are uniformly excellent and entertaining. They're great players, both as soloists in in ensemble.
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Hi all,
I don't know anything about Rita Payes, but this came up on my youtube feed, and it seems just about perfect to me. Evidently that is her mother playing the lead guitar parts. The whole thing is so lovely and lyrical.
https://youtu.be/AySBPCkGyyY
All best,
Johnm
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That really is lovely. I saw the trombone in the background, but was still surprised when she took the break with it for some reason. Looks like she has some singles on Pandora.... that I'll check out.
Merry Christmas John!
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Merry Christmas to you too, John!
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Beautiful
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Thank you, John. Simply delightful. Apparently the trombone is her primary instrument and her mother, Elisabeth Roma, is a force on the guitar in her own right. A couple more:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaT7gT1qLvI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAMArLGX8BU
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I had to listen to it twice, it is so sublime. Thanks John.
Happy Holidays everyone and better days ahead.
Jean
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Thanks for posting the Rita Payes/Elisabeth Roma song. I’ll definitely listen to more of them.
Happy Holidays
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Thanks for the post of Rita Payes', John, and Stuart. It's like a holiday gift! Beautiful stuff. I already searched out some stuff on YouTube and Amazon Prime music.
Happy holidays, merry Xmas,
Dave
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Hi all,
Here is Hammond B-3 player Barbara Dennerlein playing a blues, walking like a great bass player with her left foot, comping on the lower keyboard with a piano stop and soloing on the upper keyboard. She grooves so hard, and to be able to play chorus after chorus without repeating herself, wow! What a musician.
All best,
Johnm
https://youtu.be/zV-xPVwg3sM
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Damn, incredible, that walking foot bass is amazing. The right foot seems so under utilized.... it needs a drum set maybe.
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I know what you mean about the right foot, Slack. She's loafing!
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Wow
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And she's modified the B3 with a couple of electronics/control boxes plus a couple of pedals sitting next to her on the bench!?! We need to get her out of the house!
...Actually that sounded like a nice small intimate venue.
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Actually I believe that push switch comes with the Hammond / Leslie rig. We have one that came with ours. I'm ashamed to say it's been gathering dust since we bought it in Austin off craigslist so I dunno what the switch does. No pedals with ours unfortunately. I really must try and get it going sometime. Ours is a C3, w/Leslie.
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Globalfest: 4 hours of salsa, Afropop, American Gospel, Kentucky traditional, Ukrainean drones, etc. etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG3kd3_v6js&list=PLy2PCKGkKRVaY_3uVTXi8QjXmoaLjSawL
I looooove salsa grooves, the first band is so fine . . .
I learned about it from this article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/arts/music/globalfest-review.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=Music
Lindy
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Nora Brown is one of the performers on the first episode of Globalfest. She's 15 years old, and watching her made me happy to think about the music of Appalachia being passed down:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBxSYRc38dA
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Great tone, and she really captures the hypnotic sound of the banjo.
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Hi all,
This came up on my youtube feed this morning. What a groover that young fellow is!
All best,
Johnm
https://youtu.be/56UH4cQXSkI
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Not sure if this has been brought up before but just in case, check this out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfUz5M87J9k
also:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/music/yasmin-williams-fingerstyle-guitar/2021/01/21/be624808-5b64-11eb-a976-bad6431e03e2_story.html
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Amazing, Eric, I was just about to post this one from Yasmin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp_RxPFPjzA
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Hi all,
If you enjoy Bluegrass gospel singing, go to 16:06 on this excerpt of an old Wilburn Brothers TV show, and see Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys show how to do it. And as a bonus, immediately prior to that, Curley Chalker and Jimmy Capps do a great instrumental number. Jimmy Martin is featured earlier in the show, too, on "Sunny Side of the Mountain". Boy, could he sing, and he always had a good band.
https://youtu.be/Cn6othP63UQ
All best,
Johnm
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Holy Cow John! I was not familiar with the Wilbur Bros TV show! I'll pursue more. So many discussion points here.... It's amazing that such talented tasty musicians are so devoid of taste in every other category... haha.
