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Post by slidingwolf on Apr 14, 2019 22:14:17 GMT
One of the best, if not the best autobiog I've read is "I Say Me For A Parable" by Mance Lipscomb. It's hard going because it's written as he spoke, in his own Texas dialect/accent, but an excellent and informative read, if you can get hold of a copy. As with Son House, not one for the twiddly bits but he could keep them dancing all night with that driving beat, even with bust fingers and a jack knife for a slide: One of my heroes.
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Post by cottonopolis on Apr 15, 2019 11:36:35 GMT
Yes Martin, the Mance Lipscomb biography is an excellent read. Also a great player in any key or style. BTW. I have just received my copy of Preachin the Blues` book. I found a used one cheap online, will start it after the Woody Guthrie I am reading at the moment. Cheers.
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Post by slidingwolf on Apr 16, 2019 16:30:50 GMT
Yes Martin, the Mance Lipscomb biography is an excellent read. Also a great player in any key or style. BTW. I have just received my copy of Preachin the Blues` book. I found a used one cheap online, will start it after the Woody Guthrie I am reading at the moment. Cheers. Have you read Mance's book? If you have you're the only other person I've met who has. Some facinating stuff in there: everything from his personal exeperince of the Jim Crow laws to his thoughts on "that rascal Bobby Dylan." And all the personal stuff like breaking a string if he saw his "best girl" dancing with someone else. A wonderful read.
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Post by cottonopolis on Apr 16, 2019 17:59:30 GMT
Yes Martin, the Mance Lipscomb biography is an excellent read. Also a great player in any key or style. BTW. I have just received my copy of Preachin the Blues` book. I found a used one cheap online, will start it after the Woody Guthrie I am reading at the moment. Cheers. Have you read Mance's book? If you have you're the only other person I've met who has. Some facinating stuff in there: everything from his personal exeperince of the Jim Crow laws to his thoughts on "that rascal Bobby Dylan." And all the personal stuff like breaking a string if he saw his "best girl" dancing with someone else. A wonderful read. I loved his quotes about Lightin Hopkins` only playing in one key, whereas Mance played in any. It is an excellent read and the Texas drawl dialect, really takes you into the time and place. Along with the Blind Will Mctell biography, Hand Me My Travelin` Shoes. It is the best I have read.
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Post by slidingwolf on Apr 16, 2019 19:07:14 GMT
Have you read Mance's book? If you have you're the only other person I've met who has. Some facinating stuff in there: everything from his personal exeperince of the Jim Crow laws to his thoughts on "that rascal Bobby Dylan." And all the personal stuff like breaking a string if he saw his "best girl" dancing with someone else. A wonderful read. I loved his quotes about Lightin Hopkins` only playing in one key, whereas Mance played in any. It is an excellent read and the Texas drawl dialect, really takes you into the time and place. Along with the Blind Will Mctell biography, Hand Me My Travelin` Shoes. It is the best I have read. Agreed. I enjoyed Hand Me My Travlin' Shoes as well. An insane amount of research must have gone into that book. And it's a good excuse to add this to the thread:
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Post by slidingwolf on Jan 16, 2020 12:46:27 GMT
Love this guy's playing. Real authentic feel.
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Post by slidingwolf on Jan 16, 2020 12:48:10 GMT
So let's have some more.
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Post by slidingwolf on Jan 16, 2020 12:54:53 GMT
And let's add some Guy Davis. Very few people take on Blind Lemon, far tougher than the popular Robert J. but I really like this version on 12 string.
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Post by slidingwolf on Jan 17, 2020 15:08:35 GMT
Have we discovered this? It's Tom Waits from the album of Willie Johnson songs, God Don't Never Change. The slide guitar is sampled from a Smithsonian Folkways track called East Texas Rag, by Smith Casey. I love it.
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Post by slidingwolf on Jan 17, 2020 16:20:04 GMT
Not very well known, but well worth a listen
You really don't have to do much if you've got conviction and know how to put it across.
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Post by slidingwolf on Jan 18, 2020 15:55:34 GMT
Not sure if this should go here or not, so Mods feel free to remove. Not even all acoustic but this is facinating:
Warning: not one for the lovers of the fiddly folkie stuff.
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Post by slidingwolf on Jan 21, 2020 20:44:37 GMT
Love these Playing for Change videos:
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Post by slidingwolf on Feb 2, 2020 23:13:26 GMT
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Post by Matt Milton on Feb 3, 2020 11:19:53 GMT
Not the most mindblowingly technical adept slide playing, but it's an essential part of a fantastic song.
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Post by slidingwolf on Feb 4, 2020 13:59:12 GMT
Not the most mindblowingly technical adept slide playing, but it's an essential part of a fantastic song. Nice! Thanks for posting. Haven't thought about Duster Bennett for a long time.
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