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Topic: Sacred Steel @ Stax Music Academy - Calvin Cooke |
Del Ray Grace
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Toledo, Ohio, USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2016 3:48 pm |
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Calvin Cooke dazzles the audience with his arrangement of the "Jewell Praise Jam."
In 2011 as part of the Folk Alliance outreach program, Sacred Steel tradition bearers were invited to give a workshop and performance for students and teachers at Memphis Stax Academy.
Click link below...
https://youtu.be/3EEH7xzMSuM
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Justin Lee
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Georgia, USA
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Posted 16 Dec 2016 7:10 pm
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No disrespect intended for any of the other sacred steelers, but I flat out love listening to Calvin Cooke play. I love the thick tone he gets out of his little yellow Fender, I love the economy and tastefulness of his phrasing, and I dig the cool, delicately-precise way that he glides from the open root to the barred M3rd on his bass lines. He may not be the flashiest, but he's always been the coolest sacred steeler in my book.
Would love to see him in person one day!
Thanks for posting... |
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Del Ray Grace
From:
Toledo, Ohio, USA
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Posted 17 Dec 2016 3:28 am
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| I agree Justin, Calvin Cooke is awesome! |
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Mark Eaton
From:
Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 17 Dec 2016 10:55 am
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Hadn't seen that one Del, thanks for sharing.
Man, Calvin was bringin' it! 
His playing is always soulful and full of feeling.
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Mark |
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Nicholas Ackron
From:
Daytona Beach
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Posted 18 Dec 2016 6:31 am
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This guy is my biggest influence in Sacred Steel!
Justin he plays at the House of God church in Avondale Estates (Atlanta). |
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Justin Lee
From:
Georgia, USA
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Posted 18 Dec 2016 6:54 am
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| Nicholas Ackron wrote: |
This guy is my biggest influence in Sacred Steel!
Justin he plays at the House of God church in Avondale Estates (Atlanta). |
Calvin Cooke plays at a church less than an hour from where I live? And here I am without a Christmas present for you 😆 Seriously, thanks for the heads-up Nicholas! |
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Nicholas Ackron
From:
Daytona Beach
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Posted 18 Dec 2016 7:38 am
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| I'll PM you the church address, he plays most of the Sunday's and if he's not there, then the nephew of Calvin and Lonnie Bennett will be playing. |
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Tony Glassman
From:
The Great Northwest
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Posted 18 Dec 2016 8:31 am
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| What an honor! Stax has quite a legacy. To be involved with them is something very special. |
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