'So kick it again, again, again, and maybe you'll kill my love for you' (speaking of her heart). I gather Peggy Sue has not had it easy.
Damn... Jimmy Martin... wouldn't we all love to be able to sing like that!
Thanks for the post John!
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I'm glad you enjoyed that, John! Jimmy Martin is a particular favorite of mine, and it's always worth seeing Jimmy Capps and the amazing Curly Chalker--wow! Some amazing clothes on that segment, aren't there?
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Great stuff, love that brother harmony. These programs and others like the Porter Waggoner and Dolly Parton Show appear from time to time on broadcast TV retro channels and they're great. Anyone remember Midwestern Hayride?
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It's amazing that such talented tasty musicians are so devoid of taste in every other category
My thoughts exactly. I loved the music, but more than once I had to close my eyes to shut out those clothes.
Thanks for posting that, John.
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Thanks for the post, John--Great stuff. As for the clothes, it's the "uniform" or "costume," if you will. It's part of the act--and the trade--and perhaps expected. IIRC, Nudie Cohn was the tailor for many of the performers.
It's not something I would wear, but I don't play the game, so I don't make the rules. Maybe if I was in the game, it would be a different story. That's show biz...
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Sticking with gospel, but coming at it from a different direction - “Walk Around,” an early one by The Soul Stirrers:
https://youtu.be/y0FHd7w6BkM
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Obituary for an extraordinary classical music guitarist who was skilled in genres all over the map:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/jorge-morel-revered-classical-guitarist-and-composer-dies-at-89/2021/02/14/5ad75120-6d43-11eb-9f80-3d7646ce1bc0_story.html
Here's the composition that he was arguably best known for:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR1jDVRqxI4
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I've been enjoying the work of Aziza Brahim for a few weeks now. Apart from the music, check out the stunning photograph on the cover of her latest album "Sahari".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SvfLB6bLHM&ab_channel=GlitterbeatTV
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I met Danny Barnes once in the parking area at a small festival in the Texas Hill Country. I didn't know who he was when I saw him tinkering with his banjo which was still in its open case in the trunk of his car. I strolled by and admired the instrument, it was very nice looking.
He immediately strapped it on and started telling me all about it, where it came from, what he really really liked about it. Then he started playing. Holy cow! My jaw hit the floor. Danny is a natural genius, and considering he didn't know me from a bar of soap, one of the nicest people I've ever met. If you don't know Danny's music, you should!
https://youtu.be/yYmtxwkcUec
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Great stuff! ...and clawhammer on a resonator banjo is definitely a different vibe. And my banjo is just sitting there...
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Yeah that's what I was thinking too. Danny's energy transcends how we think about the instrument. On that note, check this out:
https://youtu.be/0GKxchBOPY8
Also...
https://youtu.be/JhtLHcPJ7nI
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I just heard about Joachim Cooder's latest album - Dave Macon songs done on the mbira, with a band.
https://youtu.be/QKNdDvb15yI
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The original La Bamba - 1938
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4HypRxLcmM
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I just heard about Joachim Cooder's latest album - Dave Macon songs done on the mbira, with a band.
Nice! Who's the distinguished elderly gentleman on guitar? Only joking, I know it's Ry.
Thanks for the heads-up there David.
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Nora Brown.
https://youtu.be/VFpxkOjTg2k
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Hi all,
For any fans of Classic Country, here is Hank Williams at Sunset Park, a country music park in Jennersville, Pennsylvania in 1952, apparently the only live show of his available anywhere. Sunset Park is right near where I grew, and i saw a lot of fantastic Bluegrass there in the early and mid-'60s, Bill Monroe, Jim and Jesse, Jimmy Martin, the Osborne Brothers, Reno and Smiley, and others. They had the scariest french fries there in the world--the grease hadn't been changed since Uncle Dave Macon was a baby. Anyhow, here's Hank, and it's pretty amazing when you consider he wrote about all of these songs:
https://youtu.be/IzTnowQ0DyM
All best,
Johnm
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Very enjoyable, thanks John. I was less than a month old at the time! Great to hear that.
