[78-L] Goldkette

[Taylor Bowie]

I'm with you,  Julian...it's entirely academic for me and interesting as 
history,  but nothing to do with the enjoyment of the music itself.

If the music is good,  I don't care who is playing it.  I got into an 
argument with someone recently who seemed to be making the case that a 
certain record could not be good because of who made it...not anything to do 
with the actual music but because the artist was on that person's 
shit-list.

What a shame...one of the most fun things for me is making discoveries of 
good music wherever it might be found.


Taylor


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 12:57 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Goldkette


> Taylor Bowie wrote:
>> That Goldkette article in VJM really is great...and it's going "to be
>> continued" as well.  It ends just before they start talking about the
>> Goldkette version of "Birmingham Bertha." which has been a fave of mine 
>> for
>> years.
>>
>> I've inferred that they don't think there are any black players on any of
>> the Goldkette records..but maybe "BB" is the exception?
>>
>>
>> Taylor
> ===============
> I've skimmed through the article, but the truth is that if there had
> been any major soloists involved, then there would have been no doubt
> who was present. The proposition that there may have been some black
> players on Goldkette recordings is a pretty academic one. The important
> thing  is the music--is it any good? Are there people out there whose
> sole reason for playing certain Goldkette recordings is on the
> off-chance of some McKinney personnel being present?
>
>      Julian Vein
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