Perfect? I'm not sure, but how about Futureman (Roy Wilfred Wooten) and his drumitar? OK, maybe it's a stretch.
Perfect? I'm not sure, but how about Futureman (Roy Wilfred Wooten) and his drumitar? OK, maybe it's a stretch.
"Put your hands to the wood
Touch the music put there by the summer sun and wind
The rhythms of the rain, locked within the rings
And let your fingers find The Music in the Wood."
Joe Grant and Al Parrish (chorus from The Music in the Wood)
In both Vishwa Mohan Bhatt's and Junior Brown's case, they basically forged the instruments they wanted to play out of their imaginations. Junior Brown had a dream where he saw himself playing his guit-steel, and Bhatt started out with a Concord archtop he frankensteined into his Hindustani slide "Mohan Veena" that he found in his family home where everyone played Indian Classical music on traditional instruments. I spent a day with him and his tabla player once, I will never forget it.
Vassar Clements and his Gaspar Duiffoprugcar (Vassillie) fiddle made a good team.
But Amsterdam was always good for grieving
And London never fails to leave me blue
And Paris never was my kinda town
So I walked around with the Ft. Worth Blues
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Earl Scruggs & his Gibson Mastertone banjo. Earl did for the Gibson banjos what Bill Monroe did for their mandolins.At that time,the '5-string' was almost dead in the water because the Tenor banjo was more in use for dance bands & Jazz bands. When Earl popped up as part of the Bluegrass boys,the banjo really took off - BIG TIME !!,& like the mandolin,it's never looked back. I'm currently waiting for my copy of the 'Give Me The Banjo' DVD to arrive from Janet Davis. It just might get me back in the saddle,
Ivan
http://video.pbs.org/video/2164506461
Weber F-5 'Fern'.
Lebeda F-5 "Special".
Stelling Bellflower BANJO
Tokai - 'Tele-alike'.
Ellis DeLuxe "A" style.
glenn gould and CD 318
nick drake and his Guild M-20
Dizzy Gillspie and his trumpet.
Brian may and the red special
JBovier ELS; Epiphone MM-50 VN; Epiphone MM-40L; Gretsch New Yorker G9310; Washburn M1SDLB;
Fender Nashville Deluxe Telecaster; Squier Modified Vintage Cabronita Telecaster; Gretsch 5420T; Fender Tim Armstrong Hellcat: Washburn Banjo B9; Ibanez RB 5string; Ibanez RB 4 string bass
Pedalboard for ELS: Morley Cry baby Miniwah - Tuner - EHX Soul Food Overdrive - EHX Memory Toy analog Delay
Fender Blues Jr Tweed; Fender Greta;
Keith Richards and his telecaster.
Dignity, Respect and Love, for who they are, not what they are.
These guys come to mind ...
Vladimir Horowitz would have his personal Steinway taken apart, flown to his gigs and reassembled.
Here's one guy whose instrument travels easily enough, but the things he can do with it are pretty unbelievable:
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Martin,
In all honesty, Howard Levy has impressed as much or more than all of my favorites. His stint with BFFT in the early 90's was a high point in live music for me. I recently had occasion to see the Flecktones reunion tour at the Sunset Center in Carmel, Ca. Howard gave my youngest son one of his harmonicas!!
2005 Rigel G5 #2196
2005 Phoenix Jazz #400
1988 Jeff Traugott Acoustic #4
2012 Eastman 905 Archtop Guitar, BLOND!
Remember to grin while you pick, it throws folks off!
Yeah, that's why Howard may not quite fit here ... I doubt there's one particular harp that he's strongly identified with. It's more about his technique, irrespective of which individual instrument he's playing.
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Janis Ian got her d-18 back.
Joan Biaz has had one fancy small body Martin for a few decades.
I just loved that crazy fiddle of Vassar.
I completly understand being unfaithful to an instrument. Thinking that one "voice" may trump another. I bet though learning what to do with what you have is the true musical journey.
f-d
‘papα gordo aint no madre flaca!
'20 A3, '30 L-1, '97 914, 2012 Cohen A5, 2012 Muth A5, '14 OM28A
Piano players have to learn how to adapt to other instruments all the time.
There are very very few players that can bring a piano to all of their concerts. So in a philosophical sense, they overcome this 'restriction'.
Also they get very good at figuring out the instrument's good points quickly and they emphasize thoes points in performance.
Good guitar players choose certain tunes for certain guitars at guitar shops for the same reason. Mando players too?
James Taylor loves his baby James Olson the best, but his old Gibson has a lot of memories.
Last edited by DougC; Jul-16-2012 at 8:20am. Reason: my vote w/ foto
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