The whole band is great and the steel player is perfect. Hank is just plain stellar.
Anyone know what's that written on the bass? Something "of the" something? I can't quite make it out.
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Hi all,
Ralph Stanley wrote some really great banjo tunes, and I've always like this one, "Hard Times".
All best,
Johnm
https://youtu.be/C9nymMGPzhU
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Hi all,
I suppose this could have gone in the "Country Blues related" thread, but it's not really all that closely related--Snooks Eaglin covering the Isley Brothers' "It's Your Thing". Muy funky!
all best,
Johnm
https://youtu.be/e1ja-70XxiA
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Thanks for posting this John. I love Snooks Eaglin but have never heard this before. I first heard his Folkways album and have loved everything since. He really could do it all.
All the Best,
Ned
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Great stuff! ...ends much too soon!
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That really got me going this Sunday morning, I had not heard it before either. It has prompted me to find out where, when, who, and whether there are any more cuts available from that session. Does anyone have any further information?
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Hi Rivers,
By clicking on the "Show more" on the video it looks like "It's Your Thing" was on a late Snooks release called "Out of Nowhere", a 2009 release on Blacktop Records. Here is a link to the album on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Out-Nowhere-Snooks-Eaglin/dp/B001QTVNWS/ref=sr_1_7?dchild=1&keywords=Snooks+Eaglin&qid=1624814386&s=music&sr=1-7 .
All best,
Johnm
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Thank you John. I followed myriad interesting distractions while researching that for myself resulting in a musical version of "scope creep".
I've downloaded the Out of Nowhere album.
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Also check out pages 5 and 7 on this "Other Musical Interests" thread to listen to two Snooks numbers. One of them is from one of his Blacktop albums, not 100% sure if it's "Out of Nowhere."
L
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Good on you for picking it up, Rivers! I'm remiss myself in not having any of Snooks' post-'60s albums. And he did a lot of great stuff later on, like "Lipstick Traces" and "Funky Malaguena". When you think about it, he recorded all of the stuff on Folkways and Prestige before he was thirty, so he had quite a long recording career after that.
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Hi all,
I wonder how long it took Nathan East to get that right hand together--wow!
All best,
Johnm
https://youtu.be/s-f0fhlucis
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Hi all,
A friend of mine sent me this link a year or two ago and I forgot about it. What a singer Gary Brooker is--wow! I always loved this song. Neat to see some of the orchestral players smiling and responding to it.
All best,
Johnm
https://youtu.be/St6jyEFe5WM
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Fantastic performance... Gary Brooker's vocal has lost nothing!
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I noticed that this is from 2006, but his voice was still amazing almost 40 years after the song was released. Here’s some info on the song if anyone’s interested:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Whiter_Shade_of_Pale
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Hi all,
I really enjoyed this piece on the Chapman Stick, that Tony Levin plays with Peter Gabriel and King Crimson. I'm in awe when people become accomplished playing such complicated instruments. I can see how it would be exciting figuring out the possibilities for different sounds and approaches on the instrument.
https://youtu.be/78hlYpydv5g
All best,
Johnm
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Hi all,
Here is Colin Hay, who was the lead singer with Men At Work, singing a solo acoustic version of Jimmy Webb's "Wichita Lineman". A beautiful song, and I sure like the way he sings it.
https://youtu.be/IB65PKfcW0g
All best,
Johnm
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That is lovely John, thanks.
I just watched a recent performance by Regina Carter with Emmett Cohen and his band. I cued the link up at a highlight. I've heard Regina before, but I don't remember her tone being so beautiful. This is an Ellington piece, Come Sunday.
If you are into jazz, I highly recommend checking out Emmett's YT channel - he does a performance with a guest I think every week, and there is plenty to check out from past weeks. Wonderful singers, horn men and women, etc.
