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Hi forum, Today is the 35th anniversary of the day my mind was blown and my life changed completely! I grew up in Louisville, Kentucky. I knew who Jimmy Raney was in 1989, because I had met...
I've always liked some AG, but structure ended up being the most essential approach to music for me. I usually listen to structured music but always enjoy a change of pace of some good AG. I don't...
In that clip I heard him playing a jazz tune so he would be a jazz musician. However the main tunes and style did sound rock / jam band. I hadn't heard of him before and liked it.
@Ol' Fret, thanks for a very informative post, hopefully this will be useful to others on a similar quest. I would love a Lang but the prices have gone up prohibitively. Thankfully there are many...
I was inspired by Mr B's month of rhythm guitar then summer of rhythm guitar. I've been on a kick to improve my technical skills so I thought why not record every day? People say if you want to...
If you ask me, it's not up to Gabor Szabo, it's up to the jazz freaks. If they want to include him in their club then so be it. He played what he wanted, a bit like Julian Lage.
My take on AG stuff is simple: Do I like it or not? Am I happy to sit through it with enjoyment or not? Does it tickle my fancy or not? Frankly, if it doesn't then to blazes with it. As Miss Jean...
He was an influence on me when I was starting out. I had a plastic disk or 2. I got my first electric when I put a DeArmond in the sound hole of my Framus in about '68 or 9. It had an arched back! ...
Otwin was atypical in the world of East German archtop guitars. Otto Windisch was building archtops in the 1930s (as was Höfner, and Franz Hirsch, for Roger). Otwin was initially more influenced by...
Same, youtube and Monk for me. Why does everyone want a book? :P
As far as archtops go, this is the one and only for me. Seventy Seven Hawk Jazz Deep. Now if only I could take pictures as well as the rest of you guys …
I told Mark my Special would go unplugged, fully acoustic 95% of the time, and it is a loud and glorious thing :) It has round 12s on it and its probably going to stay like that. It's even louder...
I'll give it a try-I'm in.
Jimmy Raney - May 24, 1989 - WFPL Radio -...
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