colins
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Post by colins on Jul 8, 2022 14:16:03 GMT
Come on, it's got to be Michael Chapman using his wedding ring!
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garynava
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Post by garynava on Jul 8, 2022 14:39:23 GMT
I wonder if the categorisation is too broad, there's a lot of 'types' of slide playing I think. Back in the early 70's when pub rock was a thing I used to go to the Kensington Pub in Holland Park to listen to Bees Make Honey - the music was a sort of early country rock with Blues, Soul, Saxes, and Honky Tonk piano - Dire Straights were doing the rounds then as well. I also used to go and see a group called the Stranglers at the Red Cow in Hammersmith Road on Thursday nights. Bees Make Honey were good: one of the singers could do Ray Charles like Ray Charles, the lead guitarist was an Irishman called Ed Dean. During a slow blues at one point he played three notes that were perfect in context - it sort of went through you, I can still remember the experience. I remember noticing other players in the band looking and smiling - the world was all right. They were good, Frankie Miller sat in for 3 songs once and did Walking the Dog. So for me, it's Ed Dean, on certain Sunday dinner time, during a split second of time, playing a slow blues. I like Mike Dowling's playing as well, and that's often in Open D which is different. If you want calm then there's Furry Lewis and his penknife. If you want angry and terrifying there's always Son House. That's my two penceworth. Oh my! Our paths must have crossed! I grew up in Chelsea- a 31 bus ride from the Kensington and went there practically every Friday and Saturday. Did you ever see The Dogs with the fantastic Sammy Mitchell on guitar? He played a good slide! Cheers Gary
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Post by martinrowe on Jul 8, 2022 21:22:06 GMT
Gary garynavaIt's a small world as they say. They must have - that was you with the long hair and levis wasn't it? I can still remember the stage opposite the bar. I had some great nights there. I usually used to go on Sunday Dinner times - the roads on Sundays were very quiet then if I remember - the pub wasn't though. I don't think I ever saw Sammy Mitchell - I think it was him who did Amazing Grace on Rod Stewart's LP wasn't it. Quite a few Fridays or Saturdays I used to go to the Greyhound on Fulham Palace Road opposite Fulham's ground. At the time I was working for an antique/Second Hand furniture shop on Chiswick High Road as a van driver's mate so got to know that part of West London pretty well. Good Days.
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Post by PistolPete on Jul 9, 2022 11:29:40 GMT
If you like slide I recommend you have a listen to Tom Doughty. edit - I forgot Harry Manx I've seen Tom a few times - he plays at Nantwich Jazz Festival most years. He's an absolutely wonderful player.
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Post by slidingwolf on Jul 9, 2022 11:52:59 GMT
Aw shucks!
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Post by slidingwolf on Jul 9, 2022 12:04:14 GMT
There's some great names here, but what about Charlie Patton, Tampa Red, Buddy Woods, Sylvester Weaver, Willie McTell, Bukka White, Black Ace. And that's before we get onto more modern players, let alone electric sliders.
Who's the greatest? Not possible to say, obviously, as so much of it is down to personal taste. And btw, has anyone mentioned Robert Johnson yet?
And Rainer Ptacek, astonishing slide player.
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Post by delb0y on Jul 9, 2022 23:30:45 GMT
Good thread. Most of my favourites have been name-checked, but I would like to just go off on a tangent and mention Jerry Douglas - I know he's a dobro player, rather than a slide guitar player, but it's similar, I mean, once you lay the guitar flat it's very similar...
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Welshruss
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Post by Welshruss on Jul 10, 2022 0:00:28 GMT
This is a great thread as I’ve recently rediscovered playing electric, particularly with my wolfram slide.
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Post by geddarby on Jul 10, 2022 12:40:10 GMT
The late and much missed Jo Ann Kelly, her brother Dave, the late Johnny Dickinson, Steve James, Adam Franklin …. the list goes on
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Post by slidingwolf on Jul 12, 2022 11:18:10 GMT
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Post by lavaman on Jul 12, 2022 12:49:54 GMT
I like his vibrato and singing. These days I prefer to hear blues played on a spider bridge reso rather than a biscuit.
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Post by slidingwolf on Jul 12, 2022 12:55:53 GMT
These days I prefer to hear blues played on a spider bridge reso rather than a biscuit. Interesting. I do too.
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Post by surfguy13 on Jul 13, 2022 7:42:30 GMT
For me it has to be Joe Walsh. All the way back to his days with the James Gang he has been an exceptional slide player and has done some really top notch tutorials.
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Post by slidingwolf on Jul 13, 2022 13:37:42 GMT
For me it has to be Joe Walsh. All the way back to his days with the James Gang he has been an exceptional slide player and has done some really top notch tutorials. Interesting. Are the tutorials electric or acoustic?
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Post by surfguy13 on Jul 14, 2022 5:31:25 GMT
For me it has to be Joe Walsh. All the way back to his days with the James Gang he has been an exceptional slide player and has done some really top notch tutorials. Interesting. Are the tutorials electric or acoustic? The few that I have seen have been electric but according to my slide-crazy friend in France there are JW acoustic tutorials as well. Just had a quick look and I couldn't find any but he's a great acoustic player so I suspect there will be.
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