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Post by slide496 on Jun 29, 2020 18:36:26 GMT
Rare clip of Fred Mcdowell playing Highway 61 on a resonator
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Post by Pickers Ditch on Jun 29, 2020 19:16:05 GMT
Wonderful performance - thanks Harriet.
Was this recorded in London at The Mayfair Hotel in 1969?
If so, whose guitar was he playing?
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Post by slide496 on Jun 29, 2020 19:58:52 GMT
Hi PD - It's a surprise, I think it's the only clip of him on a resonator- came up on youtube channel I subscribe to. I
It's not included on the Live at the Mayfair that I have. That's a different version.
I don't know whose resonator he was playing.
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Post by ken1953clark on Jun 29, 2020 20:04:27 GMT
I think that concert was released as “Standing at the burying ground” which featured Jo Ann Kelly. Did she use a resonator?
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Post by ken1953clark on Jun 29, 2020 20:59:42 GMT
According to the sleeve notes Ian A Anderson’s blues trio was the support act for Fred’s 1969 tour. I’m pretty sure he had a resonator
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Post by Michael Messer on Jun 29, 2020 21:10:51 GMT
I will ask Ian to drop by and let us know, if he does, whose guitar that was. But before I do that, what makes you think it was recorded at the Mayfair Hotel? I have known that recording for 40 years on various albums, but never heard this before now.
Shine On
Michael
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Post by ricks on Jun 30, 2020 6:34:02 GMT
Ian Anderson had a National Don back then - as used on the 'Inverted World' album with Mike Cooper.
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Post by Pickers Ditch on Jun 30, 2020 6:51:14 GMT
[quote author=" Michael Messer " source="/post/96642/thread" timestamp="1593465051" But before I do that, what makes you think it was recorded at the Mayfair Hotel? I have known that recording for 40 years on various albums, but never heard this before now.l[/quote] Just a gut feel but I may be wrong. Listening again this morning it seems to be a very intimate recording in a smallish room, you can hear his foot stomp on a "hollow floor" and you can hear a few voices at about the 18 second mark, but what do I know?
Is it in someones front room? Can I hear a child in there, too?
Whatever / Wherever, this is one of them tracks which is right up there with the best of the best, IMHO of course.
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Post by Michael Messer on Jun 30, 2020 7:53:18 GMT
It's not a studio recording. It could be in England because at the time that's where there was more interest in National guitars. It doesn't sound like Ian's Don to me, but what do I know  Maybe someone should write the person that posted it on YouTube and ask where they got it from. Shine On Michael |
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Post by Pickers Ditch on Jun 30, 2020 8:25:48 GMT
Just joined the Google and YouTube fraternity to ask the question(s) of the poster.
Now sitting here with fingers crossed waiting for a reply that will hopefully cast some light on the "mystery".
Here's hopin'...
PD
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Post by Michael Messer on Jun 30, 2020 12:10:48 GMT
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Post by meanstepfather on Jun 30, 2020 15:54:34 GMT
Thank you,Harriet,he sounds fabulous.
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Post by purpleorange on Jun 30, 2020 20:40:18 GMT
That's a great find.
A few years ago I was trying to find clips,photos or videos of Fred playing a resonator with no success.
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Post by slide496 on Jun 30, 2020 21:04:13 GMT
That's a great find. A few years ago I was trying to find clips,photos or videos of Fred playing a resonator with no success. It was a surprise, showed up on my channel notifications, just posted by the LivinTheBlues channel on June 27, 2020  |
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Post by purpleorange on Jun 30, 2020 22:25:17 GMT
I wonder is there was anyone with a camera about when that was recorded, there could be a forgotten photo of Fred with that resonator out there somewhere.
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