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Topic: Mr. Rey and the St. Louis Blues with female Quartet |
Rob Munn
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British Columbia, Canada
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Roger Shackelton
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MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 30 Jan 2013 11:44 pm |
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HI ROB,
I Think Alvino's Gibson Guitar May Pre-date The
Console Grand Guitar.
The Video May be From The Late 1930s. ???
His Upper Neck Sounds A Bit Like The E-13th Tuning.??
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David Matzenik
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Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 31 Jan 2013 3:37 am
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Putting aside Alvino Rey's ability, that solo was bloody dreadful as a piece of music, and I am sure W C Handy would agree.
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J Fletcher
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London,Ont,Canada
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Posted 31 Jan 2013 11:30 am
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| Some shades of Speedy West there. I thought it was ok , definetly some gimmickery, but I suppose he was playing to the gallery. |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Posted 31 Jan 2013 12:18 pm
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Alvino pre-dates Speedy by a few years. One of his early guitar heroes was Roy Smeck, vaudeville's "wizard of the strings". I think Alvino got a lot of his tricks from Smeck... the bar slams, boo-wah tone, the novelty playing. On vaudeville shows a performer had 3 minutes to jump out on stage and grab the audience's attention. A lot of these techniques... boo-wah tone control, volume swells, bar chatter, and even chimes and hammer-ons have become a 'lost art' in today's world of steel guitar, especially pedal steel.
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Billy Tonnesen
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R.I.P., Buena Park, California
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Posted 31 Jan 2013 1:55 pm
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When I was just a teenager I remember going to the Orpheum Theatre to see Alino Rey amd his Big Bamd "LIVE". His Talking Steel Guitar was part of his show. The Orpheum Theatre always had Live performances in additon to a Movie, Newsreelj, and shorts. I think the dmission was .50 cents. This was in the early 40's. The live acts changed about every two weeks. The first time I saw Bob Wills, Tex Ritter, amd Riders of the Purple Sage was at the Orpheum Theatre, I believe it is still featuring live Hispanic d Acts. The Theatre is located on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles !
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Jack Aldrich
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Washington, USA
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Posted 2 Feb 2013 1:07 pm
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The female quartet is the King Sisters. Alvino was married to Elyse, I believe. - Jack
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Don Kona Woods
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Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Posted 2 Feb 2013 2:42 pm
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| Alvino was married to Elyse, I believe. - Jack |
Jack, Alvino was married to Luise King of the King sisters.
Seated from left: Yvonne, Alyce. Standing: Donna, Luise, Maxine, Marilyn, 1964 |
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