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Country Blues => The Back Porch => Topic started by: colm kill paul on January 21, 2015, 01:03:57 PM
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http://youtu.be/T88cNbrNEnQ (http://youtu.be/T88cNbrNEnQ)
Folks,
Here is my stab at Ed Bell's "Mamlish Blues" as learnt from John Miller at his inspirational workshop in Edinburgh last summer.
I'm enjoying playing it so I thought I'd post a clip.
All the best
Colm
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Well done, Colm! I really like your singing, as per usual, and your playing has a lot of drive. I like the little syncopated rhythmic hitch you put in the signature lick, too. It's great to hear you venturing into non-John Hurt material. Thanks for putting the video up.
All best,
Johnm
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Grand video Colm! No wonder you attracted all those admirers!
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Great stuff, Colm. Nice to hear you venturing into new territory.
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That's great. The playing has real freedom and swing to it. Really playing the song rather than just accompanying it.
However, a black mark for it not being MJH :-)
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Really nice singing and playing, Colm! A great video visually too! 8)
Cheers
Pan
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Yeah, what they all said and very dapper attire, I might add.
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Well done :) preserves very much the original feeling.
What I?m trying to say, it sound wonderfully original.
Original is the word I was looking for :D
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http://youtu.be/T88cNbrNEnQ (http://youtu.be/T88cNbrNEnQ)
Folks,
Here is my stab at Ed Bell's "Mamlish Blues" as learnt from John Miller at his inspirational workshop in Edinburgh last summer.
I'm enjoying playing it so I thought I'd post a clip.
All the best
The video is private so I can't see it :(
Colm
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I love Ed Bell and you sound great!
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Excellent, I was unfamiliar with this song
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wow! great singing and playing! love it
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What does Mamlish mean?
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Very good question Harry!
John Miller gave us an excellent explanation at his Edinburgh work shop. Perhaps John you might answer this one? It is interesting.
Colm
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Well, if "mamlish" actually does mean something, I don't know what it is, but if you look at the contexts in which it was used, it appears to function as a non-specific intensifier, as in Bobby Grant's "Nappy Head Blues"
"Head so nappy, feet so mamlish long, looked like a turkey comin' through the mamlish corn"
Substitute "very", "doggone" or f***in'" and you'd have approximately the same meaning.
At one point, I thought "mamlish" might be the feminine equivalent of "mannish", but that idea doesn't hold up under examination of the different contexts in which the word was used.
All best,
Johnm
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Did a google search and it appears that John Tefteller, the guy with probably the biggest collection of blues 78s in the world, and producer of the great blues calendar from his company www.bluesimages.com (http://www.bluesimages.com) has a standing offer/reward to anyone who can explain and prove what 'mamlish' means.
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Well then hustle and call him up and patiently explain:
"Mr. Tefteller, it's a linguisitic intensifier generally synonomous with 'mutha-f*ckin'. Have a mamlish nice day."
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Well done :) preserves very much the original feeling.
What I?m trying to say, it sound wonderfully original.
Original is the word I was looking for :D
I agree withThat's great. The playing has real freedom and swing to it. Really playing the song rather than just accompanying it.
However, a black mark for it not being MJH :-)
agree with this. some nice giddy-up to it. like the presentation, too.
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Really well done and its a great song, love the frenetic style Ed Bell had. Post more videos mate