| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Survived the weekend & Dobro antics at Thomas Point Beach | | Date: | Tuesday, September 4, 2007 11:31:30 (+0000) | | From: | reso-man <reso-man @.......net>
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A very well thought out reply to the Poobah's "angry dobro" quote Tom. While
the "pyrotechnical fireworks" style of playing is amazing to listen to, a few
well placed notes tastefully played at the right place and time can do wonders to
make my ears "smile". (Besides, I can't hear ..... as fast as some can play
anyways, geez!)
One of the highlights for me last weekend at Thomas Point Beach, was a chance to
play Jim Warren's #1 Dobro for a all too short period of time. Thank you Jim,
that was quite a "magic moment" for me. What a sweet sounding instrument that
thing is. It proves to me beyond all doubt, that the more you play these things,
the better they sound!! The chance to play for a few minutes with Brian Jiguere
didn't hurt my feelings none, either! This list goes all over the world I know,
so for those of you (us) who don't know Brian, he routinely gets introduced as
"The best friend a song ever had." and that, trust me folks, is no
exagerration!
I got to spend an unreasonable amount of time with listers Randy Getz, and
builder Bobby Wolfe, (they foolishly parked right across the road from me,) and
had a chance to introduce them to local banjo and reso player, Bob Kordas, who
put his construction business aside and drove to the Josh's house and put in a
wheelchair ramp, widened doorways, and remodeled Josh's bathroom to make it more
easily handicapped acessible. Bob got a well deserved handshake for work well
done.
The group I play with, The Pine Hill Ramblers, www.pinehillramblers.com had a
fun weekend, with two sets onstage, then we gave a "slow jam" workshop, and also
a "Gospel Sing" workshop/jam session, as well as being part of the Church Service
they do on the beach on the Sunday morning every year. We were kept busy all
weekend.
Did I say how much fun I'm having with all of this O;-)......yeeehaw!!!
Now back to figuring ways to "tweak" a couple of Tom Foote's strings at the
upcoming Reso Summit gathering.....heh heh heh.......
Reso-Rat
Salem, N.H.
ps.....to "Dan from R.I." aren't you glad I twisted your arm?? And to Dan from
Maine, we'll do that conehead picture another time. We shoulda pushed a little
harder on that one buddy! And to Andy Katz.....where'd you HIDE all weekend
buddy?? U gotta come outa the woods more often........O;-)
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From: Tom Foote <footet@evergreen.edu>
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> On Sep 3, 2007, at 9:34 AM, Howard Parker wrote:
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> > Kathy Barwick wrote:
> >> what did he mean?
> >> Howard Parker 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...
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> 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."
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Okay... get the reso out and get back to work.... : > )
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