Re: How low (temp) would you go?
I've played fiddle for Morris dancers with snow on the ground, at about 0C, 32F. I wore shooter's or hunter's gloves, with a flip top over the fingers. It was uncomfortably cold then, and I'm thirty-some years older, so I'm not sure I'd last too long now. Here's Randy Bachman playing outdoors, with gloves on, in Ottawa on Feb. 2, 2007. It must have been at least -20C that night, and, boy, were my toes cold. The musicians had onstage heaters, but still complained of the cold. (There was no live album from that show.) Somewhere along the line, the city decided outdoor concerts on February nights weren't a great idea. Another video shows a very old Yank Rachell (80's?) playing outdoors in Chicago, and complaining of cold hands. I hope he was paid well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cY0r6CnvZM
Last edited by Ranald; Oct-23-2020 at 7:55pm.
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Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
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