| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Survived the weekend | | Date: | Monday, September 3, 2007 20:25:33 (-0700) | | From: | Tom Foote <footet @.........edu>
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| In reply to: | Message 7364 (written by Howard Parker) |
On Sep 3, 2007, at 9:34 AM, Howard Parker wrote:
> Kathy Barwick wrote:
>> what did he mean?
>> Howard Parker <hlpdobro@intr.net> wrote: Back from my annual stint
>> at the DE Valley Bluegrass Fest...Saw a bunch of guys from the "L".
>> Best quote of the weekend:
>> "too many new players play "angry" dobro's"
>
> ==>He meant that many of the newer players were focusing on JD's
> aggressive styles and completely ignoring the rest of his (and
> others') repertoire.
>
brings to mind the old tune "Walk, Don't Run"... I think
it's a matter of "musical maturity".. i.e., what to play,
or not play as the case might be... ya oughta walk before
you try to run... some observations...
Years ago Marty Cutler wrote in Banjo Newsletter, "what makes
Bill Emerson the best banjo player out there
is Bill knows when NOT to play."
Junior is an amazing player who can do hot licks, but he's most
impressive when he's playing slower, soulful
stuff, such as "Old Dogs, Children & Watermelon Wine" (on his
Steffi's Waltz album) and pulling great tone out of
his instrument... get your hanky out.
Moondi Klein used to introduce Mike Auldridge as "Mr. Tone and
Mr. Taste".. Mike's thoughtful approach
to backing up vocals gave rise to some wonderful lyrical stuff
that found it's way into his solo work..
such as "Killing Me Softly", and others, of course.
Jeff Newman said at his pedal steel guitar college "best thing
a steel player can do is lay out" and he
put the bar down on the guitar and folded his hands in his lap.
All this from pickers who are well equipped to blow the door
off the barn, but choose not to do that all
the time. Sometimes one note played well is better than a
showering arpeggio fireworks display.
I think it's the youth and inexperience of the folks just
getting started that results in all the attempted
pyrotechnics.. that certainly impresses me but I'd rather be
moved to tears by a soulful rendition.
They'll figure it out and hopefully before they get into a
band and face the fact that they'll spend
98 % of their time backing up vocals and maybe, just maybe,
play one instrumental a night.
Okay... get the reso out and get back to work.... : > )
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