[78-L] Comparo

Gregg Kimball gdkimball at cox.net
Sat Feb 7 17:47:43 PST 2009


I have one--pretty rough but fairly listenable--amazing how those electric 
Okehs play.

Gregg

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From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
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>I think she's great...wish I had some of her 78s.
>
> Taylor
>
>
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> From: "Gregg Kimball" <gdkimball at cox.net>
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>>
>> I guess this doesn't fit the "prolifically" part, but Arizona Dranes
>> played
>> some killer piano on her gospel sides and was certainly influential.  I
>> expect that many here will not find her vocals appealing, but there is a
>> raw
>> power there--coming straight at you from the Holiness church!
>>
>> Gregg Kimball
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
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>> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 8:19 PM
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>>> Al..she was a fine piano player.  And over the years,  I've gotten to
>>> tolerate and even sort of like some of her singing...but it takes time
>>> and
>>> effort!
>>>
>>> Taylor B
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "simmonssomer" <simmonssomer at comcast.net>
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>>>> Nothing can be far enough from Ramona!
>>>>
>>>> Al S.
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "warren moorman" <wlmoorman3 at yahoo.com>
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>>>> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 3:46 PM
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If truly limiting it to Al's criteria of "prolifically" recorded on 
>>>>> 78:
>>>>> Julia Lee, Hadda Brooks, Nellie Lutcher.
>>>>>
>>>>> If allowing less prolific: Una Mae Carlisle, Cleo Brown, Gladys 
>>>>> Palmer,
>>>>> Betty Hall Jones, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> But if, as Al did with Mary Lou Williams' rare vocals, one is allowing
>>>>> the
>>>>> most liberal criteria, then it opens up to the whole big blues
>>>>> contingent;
>>>>> Someone said Victoria Spivey, I'll play Georgia White and raise you
>>>>> Leola
>>>>> Manning.
>>>>>
>>>>> Most of all, I think of the most fascinatingly unique of great 
>>>>> singing,
>>>>> great piano playing women commercially recorded on 78, also a
>>>>> transcribed
>>>>> network radio performer, and the white female singer with the most
>>>>> convincingly black sounding vocal style, 'Cile Turner. Also a fine
>>>>> guitarist and African percussionist; a pretty far cry from Ramona,
>>>>> though.
>>>>>
>>>>>
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