flatwounds & JJ Cale, was Re: [linux-audio-user] Re: so.... u wish to hear something completely horrible

[Jan Depner]

On Wed, 2006-08-16 at 10:53 -0400, Dave Phillips wrote:
> Loki Davison wrote:
> 
> > Do you people ever shut up? I'm bumming around at home looking for
> > something exciting in my email and all i get is this mindless drivel.
> > Time for a new direction please!
> 
> Blathering is a right we all share here, and copyright topics are 
> obviously & always inflammatory issues.
> 
> > In other topics, i've put flat wound strings on my bass and damn do
> > they sound fantastic. Anyone else using flatwounds?
> 
> Yes, on a Fender Precision. I love 'em, especially for recording. Great 
> for blues and soul music too, but not so hot for the funkier stuff.
> 
> Plus they don't rip my right-hand nails to shreds. I also play classical 
> and blues guitar, I like my nails.
> 
> > Also been listening to a lot of J J Cale, and he has some mighty fine
> > tracks. Cocaine and the rest covered by clapton are great, as is crazy
> > mama and tons of others. Somewhat like John Mayall's decent albums but
> > good all the time. Great stuff.
> 
> Cale's okay, not nearly so good a writer as Willis Alan Ramsey, but okay 
> for pop.


    I beg to differ.  At least as far as the Naturally album is
concerned.  Everything on there is great.


>  Mayall is another quantity altogether. IMPO he made exactly two 
> decent albums, the first Bluesbreakers with EC and the Hard Road 
> recording with Peter Green. His tribute to JB Lenoir is heartfelt too. 
> But the truth is that he's a 3rd-rate singer and a not-so-hot player. 
> OTOH he must be reckoned as England's blues maven #1, and his recording 
> of "Man Of Stone" is a heck of a lot better than Eddie Kirkland's original.
> 

    Mayall lost me when he said he never practiced harp playing.  It's
pretty obvious too ;-)


> If you want to hear some core blues try Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, or 
> Sonny Boy Williamson, especially the old Chess material. If you want to 
> go deeper, get the complete Blind Willie Johnson. (Apologies if you're 
> already aware of this stuff).
> 

    I prefer Robert Pete Williams, RL Burnside, and Son Thomas.  But the
players you mentioned are good too. ;-)


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