I've been watching him off and on since this spring I think.
https://youtu.be/TlJBfTAynQI?t=2131
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Hi all,
Here is Woody Herman's band doing Horace Silver's tune "Sister Sadie", featuring Sal Nistico on tenor sax. God, it would be fun to be able to play like that, and his time is killer, swings so hard.
All best,
Johnm
https://youtu.be/IEW7d-87b48
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The technical virtuosity and musicality of jazz players like that are amazing. Wow.
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The "Thundering Herd," indeed!
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Hi all,
Here is Jennifer Warnes singing "Song of Bernadette", a song she co-wrote with Leonard Cohen, from a Smothers Brothers show in 1987, I believe.
All best,
Johnm
https://youtu.be/dyX36XA88Cs
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Paul Desmond with Jim Hall - Poor Butterfly:
https://youtu.be/yPpusybmgGA
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I have only just discovered this lady and am still investigating. She is an interesting singer and multi-instrumentalist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYPMg7_F0zM
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I really like that Laurel Premo recording. Thanks for posting.
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Happy Saturday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoMbeDhG9fU&t=69s
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Thanks Eric. I needed that. What brilliant talent, including the technical aspects of the film, the sound mixing in particular. Wow!
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Hi Jean,
Right? I defy anyone not to love those guys!
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Could only be followed by some Lindy Hoppin' from Hellzapoppon' (1941).
https://youtu.be/ahoJReiCaPk
Wax
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Hi Jean,
Right? I defy anyone not to love those guys!
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Amazing, Wax.
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Hi all,
This came up in my youtube feed, and I thought it was beautiful. Tuning one of these must really be painstaking.
All best,
Johnm
https://youtu.be/QkTUL7DjTow
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But, you only have to tune it once. Invented by Ben Franklin with the assistance of a London glassblower. Check out the wikipedia page for glass harmonica for fun factoids.
Wax
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Dueling nyckelharpas . . .
The violin is a 5-string.
The guitar is a 12-string.
The nyckleharpas probably have 16 strings each.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOT0uMz4avE&t=110s
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Hi all,
Here's Peggy Lee with the Benny Goodman Orchestra doing Joe McCoy's "Why Don't You Do Right?", from 1943.
https://youtu.be/4zRwze8_SGk
All best,
Johnm
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Hi all,
Here's something to work on, from George Benson. Whew!
https://youtu.be/mTry3HN89p8
All best,
Johnm
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Thanks for that, John. Like you say, "Whew!"
I love the story I once read or heard (perhaps here) about when George Benson asked Wes Montgomery about taking lessons from him. Wes said he wouldn't (or couldn't) teach George because he himself was still learning how to play the guitar. Perhaps it's apocryphal, but I think it's great nonetheless.
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Wow. 8)
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Hi all,
Here is Ben Webster, playing his tune, "Poutin'", backed by Oscar Peterson on piano, Ray Brown on bass and J. C. Heard on drums.
https://youtu.be/cr4nfhgNhvo
All best,
Johnm
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OK here's an item that you should skip if you're all acoustic, have no interest in gear and/or what it takes to put a band on the road in this day and age, and don't have nearly two hours to spend.
Don't say I didn't warn you!
https://youtu.be/-j1BwYw7sXA
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I'm not much of an electric or gear guy, but Jason Isbell is very good player, and a breath of fresh air that country music really needs. I ran into him once at Heathrow and talked guitars. Nice guy.
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Hi all,
John Mayall had some great guitar players come through his band, Eric Clapton and Mick Taylor among them, but I don't think he ever had one to beat Peter Green's playing here, on Freddie King's "The Stumble".
https://youtu.be/NLpziHTO-Nc
All best,
Johnm
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Some more Peter Green (with Fleetwood Mac). A very nice solo starts around 3:13.
https://youtu.be/qJ0cUMgdb3s
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I hate these "best guitar player" discussions. But Peter Green really was from another galaxy in my opinion.
Fleetwood Mac - If You Let Me Love You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abg4CQgCyD0
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I was never really hip to Fleetwood Mac in their early days, so Peter Green wasn't much on my radar. He is masterful, but it is mostly a rehashing of the masters that preceded him.
