Slack Key

R. L. Jones · From: Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA

I just recieved the CD by Barney Isaacs and George Kuo, beautiful album, . Could someone help me out on this, just what does the term "SLACK KEY" mean . I recall as a youngster the black guitar players would tune their guitars down ,maybe an octave, so they done a lot of string bendinf, Boy it gave a real blusey sound to their music.I was wondering about the term slack key, Is it like that?

George Keoki Lake · From: Edmonton, AB., Canada

Check out this site: http://www.kbeamer.com/sk_history.html

It's all there for some interesting reading.

R. L. Jones · From: Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA

Thanks George, for the info, you are correck some very jnteresting reading. It also answered some wonderings about the early black music I remember.

Thanks R.L.

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