Topic: 'If I Had My Way' by Andy Cohen

[eagle rockin daddy]

This is how it's done folks:



I was lucky enough to have Andy live in my town many years ago, when I was first bitten by the country blues bug.  This was before dvd's, etc, when the only way to learn this stuff was from a person or lp's.  Andy was always kind and helped me a lot.  There is a lot of him in my playing, and I'm grateful to have him as a friend.  This was recorded Friday 9/10/10 in Montpelier, vermont.  I'll post more stuff from the show soon.

Mike

[Richard]

I like that, it looks so easy! What a thumb and what's the guitar looks very period?

[eric]

How it's done!

[eagle rockin daddy]

It's a mahogany topped banner Gibson.

Mike

[Parlor Picker]

As impressive a take on Rev. Davis' music as I've ever seen/heard.

[Michael Kuehn]

Thanks for that, Mike. Great rendition!

Mike

[uncle bud]

Damn, wish I'd known Andy was playing in Montpelier, it's pretty close. I gotta pay more attention to VT music schedules.

He's no slouch on that guitar, eh?

[Pan]

Great stuff, thanks for posting! Keep the god stuff coming!

Cheers

Pan

[DanceGypsy]

The guitar is indeed a mahogany-topped bannerhead Gibson J-45.  The banner reads "Only A Gibson Is Good Enough," and these guitars were only made during the years of World War II.  As spruce got scarce later in the war, Gibson began to use mahogany backs for tops, which makes Andy's guitar somewhere in the 1943-45 vintage.  If I remember the story he told me, he said that he was playing a festival in Ohio and saw the top of the neck and peghead from the stage, propped up at a vendor's booth on the perimeter of the festival area.  He ran over after his set and bought it.  It needed lots of work, I believe.  I have done some work on this guitar myself - repaired a loose brace last year or the year before.  We in Memphis are indeed lucky to have Andy make his home here - he got me started down this path, and if it were not for Andy I would not be playing the country blues today.

[sustaireblues]

Wow!!!
That is just jaw dropping great, what a treat.

Yes post more please!

Thanks,
Joe

[Stuart]

A few links are in order:

http://www.andycohenmusic.net/

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/andycohen1

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/andycohen2

[Mr.OMuck]

Damn fine!