For me, this is the definitive I Need Your Love So Bad. Willie John's singing is sublime, I think. The guitar player, unknown to me, is no slouch either.
https://youtu.be/hFo7Z2fKTVk
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I didn’t know that the original was by Little Willie John, thanks for this. That is some nice guitar playing. I looked it up, it was Mickey Baker.
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Hi all,
Boy, would it be fun to be able to do this!
https://youtu.be/D_ij3gsHW1s
All best,
Johnm
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Yeah, no kidding. James Brown had really great back up guys. What a sound.
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Yes, yes, yes, Clyde Stubblefield, Jabo Starks, several others, all laying down the groove for Mr. Brown.
But when I think of funky drummers, one of the first who comes to mind is James Gadson, who played with Bill Withers.
Go ahead, get up and dance to "Kissing My Love" (looks like the vid won't embed, but do click on the link and watch):
https://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/jamesgadsonbillwitherskissinmylove.html
and "Use Me"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3hBYTkI-sE&t=48s
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Hi all,
I've always loved this track, Jimi Hendrix's "Wait Till Tomorrow"--his rhythm guitar part is fantastic and is so happy-making. And if you ever wanted to translate the lyrics to Spanish, this video does it for you.
https://youtu.be/YyRomO_5MG0
All best,
Johnm
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I hate these "best guitar player" discussions. But Peter Green really was from another galaxy in my opinion.
Agreed. You really had to be there when the 'dog and dustbin' album came out though.
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I've always loved this track, Jimi Hendrix's "Wait Till Tomorrow"--his rhythm guitar part is fantastic and is so happy-making. And if you ever wanted to translate the lyrics to Spanish, this video does it for you.
Well that was a total blast from the past! Click bang, what a hang, your daddy just shot poor me...
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Check this out...
https://youtu.be/-MR2E56ipOU
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Great guitar grooves and stories. I recognize the sound but did not know the player. Thanks for posting.
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Nice song, lovely banjo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQKXXMGcnTY
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They're on Bandcamp if you want to hear more:
https://pharisjasonromero.bandcamp.com/music
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I don't think I have put this up here before. No apologies if I have... One of the most beautiful songs I know, lyrically perfect, clever and poignant. Superbly performed.
"Pride has a way of holding too firm to history..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9jwGansp1E
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Mandolin Orange recently changed their name to "Watchhouse".
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Hi all,
I remember when this song was a hit when I was a kid, I had no clue what it was about, but I couldn't get over that line, "I ain't got no cigarettes.". Over time I've come to appreciate what a gifted lyricist Roger Miller was--a great lyricist like Chuck Berry or David McCarn or Frank Loesser whose lyrics just happened to be perfectly in the vernacular, perfectly rhythmic and all with a relaxed falling-off-a-log quality. Here's "King of the Road":
https://youtu.be/7HBQFjoqDYE
Trailers for sale or rent, rooms to let, fifty cents
No phone, no pool, no pets, I ain't got no cigarettes, I'm a-
Two hours of pushing broom buys a, eight by twelve four-bit room, I'm a
Man of means, by no means, king of the road
Third boxcar, midnight train, destination: Bangor, Maine
Old worn-out suit and shoes, I don't pay no union dues, I smoke
Old stogies I have found, short, but not too big around, I'm a
Man of means, by no means, king of the road, I know
Every engineer on every train, all their children, all of their names
Every hand-out in every town, ever locked, it ain't locked when noone's around, I sing
Trailers for sale or rent, rooms to let, fifty cents
No phone, no pool, no pets, I ain't got no cigarettes, I've a-
Two hours of pushing broom buys a, eight by twelve four-bit room, I'm a
Man of means, by no means, king of the road
Trailers for sale or rent, rooms to let, fifty cents
No phone, no pool, no pets, I ain't got no cigarettes, I've a-
Two hours of pushing broom buys a, eight by twelve four-bit room, I'm a
Man of means (FADE)
All best,
Johnm
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That’s such a great song. My father had the album “The Return of Roger Miller,” which included “King of the Road”, when I was a kid. I listened to it all the time. John Prine put out a great collection of Miller’s music.
