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Mark Hepler

 

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Post  Posted 8 Dec 2017 8:45 am    
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Despite stunning milestones in other genres, and our ubiquity on old country ballads, you can’t deny that steel fits up-tempo country shuffles like a flute fits cool jazz, mandolin fits bluegrass, sax fits bebop, or gravy fits biscuits.

Maybe it’s a shuffle’s relaxed, rolling tempo or breathy phrasing . . . ? I don’t know.

It’s not that I’m close-minded—I’m the oldest member of a loud modern bro country band—but I think each instrument’s oeuvre gets determined for it by what it excels at. The public decides that to a large degree!
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Barry Blackwood


Post  Posted 8 Dec 2017 9:16 am    
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Despite stunning milestones in other genres, and our ubiquity on old country ballads, you can’t deny that steel fits up-tempo country shuffles like a flute fits cool jazz, mandolin fits bluegrass, sax fits bebop, or gravy fits biscuits.

...or eggs fit poultry. Smile
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Mark Hepler

 

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Post  Posted 8 Dec 2017 11:18 am    
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Barry Blackwood wrote:
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...or eggs fit poultry. Smile


Darn, wish I'd thought of poultry. You nailed it Very Happy
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Christopher Woitach


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Post  Posted 9 Dec 2017 10:31 pm    
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But which came first??? And why did it cross the road?
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Russ Wever

 

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Post  Posted 10 Dec 2017 12:19 am     Re: After 50 years, shuffles still rule?
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Mark Hepler wrote:
. . each instrument’s oeuvre gets determined . .


With my limited vocabulary I'd never encountered
the word oevre before. It'll come in handy on the
Scrabble board as well as in other situations.
Interesting word, thanks,
~Rw
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Ian Rae


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Post  Posted 10 Dec 2017 1:26 am     English spelling
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Mark Hepler wrote:
oeuvre

It's real French so it gets a "u". The American spelling of color, favor etc. is correct. Not sure when or why we started sticking "u"s into those.
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Charlie Hansen


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Post  Posted 10 Dec 2017 6:12 am    
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The"u"contained in such words as colour, flavour, etc. is from the British spelling. It's still widely used in Canada. Depending on what country I happen to be in at the time I use or not use the "u".
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Mark Hepler

 

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Virginia, USA
Post  Posted 10 Dec 2017 6:16 pm    
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Eggs, chicken pickin' and--oops--did I say "oeuvre"? I meant "Omelette". Sorry for the typo Smile
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Lane Gray


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Topeka, KS
Post  Posted 11 Dec 2017 12:12 am    
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Charlie Hansen wrote:
The"u"contained in such words as colour, flavour, etc. is from the British spelling. It's still widely used in Canada. Depending on what country I happen to be in at the time I use or not use the "u".


Although Ian is right (and, Charlie, Ian is Youkayvian), the parent latinate words lacked the "u".
The British ADDED the 'u' around the time of George III. Mad inbred goofball.
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Charlie McDonald


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Post  Posted 11 Dec 2017 7:14 am    
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So would it be shouffles?
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Storm Rosson

 

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Silver City, NM. USA
Post  Posted 11 Dec 2017 11:11 am    
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LOL..good one Charlie.. Laughing
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