Topic: The Girl I Love...

[frankie]

thanks, dj and phil - I'm speechless!

john - it's Elder Greene Blues.  The youtube link displays the title of the video, which is why I never bother in the post...  maybe that's a browser and OS specific behavior, though... 

youtube allows me to extract the mp4 file, and then I converted it to mp3 to bring the file size down.  It's still about 4MB, so it'll take a few minutes on dialup, but not the week and a half that a video will need:

Little Brothers - Elder Greene Blues

I dunno if it'll be very interesting as an audio file...  might be, I guess.

[Johnm]

Thanks very much for posting the non-visual version, Frank.  That really does sound great--you've got some powerhouse time-keeping going on there, and the occasional places where Kim and Sam are doing high tremolos simultaneously are kind of hair-raising.  Very strong singing, too, just happening in every way!
All best,
Johnm

[frankie]

thanks, john!  I'll be more conscientious about titles and such from here on out...

[frankie]

since schtick continues to be in the air, here's kim and her take on schtick.  you have been warned:

[Mr.OMuck]

The birth of the Burns & Allen of the Blues! Frank's looks of anticipatory horror are priceless!

[CF]

Love the progression in that one, don't think I've heard it before. Great job.

[frankie]

The tune is called "Kitty Puss" and it's from a fiddler named Buddy Thomas.  He's a great old-time fiddler...  one of Kim and my favorites, anyway.  He had a tough life, but everybody I know that knew him recalls him fondly.

[frankie]

another from jalopy, but only peripherally related to country blues - a cape verde fiddle tune called Cabo Verdranos Peca Nove:

[frankie]

like Carl Martin, but different.  kim owns this:

[frankie]

from jalopy - the balance between my voice and the guitar was kinda off all night, I think, but we finish it up nice.

[Mr.OMuck]

LHM! Fab! Gear! Crazy! Wow....and groovy too!

[frankie]

oh, you kid!

[frankie]

I promise the carpet bombing will cease after this, but I managed to talk her into it:



up jumped a rabbit, babies!

[Parlor Picker]

As mentioned on Facebook, a Christmas treat for us all! Excellent!

[blueshome]

They just keep on doing it!