| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Re: Josh | | Date: | Saturday, June 30, 2007 12:41:00 (-0400) | | From: | Howard Parker <hlpdobro @....net>
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| In reply to: | Message 7019 (written by don.hergert) |
don.hergert@verizon.net wrote:
> This is interesting...
>
> For us newbies who don't have the exposure yet or who don't yet know enough to recognize the differences, is there a set of "standards" that do identify a "Josh" style player from the player of another style?
>
A timely question as I'm listening to the Sept 2, 1955
(9:30AM-12:30PM) session of Flatt & Scruggs on Bear Family
records. The very first cut is Josh's first track with the
group, the instrumental Randy Lynn Rag.
I'd encourage all interested parties to listen to the (superb)
band pre Josh and note the dynamic changes after he joined.
IMHO, they became the first "modern" bluegrass band.
Josh added an agressiveness to the Dobro(R) that just was not
present until his work with Earl Scruggs.
Notes from the Bear Family set, Flatt & Scruggs 1948-1959 say:
"Within a very short time other bluegrass bands were using the
Dobro(R), showing th extent of Flatt & Scruggs on contemporary
bluegrass. it would be years before anyone came close to
challenging graves as the leading bluegrass Dobro(R) player."
Charlie Nixon replaced Josh after the F&S split...no comparison
(imho).
In addition to the R/L rag mentiond I recall Josh's solo on "On
My Mind", "Joy Bells", "Shuckin' The Corn" (whew), "Don't Let
Your deal Go Down", "A Hundred Years From Now", "Cryin my Heart
Out Over You", "Ground Speed" (double whew), and "Foggy Mt
Rock"...Which brings the group to April 5, 1959...and the next
Bear Family set of F&S... :-)
There is much..much more. I've barely scratched the surface here.
cheers,
h
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Howard Parker
hlpdobro@intr.net
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