| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Josh in 1961.... and "bridges" | | Date: | Saturday, October 7, 2006 07:28:52 (-0700) | | From: | Tom Foote <footet @.........edu>
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| In reply to: | Message 4953 (written by Howard Parker) |
On Oct 6, 2006, at 4:19 PM, Howard Parker wrote:
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> ==>Josh is simply the touchstone for everything that is "modern"
> resonator guitar.
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> A little story...maybe 2. I started playing in the late 70's. I
> was (still am) really hung up on Mike Auldridge. Truth is, I
> understood Mike a lot better after I discovered Josh. You could
> just see the essentials of Mike in the Graves style. Jerry, Rob,
> Andy, Kathy, Sally, etc...It's all there in Josh Graves.
On ALL RESO RADIO last Thursday we talked about "bridges"...
Josh was the bridge from Oz into Bluegrass. In the 60s the "modern"
players were Craig Wingfield, Russ Hooper and Kenny
Haddock. They all show the strong influence Josh Graves had on them..
and do so to this day. Thanks to Josh they crossed over the
bridge Josh provided with his seminal work.
in 1974 MIke Auldridge released his seminal album "Mike
Auldridge - Dobro"... he took the Dobro uptown providing yet another
bridge for players to reframe their approach to the playing
of the resonator guitar. Over this bridge crossed Jerry, Rob and
other modern players. They all credit Mike with showing the
way uptown.
The only limitation on the resonator guitar is the
imagination of the player... we are living in an incredible time for
reso.. quality
starter instruments are available at a reasonable price and
makers of custom resos are stacked up on orders way into the future all
as a result of Josh's bold leap into Bluegrass.
I was standing talking to Randy Kohrs after his set at IBMA
when someone came up and put his hand on Randy's
arm and told him "Josh passed on about an hour ago..." my
eyes, and Randy's, started leaking... as mine are now.
Bye, Josh.... thanks, buddy... we owe you big time....
Tom
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