Eric West
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 18 Sep 2007 6:41 pm |
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I was filling up my Creative Zen Player up with all the obscure corners of my mp3 folders that had come from the last two generations of my computers and I came across " I think it's gonna work out fine". It just said "Levine!!.mp3"
I hadn't heard that one in YEARS, and I can remember it was one of the first CDs I "ripped" to mp3.
(That song and the Geffen Win95 Edie Brickell "Good Times" vid got a test play every time I reformatted my crashed Win95 program.")
His "Bud's Bounce" on Tele is better than MANY of us play on our Compost Spreaders™. Some damn nice B3 stuff on that one too.
I was SURE that the CD was gone forever, but tonite I looked in a dark little corner of my mouse mausoleum, and sure enough I FOUND IT. Buffed the scratches out and Voila!.
His playing is and was GREAT, and somebody on TDPRI.com mentioned that he's still out there playing LIVE.
The album I have is "Country Soul Guitar", and though it doesn't have psg on it, it's the REAL THING.
On his Website, it's listed as one of Three featured Alboms, the first one having Pedal Steel Player Darrel Scott listed as playing on it.
His Website here, has some excellent clips on it, and I'm sure you could get any of the three on Amazon
For now I'm going to load the one I have on my Zen, and enjoy it over the next week.
Just a reminder of this great, and easy to listen to guitar player.
Remembering that this was 94, it was pretty amazing. Still is, considering by the time Grady Martin and Jimmy Bryant got done, there weren't a lot of "new licks" left..
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Dave Mudgett
From:
Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 18 Sep 2007 8:14 pm
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I totally agree. His version of Bud's Bounce is just fantastic. I actually learned Bud's Bounce on Tele well before I ever touched a PSG - his feel and execution are just perfect. I agree - he adds plenty of "new licks" to the repertoire. His other CDs are great also - no Tele fanatic should be without them. His brother is Buzz Levine of Lark Street Music, a very well known vintage guitar store - that's how I found out about Duke initially. I believe he studied with Mick Goodrick at New England Conservatory, which is perhaps one of the ingredients to his very interesting take on Tele virtuosity.
Country Soul Guitar also has my favorite-ever version of Dylan's Nashville Skyline Rag - there's a sample on the website for those of you who aren't familiar with him, and he burns it up. |
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