[linux-audio-user] Re: flatwounds & JJ Cale

[Dave Phillips]

Jan Depner wrote:

>On Wed, 2006-08-16 at 10:53 -0400, Dave Phillips wrote:
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>>Cale's okay, not nearly so good a writer as Willis Alan Ramsey, but okay 
>>for pop.
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>    I beg to differ.  At least as far as the Naturally album is
>concerned.  Everything on there is great.
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He just doesn't reach me. Are you familiar with Willis Alan ?

[re: Mayall]

>    Mayall lost me when he said he never practiced harp playing.  It's
>pretty obvious too ;-)
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Still, I have to respect him. He dedicated his life to blues music at a 
time when that wasn't a sure thing in the music world.

Now everyone's a blues player, no experience necessary. Note that there 
are damned few decent white blues *singers*, most aren't even as good 
(?) as Mayall.

>>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).
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>    I prefer Robert Pete Williams, RL Burnside, and Son Thomas.  But the
>players you mentioned are good too. ;-)
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You think so ? :)

I'm looking forward to the next local blues fest (Soulshine), Byron Lee 
is playing. Daniel Ballinger is headlining, I don't think he's much of a 
bluesman but he does know how to get a house rocking.

Robert Pete, eh ? I have all his stuff, he's truly extraordinary. Saw RL 
Burnside a few years ago, he was fine too. Alas, I haven't time to keep 
up on the current crop of bluesman, white or otherwise, so I tend to 
revert to the classics whenever I want to listen to core stuff.

Best,

dp