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jaybop53
7th Apr 2018		78 RPM
Ephraim Woodie And The Henpecked Husbands - Last Gold Dollar / The Fatal Courtship		Johnson City,TN Thursday, October 24, 1929 Ephriam Woodie, v,acc. Clay Reed, f; W. Edison Nuckolls; bj.own g

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2nd Apr 2018		78 RPM
Rosco Gordon - The Chicken (Dance With You) / Love For You Baby		This is the Delta Pressing before the label design was changed due to the West Coast-based Flip label filed a copyright claim against the Memphis based Flip owned by same Phillips

jaybop53
23rd Mar 2018		78 RPM
Weems String Band - Davy / Greenback Dollar		Review
Dick Weems (fiddle); Frank Weems (fiddle); Alvin Conder (banjo/violin); Jesse Weems (violin). Recorded Memphis, TN, Friday, December 9, 1927.

One of the most loved by collectors of String Band 78rpm of the 1920's

"Davy " is one of only two songs -- two sides of a single record -- ever documented from this Tennessee family string band. That seems unfathomable considering how good it is, and how unique. The band played rural music unlike any other captured on record. Brothers Dick and Frank Weems played their fiddles with advanced fingering positions usually employed only by classically trained musicians. Another brother, Jesse, played cello, an instrument also typically reserved for classical music. While all of this created a sophisticated sound, the band was still using these instruments to play "hillbilly" music, and the unexpected juxtaposition was exhilarating. The cello, for example, shifted between a thumping, staccato beat and a low, brooding drone. And brother-in-law Alvin Condor added banjo and down-home vocals for a clear mountain music touch.

The lyrics are simple and spare, but classic. Condor delivers them in a voice that starts as a yell and ends as a statement.....................

Adding to the excitement was the way the band members improvised variations and created a tapestry of interlocking melodies, all while keeping a steady rhythm. While everyone appears at first to be playing regular, repeating themes, as the song progresses, one notices frequent, subtle variations. At times, they add a few unexpected notes, and at other times an instrument will drop away completely, its presence still somehow felt as the rest of the band fills the gap seamlessly. Sometimes an instrument will even play out of key for a few notes, heightening the tension of the moment and then snapping back into the familiar pattern. Altogether, the band exhibits a tremendous sense of awareness; if they were playing jazz, you would call it "swing."

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