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Topic: What Bob Dunn done |
Kevin Ruddell
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Toledo Ohio USA
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Posted 10 Jun 2004 2:25 pm |
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I'm a fan of Bob Wills and Western SWing and just picked up a 4-cd box set w/ booklet of Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies on the British Proper label featuring steel guitar trailblazer Bob Dunn at Elderly Instruments for $19.50. It's a great deal and is wonderful musically, a hot band with great vocals by Milton. Bob was a former trombonist and his steel guitar playing inspired by Jack Teagarden, the great bluesy jazz trombonist and singer |
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Tim Whitlock
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 11 Jun 2004 4:42 am
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| You can sure hear the horn influence in Bob Dunn's playing. Love that jazzy single string stuff! |
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Jeff Strouse
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Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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Posted 11 Jun 2004 6:19 am
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He sure got a lot of "A" major tuning.  |
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Kevin Ruddell
From:
Toledo Ohio USA
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Posted 12 Jun 2004 3:27 am
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Thanks for the tip about the book Scott. I'll check at the library today.I enjoyed the interview in Andy Volk' Lap Steel book with Derwood Brown's " guitar tech " .Especially his comments about people writing letters in to the radio station about Milton's popular radio program asking what was that instrument they were hearing "Is that a horn , what the heck is that ? ".
I think there's also a Bob Wills biography written by someone I'l have to look up while I'm there. |
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Bobby Lee
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Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 13 Jun 2004 9:39 am
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I never knew that Bob Dunn was influenced by Jack Teagarden. You learn something every day! I love Teagarden's playing with Louis Armstrong - some of the best jazz phrasing ever IMHO. A true master of the trombone.
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Chris Scruggs
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 13 Jun 2004 2:43 pm
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From what I've heard, Bob Dunn always "froze up" and played it safe in the studio, which is hard to believe from listening to the records. I heard what he did live had times ten the energy of his recorded work.
People in dance halls used to stop dancing dead in their tracks and stare with there jaws dropped, watching Bob play. He was way ahead of his time, and I don't think we've even caught up yet. Nobody had ever seen or heard such a strange instrument before.
His solo on "One Of These Days", and his instrumental "Taking Off" are my favorites.
CS[This message was edited by Chris Scruggs on 13 June 2004 at 03:44 PM.] |
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Orville Johnson
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 13 Jun 2004 8:49 pm
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| someone told me that he plays a bunch with moon mullican on a 2 CD set that's available on proper records. can anyone confirm that? i'd go get it if i knew there was a bunch of dunn's picking on it. |
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Max Laine
From:
Pori, Finland
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 14 Jun 2004 1:31 am
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Wow, this is a find. Likely Bob on electric steel and some unusual ,bonus cuts, like Moon with Jerry Byrd (who knew?) not to mention Jethro Burns on guitar (though I thought he only knew guitar as a chord instrument - wonder if it was a 4-string in mandolin tuning).
Dunn, to add to the above, was one of the greatest ever. Nobody could match him in his era and few since. His understanding of the guitar neck was profound for the time and it's interesting that though he studied with a Hawaiian, there are no real Hawaiian influence in his playing - at least to my ears. Teagarden's influence, however, is ALL OVER his playing. He was supposedly a fine standard guitarist too. |
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Orville Johnson
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 18 Jun 2004 7:00 pm
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| YES! i got the CD and dunn is all over it. some great stuff for fans of his playing (that includes me). |
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Kevin Ruddell
From:
Toledo Ohio USA
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Posted 19 Jun 2004 2:57 am
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Bobby Lee , If your a fan of swing and players like Jack Teagarden, as many steel players ( Bob Dunn , Joaquin Murphy etc. ) have mentioned, you may want to know about the German Past Perfect line of classic swing and classic cd's available as a closeout for a limited time.I've been picking a handful up each payday for $5 each from Daedalus (www.salebooks.com ) and the Copacetic Book Co.( www.copaceticbiz.com ) THey are all with the exception of a few recent titles, classic titles of the thirties,fortes and fifties that are at least an hour long, contain nice sound,photos, and liners in a slip case . The German label is changing their catalog and unloading the 500 copies of each of the 200 titles of the previous catalog. Artists are shown on the Copactic web page and artists include Benny Goodman , Django Rheinhardt, Charlie Christian, Lester Young, Artie Shaw , Stan Getz , Count Basie Orch.,Harry James, Jack Teagarden etc.
Get them while you can , a few titles like Nat Cole are sold out already. Speaking of Jack Teagarden , I remember seeing Teagarden's son playing Hammond B3 with a drummer in the sixties and early seventies around here in Ohio and Michigan in support of their Teagarden and Van Winkle albums and song on the radio. [This message was edited by Kevin Ruddell on 19 June 2004 at 10:48 AM.] |
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