how many visitors per day to this forum

[Michael Messer]

It may be of interest that since the forum's software has been updated, I now have a hit counter. The average over the past few days is 20 members & 650 guests per day.

We are not alone


....there goes that Dobro again...

Shine On
Michael

[snakehips]

Hi there !

I must admit, a lot of the time, I don't log in - unless I'm gonna reply to a post or start a new thread.
Other fori make you sign in at the start - not a problem for me.
It is a pain when I want to reply to a post, and then I've got to go back up to the top of the page, click on the login page, then find the page I was on earlier.
If others are the same as this, the many guests shown in the counter could actually be members, just not signed in ??

[Deleted]

I do exactly the same thing as snakehips. I generally pop along to this forum and a few others during breaks at work. I rarely log in unless I have something to contribute but I do read most of posts (there was one 24 hour period last week when nobody seemed to post anything).

[Michael Messer]

I do the same. My comment was not a complaint. Quite the opposite - I was pleasantly surprized at how many guests/members visit the forum on a daily basis.

Great stuff!

Shine On
Michael

[kristiansmart]

I check out the forum most days without logging in. It a fantastic for those interested in guitar and/or blues music.

On the subject of guitar and blues, is charlie patton widely know about, I presume he is. I've been listening to him for about a month and think his music is incredible. I've never heard of him until recently, although I seem to remember Dylan citing him as an influence

thanks, Kris

[Michael Messer]

Hi Kris,

Thanks for your kind words!

Charley Patton is not as well known as Robert Johnson & Son House, but he is certainly a member of blues aristocracy. A few years ago he had a burst of publicity when Catfish Records & Revenent Revenant Records both released high quality re-mastered box sets of his work. The Revenant box set is very expensive, but it is difinitive and a wonderful collectors item.

Really, along with Robert Johnson, Son House & Muddy Waters, Charley Patton is one of the most important and influential artist of the genre. He also pre-dates the other artists I have mentioned, which in a way makes his work the most influential. His slide guitar open tuned numbers are just stunning. Many experienced blues collectors rate him as THE greatest delta blues musician ever.

He is less known than Robert Johnson because his recordings are not as accessible for mass consumption.

I love Charley Patton's music!

Shine On
Michael

[Mairena Red]

Hello Michael,

I too am a big Charlie Patton fan and treasure my copy of "Founder of the Delta Blues" on the Shanachie label. The sound quality isn't brilliant as the original Paramount masters were sold off as scrap when the company went out of business and all that's left are the original 78s — rumoured to have been made out of inferior pressing material commonly used to make bowling balls — and all of them are scratched and heavily played, making all attempts at sound retrieval by current noise-reduction processing very difficult.

I have not heard the Catfish or Revanant recordings but am tempted to give them a whirl. How do they compare with the earlier Shanachie recordings?

Incidentally, reverting to the original theme of this thread, I always log in when I come onto the site as I usually find something to ask about or comment on.

All the best,

Joe (aka Mairena Red)

[Deleted]

If I'm not mistaken Charlie Patton played lap style? Anyone know?

I have a few CD's of his and like the 'old' raw blues sound. It takes you to another place much like Blind Lemon does.

[Michael Messer]

Hi Eric,

Nobody know for certain, but I believe that Charley Patton played lap style slide guitar. A good example is 'When Your Way Gets Dark', which would be very difficult to play in regular guitar position. Unless he played in regular position with the slide (a razor or something similar) over the top of the guitar - which is essentially....lap style!

Shine On
Michael

[Gerry C]

It's great to see that our little community might not be as little as we thought...

I 've set my access to 'permanent' so when I visit the forum I'm automatically logged in, so I'll always be a 'visiting member'. I check in most days, sometimes more than once...

As for Patton : doesn't the recently-discovered 'new' photo of him show him with a guitar in lap position? I realise it's no proof either way (just as we can't know whether Robert Johnson really played a Gibson or if the studio just gave him one for a prop), but I agree with you, Michael, that Way sounds very much lap style.

Cheerily,

Gerry C

[wolvoboy]

got to admit, i visit four or five time's a day,just to see if there are any new postings,i get really disappointed when there is nothing new, it's very addictive, so much knowledge out there and things of interest ,the great thing is before the forum existed if you had a problem with your resonator guitar there was nobody at hand to help,now any problems there's always someone at hand.


wolvoboy

[Deleted]

As far a logging in goes I never do unless I post. I browse quite a bit for knowledge, videos, sound-clips, and entertainment. Lately, and for the next Month or so I'll be involved in moving 8 miles down the road to what I hope will be my last house and haven't checked in much lately.