[78-L] Well EXCUUUUUUSE MEEEEE!!!

[Bill McClung]

Several years ago I played my first Bull Moose Jackson on King and it was a
ballad that I stopped about thirty seconds in.  And so for a long time that
was my impression of Bull Moose Jackson.  And I was so very wrong.  So now I
try very hard not to judge a performer by a single side or a single label or
single decade. The same applies to genres.

I know almost nothing about classical 78s and not much more about Edisons
and I plan to start my exploration of them after I am done with blues and
bebop and hokum and big band and gospel and western swing and cajun
and.............well, it may be a while).  But I can't see the point in
making a pronouncement about something I don't know much about.   I make
enough mistakes talking about stuff I think I do know.  I recently learned
to spell accordian correctly.

Julian,
The Basie Columbias and Clefs are better as a whole than the Deccas but the
Deccas do have Shorty George and Jumping at the Woodside and One O'clock
Jump.  There are some good sides there.

I can't really speak to Moten but I do think Ella did some wonderful sides
(the simplicity of It's Only a Paper Moon or the spunk of Ain't Nobody's
Business in her duet with Louis Jordan).  I think Ella was incredibly
over-exposed and that her Decca 78s contained an incredible number of poorly
chosen songs.

I started down my list of country 78s and blues 78s to give you some
suggestions and just started laughing because of the incredible variety of
styles and because of the incredible cross overs between the two genres.
Lonnie Johnson.  Jimmy Reed.  T-Bone Walker.  Magic Sam.  Tampa Red.  Merle
Travis.   All different styles within the same genre.  Maybe you just
haven't gone as deeply into this as you have with other genres or
performers.

And Cary could have mentioned Milton Brown who truly blurs the lines among
many genres and who never, ever whined and who I think you would like.
On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com> wrote:

>
> You will need to listen more then - try Red Foley, Eddy Arnold, Marty
> Robbins, Johnny Cash, Elton Britt, the Sons of the Pioneers, and many others
> - none of whom possessed the stereotyped "nasal whine" you speak of. I have
> found Robbins to be the least repetitive of any country singer - he could
> and did sing anything, from straight country to Hawaiian, blues, pop,
> rockabilly, Jimmie Rodgers blue yodels, folk songs, western story songs, and
> much more.
>
> Cary Ginell
> >
> > Country Music. I'm not hostile--I have some in my collection, but I do
> > find much of it repetitive, not just from track to track, but within an
> > individual performance. And a little nasal whine goes a long way!
> >
> >
>  > Julian Vein
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