[78-L] Well EXCUUUUUUSE MEEEEE!!!

[Bill McClung]

OK, it's squeezebox from now on.

On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com> wrote:

>
> 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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