[78-L] Electric guitar before 1939 #2

[Joe Scott]

If a pickup was used, it was an "electric guitar."
Lawrence Lucie described well what Eddie Durham was playing during 1932-1935 (and maybe 1936): "He had one of those National guitars with a resonator inside it, and it sounded loud and rather metallic, although there was no electrical amplification."
Oh, and regarding Leonard Ware's importance: Les Paul was once talking about who was in New York before Christian, and the first person he mentioned was Ware.
Can't remember if we've mentioned Floyd Smith yet but it's worth noting that well before "Floyd Guitar Blues," he had soloed on electric on Jeter-Pillars' "Lazy Rhythm" in 8/37. Floyd listened to the radio (like everyone else): "I remember Alvino Rey when he used to play with the Harry Reser Clicquot Club [Eskimos]." Take that, Robert Redford.
Joseph Scott
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there was some
question as to whether the guitar was a true electric steel guitar
(lap-style) or an amplified acoustic guitar. There is a difference.
Mal

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On 12/27/2013 9:25 AM, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
> The first electric guitar recording was "Dreams Of Aloha," Vi V-92, by
> Noi Lane Hawaiian Orch. (sic), rec. NYC 02/22/34.
>
> The steel player is unknown.
> I know of none earlier.
> As to Eddie Bush, et al, his first recording featuring electric steel
> guitar was actually recorded 9 months earlier than the example you give
> on Feb. 8, 1934. It was Victor 24602-B, "My Little Grass Shack in
> Kealakekua, Hawaii". The flip was recorded Feb. 13,1934. It was Victor
> 24602-A, "Song Of The Islands". Oddly enough the -A side has a lower
> matrix number than the -B side, even though recorded later. They were
> recorded in two different studios, thus the discrepancy.
> Malcolm
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> On 12/27/2013 8:37 AM, Cary Ginell wrote:
>> I recently acquired Decca 332 by Eddie Bush & His Biltmore Trio ("Object of My Affection"/Talkin' to Myself") which features electric guitar, played Hawaiian style. It was recorded November 1, 1934, which is nearly three months before Bob Dunn's initial recordings with Milton Brown (1/28/35). Hawaiian recordings were the first to feature electric guitar. If I'm not mistaken, the earliest were by the Noelani Hawaiian Orchestra, recorded for Victor on 9/14/33, but a nagging voice in my head tells me someone did it even earlier than that.
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>> Cary Ginell
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>> On Dec 27, 2013, at 10:19 AM, Joe Scott <joenscott at mail.com> wrote:
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>>> Thirties periodicals tend to identify the electric guitar with radio and with dance bands a lot. A 1938 article called radio performer Andy Sannella "one of the best of the electric guitar performers." Sammy Kaye's recording "When Twilight Comes" from 1938 reportedly has an electric guitar solo by Lloyd Gillion. This all ties in with how radio listener T-Bone Walker could have had his first encounter with electric guitar on a Fred Waring show.
>>> Len Fillis recorded "Mood Ruby" unaccompanied on an electric Spanish (i.e., "regular") guitar on 4/17/36.
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>>> The publication Mills Hawaiian And Electric Guitar Method was copyrighted on 1/15/38.
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>>> Joseph Scott
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