[78-L] Well EXCUUUUUUSE MEEEEE!!!

[Cary Ginell]

Er...it's accordion.
 
Stay with it.
 
Cary Ginell
 
> Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:16:57 -0500
> From: bmcclung78 at gmail.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Well EXCUUUUUUSE MEEEEE!!!
> 
> 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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