Posted by Johnm
on December 2, 2008, 12:42 pm, in reply to "Re: The Unreproduceable"
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Hi Ari,
I thought of another one that qualifies in the "imponderable right hand" category: Robert Petway's version of "Catfish". It might be possible to cob together a version that approximated Petway's sound, but whether one was getting the sounds the same way he did is a different story, I think.
All best,
Johnm
: The two Bo Weavil Jackson sides, one in C and
: the other in G, called "You Can't Keep
: No Brown" and "Me And My
: Brown" or something like that, are
: ridiculously difficult (because of BOTH
: hands, I'd say). Also there's a lick in
: Blind Blake's Seaboard Stomp on the D chord
: where what usually would be done with a
: hammer-on is instead done by picking every
: note with the right hand that I've found to
: be impossible at the speed at which he plays
: it. I also think Buddy Boy Hawkins's touch
: is very hard to imitate. I probably have a
: few more. I'll be thinking about this.
:
: Thanks.
:
: Ari
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: Hi Ari,
: I wondered what piece or pieces in the
: Country Blues canon strike you as being the
: least susceptible to being accurately
: reproduced. I have some choices of my own
: along those lines--mostly stuff where the
: right hand is mysterious/imponderable. I'd
: be interested in any tunes you or other
: visitors to the site would consider to fall
: into this category. A few nominees from me:
: * "Jesus Make Up My Dying
: Bed"--Blind Willie Johnson;
: * "Paddlin' Madeline
: Home"--Kokomo Arnold;
: * "Down the Dirt Road
: Blues"--Charley Patton
: Any others out there?
: All best,
: Johnm
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