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Post by PistolPete on Jan 17, 2023 9:34:02 GMT
Well I really like it, couldn't give a monkeys about others subjective opinions No need to get shirty. I wasn't offering *my* opinion of the album, which I don't own, but relating what I thought was a mildly amusing story about debating it online with someone who turned out to be EC himself, then offering my own recommendation for something related. Other people's highly subjective opinions are are a great way to discover and explore music, which is rather the point of this thread.
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Post by Phil Taylor on Jan 17, 2023 9:59:34 GMT
Well I really like it, couldn't give a monkeys about others subjective opinions Well perhaps you should consider why you actually frequent this forum, or any forum for that matter, because the whole point is for people to share their subjective opinions......
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Post by ocarolan on Jan 17, 2023 11:12:58 GMT
I haven't delved into my "stored" vinyls for some time, but do have fond memories from years ago of listening to Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, though I can't remember now which LPs I had or which I still may have. Would certainly be 1960s era or so. I think my favourite one had a sort of brownish-orange cover with a photo of ST and BMcG. Must do some delving!
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Post by martinrowe on Jan 17, 2023 11:31:00 GMT
I had a Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry LP, they were on one side and Lightnin' Hopkins was on the other. I didn't know much about music then and I think I bought it to see what all the fuss was about blues. I know I played it a lot - just because I really enjoyed listening to it. When you come to think about it, those runs that sounded like pure improvisation Brownie McGhee would do were technically really good - he was a really good guitar player. And Sonny Terry is recognised as one of the best country blues harmonica players - no wonder I enjoyed it and listened to it a lot. On the other side Lightnin Hopkins sang about 'white wall tyres'. I wondered what they looked like for what must have been a long time - simple pleasures
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Post by minorkey on Jan 17, 2023 14:34:51 GMT
Well I really like it, couldn't give a monkeys about others subjective opinions Well perhaps you should consider why you actually frequent this forum, or any forum for that matter, because the whole point is for people to share their subjective opinions...... I didn't mean to sound like I was having a go, I just meant that I take people's reviews on certain sites with a pinch of salt (not meaning this site)
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Post by minorkey on Jan 17, 2023 14:37:05 GMT
Well I really like it, couldn't give a monkeys about others subjective opinions No need to get shirty. I wasn't offering *my* opinion of the album, which I don't own, but relating what I thought was a mildly amusing story about debating it online with someone who turned out to be EC himself, then offering my own recommendation for something related. Other people's highly subjective opinions are are a great way to discover and explore music, which is rather the point of this thread. I wasn't replying to you specifically, my post wasn't aimed at you, or anyone on this forum. Not This forum...
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Post by PistolPete on Jan 17, 2023 14:52:47 GMT
I had a Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry LP, they were on one side and Lightnin' Hopkins was on the other. I didn't know much about music then and I think I bought it to see what all the fuss was about blues. I know I played it a lot - just because I really enjoyed listening to it. When you come to think about it, those runs that sounded like pure improvisation Brownie McGhee would do were technically really good - he was a really good guitar player. And Sonny Terry is recognised as one of the best country blues harmonica players - no wonder I enjoyed it and listened to it a lot. On the other side Lightnin Hopkins sang about 'white wall tyres'. I wondered what they looked like for what must have been a long time - simple pleasures I don't know if you've come across it, but there is a rather wonderful album of Lightnin' playing with Sonny Terry accompanying him - Last Night Blues
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Post by martinrowe on Jan 17, 2023 16:48:55 GMT
No, never seen or heard that one Pete. On the LP I'm talking about there were two tracks where all three of them played together - one track was Down by the Waterside, I can't remember the other one. I became really attached to that LP, like you do sometimes.
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Post by PistolPete on Jan 18, 2023 11:49:48 GMT
No, never seen or heard that one Pete. On the LP I'm talking about there were two tracks where all three of them played together - one track was Down by the Waterside, I can't remember the other one. I became really attached to that LP, like you do sometimes. I did a quick bit of poking around and it looks like it was Lightnin', Sonny & Brownie, the UK release of a live album called Blues Hoot, that also featured Big Joe Williams. It looks like the UK version is much more reasonably priced on the second-hand market, presumably because it has fewer tracks. Got to be worth £6.49 of anyone's money right?
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Post by martinrowe on Jan 18, 2023 19:09:38 GMT
Yes, that' it. Lightnin is the A's, Sonny and Brownie are the B's and start with Walk On.
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