Here’s another one of my favorites from that album, “Hard Headed Me”:
https://youtu.be/xCF7hPEXGzM
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From his cowboy look days, doing a song he wrote that really caught people's attention. With Ray Price in the lead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rnQfyB7TnI
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Roger Miller was a really deep guy. Besides all his funny, frivolous songs (My Uncle Used To Love Me But She Died) he could come out with something like this song. It really knocked me out the first time that I heard it.
https://youtu.be/HD-SEjC9N_k
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And does anyone else remember watching his (short-lived) TV show? A summer replacement for ???
Miller was at peak amphetamine energy and had the incomparable Thumbs Carlisle as featured guitarist.
Don't remember title of program, but it had a train-themed opening.
best,
bruce
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I vaguely remember it, Bruce. According to IMDb, it ran from September 12, 1966 through December 26, 1966, 17 episodes in all. There are quite a few videos with Roger Miller on YT, but I didn't see any of the original show.
I remember him being quite the conversationalist and raconteur. I recall him on The Tonight Show. When he and Johnny Carson would get going, it was hilarious.
Thanks for the initial post, John, and also to Mark, Lindy and Lightnin'.
He was best known for his novelty songs, but of course he was much more than that and lived a full life.
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Jeez he was a wild man! Check him out here on an early morning Nashville tv show with Ralph Emery. You can tell that he had been up all night speeding while guest star Charlie Louvin had had to wake himself up at 4:00 in the morning or so to make the show. He even farts at 3:35 and Ralph has to sit there and stand it. Thumbs Carlisle plays guitar for the band and is great!
https://youtu.be/Mc5WLLjsd7c
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Lol! I've seen this but forgotten about it - thanks for posting Lightnin'!
These early live shows are hilarious. Speed kills! ... and Thumbs Carlisle is fantastic!
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Hahaha live TV indeed. Heroic effort by Ralph trying to keep everything under control.
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Bunch of Brits getting down to their bad selves . . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isMlhEpiIgg
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Hi all,
Here's Kentucky fiddler Luther Strong playing "Glory In The Meeting House":
https://youtu.be/EYFutEcvjfI
All best,
Johnm
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Hi all,
Here is Floyd "Tina" Brooks on tenor saxophone, joined by some wonderful players, doing "For Heaven's Sake". What a tone!
All best,
Johnm
https://youtu.be/gyqs8E_eBfM
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Hope you enjoy Gene Bertoncini's playing as much as I do. Enjoy.
https://youtu.be/hvXuQxtLBCk
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Hi all,
This came up in my youtube feed, and I thought it was beautiful. Tuning one of these must really be painstaking.
All best,
Johnm
https://youtu.be/QkTUL7DjTow
More in depth info on the Glass Armonica, interview and demo by the same player as above.
https://youtu.be/cVqqNigImtU
Wax
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Thanks for posting that explanatory video, Wax. That is fascinating!
all best,
Johnm
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I love this. Al Dimeola and Matteo Mancuso:
https://youtu.be/OYOI38F54Qc
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Thanks, Rivers. That's some top shelf music making to say the least. Talent.
I sometimes wish they'd make mention of Salvatore Massaro for the uninitiated, though. (Spoken as a NJ guy of Italian heritage with some Philly roots in the mix.)
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I just accidentally discovered the irrepressible Mr. Doyle Dykes, this video is worth 45 minutes of any fingerpicker's time:
https://youtu.be/Fm-AxQvHdn0
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Wow, thank you Rivers. A lot to absorb in that video. What a great player.
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You're very welcome. My feelings exactly!
