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Post by wolvoboy on Apr 8, 2014 7:46:28 GMT
Dont know if its been posted before,but i thought i would share it anyway, never get fed up of Fred McDowell.
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Post by bod on Apr 8, 2014 8:51:52 GMT
...never get fed up of Fred McDowell. wolvoboy & I'll never tire of that film either  |
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Post by blueshome on Apr 8, 2014 8:57:49 GMT
It's the"fly" again Michael!
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Post by Michael Messer on Apr 8, 2014 9:27:06 GMT
Hi Phil, it certainly is! For those who don't know what Phil & I are talking about .....for the past 35 years I have always referred to this film as the 'Fred's fly on the foot film' Here it is....  Shine On Michael Attachments:
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2014 10:41:37 GMT
I have seen the video before, but it brings up a few points seeing (and hearing) it again.
Thanks for posting it.
In the early eighties, a very, very rare event occurred...a blues only record shop opened near me! (and closed not long after!) Among the largesse found there was Fred! And really, I have never recovered.
So apart from his playing, well words are not enough, I was having a listen to his guitar sound again just now. Like everything else Fred, it is unique. On some film clips on a dvd I have, he is playing electric Gibsons but is playing only at acoustic guitar levels while singing into the tv mic. I would love to have got a look at the settings on his amp - he gets a sort of acoustic percussion thing going, partly because of his right hand damping, but not only that. He must have the tone turned down on his guitar AND his amp. When he gets a riff going like in 'Shake Em On Down', he gets a real Mali/East African sound going and echoes of that in his voice too. Then add slide to taste!
An important ingredient would be the hum buckers and the Gibsons he played....chances of getting that kind of sound on my Strat are very, very slim!
Incredible.
BluesKing777.
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