Hi all,
I just found this version by Woodrow Adams, a new name to me, from 1967. That is country!
All best,
Johnm
I just found this version by Woodrow Adams, a new name to me, from 1967. That is country!
All best,
Johnm
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Further, Handy could not play jazz, Morton said, as he was unable to execute "plenty of figure work in the groove ability, great improvisations, accurate, exciting tempos with a kick" - from Alan Lomax, The Man Who Recorded the World, by John Szwed
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I just found this version by Woodrow Adams, a new name to me, from 1967. That is country! All best, Johnm Hi all,
I just found another version of "Pony Blues", entitled "My Pony", recorded by Johnnie Temple at a session on September 23, 1940 in New York City, for which he was accompanied by Henry "Red" Allen on trumpet, Buster Bailey on clarinet, and Lil Hardin Armstrong (Louis's ex-wife), playing piano in C. There is an unknown drummer on the tune, too. Johnny Temple was a master at cracking his voice, that's for sure. I like some of his verses I'd not heard before. It's really nice the way his accompanists trade off the fills over the course of the song, especially since no-one takes a solo. Here is "My Pony": INTRO I'm gon' saddle up my pony and, hitch up my bay mare I'm gon' saddle up my pony and, hitch up my bay mare Car' me and my baby, gon' take a roll down the road somewhere When you hear my pony comin', please give me the lane When you hear my pony comin', please give me the lane If I ain't drunk off of whiskey, I declare I'm drinkin' my champagne I got a horse in Texas, pony already trained I got a horse in Texas, pony already trained I got a gal in Chicago with hair just like his mane She's the prettiest thing that, ever went down the line She's the prettiest thing that, ever went down the line Well, my pony is crippled, but I rides her, just the same If you see my pony, please start her home If you see my pony, please start her home Well, I ain't had no ridin' since my, pony been gone All best, Johnm MarkC
I loved the fills by Allen and Bailey. Unfortunately for me they emphasized what a (IMO) bland and repetitive vocal Temple sang.
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