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Hi all,
Here is Take 6 performing Ralph Carmichael's song "A Quite Place". I first saw them on TV probably more than twenty years ago and was blown away by the complexity and grooviness of their vocal arrangements and their execution and blend. I believe the group was originally formed at an historically black college in Alabama.
https://youtu.be/Iw64vKVx5D4
All best,
Johnm
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No introductory comment . . . just enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otvMYsUljvc
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Hi all,
I always loved this song, "Jimmy Mack", by Martha and the Vandellas.
https://youtu.be/Gi8EdYM0t3k
All best,
Johnm
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Yeah--Great song, John, that's for sure. I remember it well. I think we're going to need a new category for these posts, though--"Study Hall"? or perhaps "Home Room"? Maybe "Recess" That's what they remind me of. The days when the shirt pocket transistor radio with the earplug ruled. It was the proto-iPhone. Who woulda thought at the time that's what the future would hold?
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I heard this one on an internet radio show this morning. I found the album version and also a live version on YT:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT66_njQ6Ns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjCY9fGMif8
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Mauritanian singer Zeynabou Mint Hembara
https://youtu.be/3cCWS9gWryw
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Hi all,
There are a number of videos by this artist posted on youtube that are really nice.
https://youtu.be/1Kgrt946e54
All best,
Johnm
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Hi all,
Here are Ivete Sangelo (on the right) and Rosa Passos (on the left) performing "Dunas". They are having so much fun and listening so well--and Rosa Passos' vocal phrasing is kind of miraculous to me. Anyhow, see what you think.
https://youtu.be/UpbPs1w4Kk4
All best,
John
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Wow, what lovely and nuanced vocals. I also watched a concert show/tune of Ivete, double wow. They are going on my playlist. Viva Brasil!
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"Anyhow, see what you think". I think it's pretty brilliant. Love it. Thanks for posting John.
All the Best,
Ned
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTynwwcerdw
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Hi all,
Here are Red Allen and Frank Wakefield, joined by Bill Keith on banjo, doing "New Camptown Races", an original tune of Frank's that he composed in Bb, not that common a key for mandolin tunes. I've always loved this rendition and Bill Keith's banjo solos blazed new trails in Bluegrass banjo.
https://youtu.be/fLshcWFJBy0
All best,
Johnm
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Hi all,
Grant Green playing Michel Legrand's "I Wish You Love" from "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg":
https://youtu.be/WwnPr0_W5QE
All best,
Johnm
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Hi all,
The Mills Brothers doing "Cielito Lindo":
https://youtu.be/yS6AFUDwxCw
All best,
Johnm
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Wow!
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Hi all,
Conway Twitty doing "Linda On My Mind". Boy, could he sing!
https://youtu.be/Rsc-etVI2DQ
All best,
Johnm
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Hi all,
Words of wisdom from Charles McPherson.
https://youtu.be/3K9xX0Ft4tc
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Interesting. It reminds me of the book “The Laws of Brainjo: The Art and Science of Molding a Musical Mind.”
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Hi all,
Larry McKenna was kind of an underground Jazz legend in Philadelphia. My brother Alan introduced me to his music. Larry passed away this past November 19th. Here he is with his quartet playing "I'll Close My Eyes":
https://youtu.be/XrybNHm0CJE
All best,
Johnm
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Hi all,
I remember being baffled by this one as a kid. Do you think anyone ever accused Claude King of being too slick? Watch out for Clifton Clowers!
https://youtu.be/qVMlF9i2ffU
All best,
Johnm
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Greenmountain Bluegrass & Roots Festival, Manchester Vermont, 2023. The band Mighty Poplar doing "When I Was A Cowboy" which many of us will know from the Lead Belly- and Alvin Youngblood Hart recordings. Cheryl and I were in the audience about 25 feet away, house right.
The music, live sound and all round good vibes made it a privilege to have been there. We've signed up to go again this year but as volunteer staff this time. Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtbQ5Hdz6zY
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Hi all,
Here are Gerry Mulligan, on baritone sax and Chet Baker, on trumpet, with their pianoless quartet in 1953 doing "Moonlight In Vermont":
https://youtu.be/WU4RCzFJDRw
All best,
Johnm