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Topic: New Clip of the Week 01/06/08 |
Walter Stettner
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Mitch Drumm
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Posted 6 Jan 2008 3:17 am |
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I guess he has been gone nearly 60 years?? He didn't do much recording--as far as I know only one release under his own name, and a handful with Copas and Paul Howard. He apparently was quite a character.
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Walter Stettner
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Vienna, Austria
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Posted 6 Jan 2008 7:42 am
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The fiddler is Red Herron, any idea who the guitar player is?
Kind Regards, Walter
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John McGlothlin
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Posted 6 Jan 2008 8:35 am
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| Is the guitarist Johnny Bond? |
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Mitch Drumm
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Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 7 Jan 2008 1:40 am
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The guitarist is most likely Hank Garland at 16 or 17 years of age. Hank spent a year or two with Copas beginning in 1947 after leaving Paul Howard's band.
The recording here, "Jamboree", dates from 1947 or 1948, no later.
Just going by ear, it sounds a lot like Hank's early staccato style--reminiscent of George Barnes. Copas yells out a nickname of some kind at the start of the solo, but I can't make it out.
Who else but Hank would have the nerve to quote "South", "Pretty Baby", Glow Worm", and "Mairsy Doats" in the same hillbilly recording?? |
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Walter Stettner
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Posted 7 Jan 2008 8:20 am
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Thanks, Mitch!
I also had a feeling that it might be Hank Garland, but was unsure about the timeframe.
Kind Regards, Walter
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