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  1. 04-05-2006, 10:21 AM #1
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    Question funky blues and folk...

    I'm playing out next month, for a mate, who is a slide guitar player/ragtime-folk-acoustic-blues player. Hes asked me to spin a few records (at his warm up gig for a gig he's got in north london) that are sympathetic to what he's doing but kinda funky (but in his words "not in a meters" way). This isn't normally the sort of stuff I'd play out..

    So far I've dug out:-

    Milt Matthews- It Ain't Your Fault
    Donovan- Get Thy Bearings
    Labi Siffre- Rocking Chair
    Ted Hawkins- I Got What I Wanted
    Richie Havens- Handsome Johnny

    I know the folk/funk thing has been much discussed but I'm just thinking what else I can pull outta the bag without breaking the bank....

    His website is

    http://www.tomcolborn.com/

    http://www.myspace.com/tomcolbornblues

    Any thoughts on what I can play would be much appreciated...
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    You cant go wrong with a bit of Ellen Mcilwaine in my opinion.

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    We the People (polydor)
    Honky Tonk Angel (polydor)
    The Real Ellen Mcilwaine (koi'tai) this one is more expensive so I stick with the first to or if you buy CDs there's a great comp.

    Some crosby, stills and Nash !
    Christine McVie - Christine Perfect lp (80's reissue pretty easy to get).

    There was a good compilation (bootleg )called "folk funk experiece" well worth looking for.
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    Quote Originally Posted by admcc77
    I know the folk/funk thing has been much discussed but I'm just thinking what else I can pull outta the bag without breaking the bank....
    Bonnie Dobson LP with "Winter's Going" is nice and cheap...and the Susan Christie and Christine Harwood reissues on Finders Keepers are worth grabbing if you haven't already....
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    Quote Originally Posted by rupert
    Some crosby, stills and Nash !
    David Crosby's "If I Could Only Remember My Name" LP is worth checking for "Cowboy Movie"....
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    after hearing the myspace thing i think you definitely should spin some john mayall.

    blues from laurel canyon
    turning point
    back to the roots

    are nice records for that.
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    Melanie - People In The Front Row, off Garden In The City.

    ...and Wolf People.
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    Several tracks off the second Jimmie and Vella lp would work nicely.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Little Jimmy Oddman
    ...and Wolf People.
    ...how could i forget!
    btw: are there some cd's left?
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    thanks fellas. i appreciate the tips.

    i told my mate i'd come on here for advice and put a link to his website/myspace and he wondered if any of you chaps had taken the time to have a listen to his tunes and what you thought?
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    Quote Originally Posted by admcc77
    thanks fellas. i appreciate the tips.

    i told my mate i'd come on here for advice and put a link to his website/myspace and he wondered if any of you chaps had taken the time to have a listen to his tunes and what you thought?
    well, i'm no bluesman for sure, but i quiet like it. its reduced to the minimum, thats alsways a good thing. and he certainly is a top musician!
    actuallly, i might buy his album...
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    Quote Originally Posted by effi_deep
    well, i'm no bluesman for sure, but i quiet like it. its reduced to the minimum, thats alsways a good thing. and he certainly is a top musician!
    actuallly, i might buy his album...
    He's got a new album out in the next month or two...

    The stuff on the 'net is between a year and 3 yrs old. So some of his new stuff is pretty s**t hot..

    Definitely one to watch out for. he's recording with UK Harmonica legend Steve Lockwood and the demos I've heard are pretty great...
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    Quote Originally Posted by admcc77
    thanks fellas. i appreciate the tips.

    i told my mate i'd come on here for advice and put a link to his website/myspace and he wondered if any of you chaps had taken the time to have a listen to his tunes and what you thought?
    listened to Black Raven Blues and thought it was great....
    as for records to spin up at the gig....
    Scott Cushnie (Aerosmith!!) did some very good blues/rag/bluegrass material that may fit well...
    Big Black did a great album of blues stuff called 'BB & The Blues'
    Taj Mahal?
    Dutch Mason - great jazz/blues though not cheap.
    Fenton Robinson did a very funky (in a blues way) album called 'Somebody Loan Me A Dime'.
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    In case you are interested. This is Steve Lockwood's website....

    http://www.steve.ms/HI-FI/main.htm

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    Quote Originally Posted by platerpus
    Taj Mahal?
    picked up the CBS 45 of his 'Diving Duck Blues' the other week - pretty funky fast blues with horns, nice guitar freak out, well worth a spin...like the more rural blues of 'Fishin' Blues' on the flip too.

    maybe Link Wray's S/T 1970 LP on Polydor, with 'Fire & Brimstone' has some of that swamp funk blues vibe to it as well...
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    You could try a bit of Bobby Bland. "Ask me about nothin but the blues" is incredible but not sure how hard it is to turn up as I don't have one.

    There must be some Pentangle tunes you could use (I saw an angel, springtime promises etc)

    Sorry if these are way off, I haven't actually listened to the music yet because I'm at work.

    RE Taj Mahal: His version of Corrina is one of my favourite songs of all time. I went through a period of listening to this 6 or 7 times a day for about two weeks once.
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    Quote Originally Posted by effi_deep
    ...how could i forget!
    btw: are there some cd's left?
    Yup...email me at jim@searecords.co.uk.
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    Quote Originally Posted by admcc77
    i told my mate i'd come on here for advice and put a link to his website/myspace and he wondered if any of you chaps had taken the time to have a listen to his tunes and what you thought?
    Aye, very nice indeed.
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    Muddy Waters - After The Rain
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    bobby rush's 'bow-legged woman' is kinda country-bluesy but funky ...
    sophisticated and coarse
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    Yank Rachell and Big Daddy Kinsey should work well.
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    Kenny Rankin? Some nice tunes and they won't break the bank
    For folks sake!
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    Here you go mate. CDR this and take your portable along...


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