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Topic: Harry James "Don't Be That Way." |
Herb Steiner
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Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 7 Feb 2020 10:37 pm |
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This, my young friends, is how big band music is supposed to sound like.  If any aspiring C6 players want to pick up some inspiration from a musician other than a steel player, you could do worse than listen to Harry James.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2Lrgg_tXsw
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Lee Baucum
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McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 8 Feb 2020 4:10 am
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Ooh. One of my old heros, Buddy Rich, on drums.
That was a great performance. |
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 9 Feb 2020 12:46 pm
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| Dem guys is tight! I love that old "big-band era". Those old groups like the Dorsey Bros., Harry James, Les Brown, Hal McIntyre, Count Basie, and Woody Herman were just so great! Gone...just like the country and rock music groups that put them out of the business. Time is the greatest recycler - for sooner or later, everything gets replaced. |
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Jerry Overstreet
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Louisville Ky
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Posted 9 Feb 2020 3:08 pm
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Great James Band cover of the Benny Goodman tune. Might be that Harry's rendition swings harder than Goodman's though.
Just about any of the jumping big band tunes are good fodder for steel guitar application. Tons of great music.
If anyone cares to hear Buddy Emmons' treatment of that tune on C6, look up the Swingin' series with Ray Pennington and Buddy Emmons It's all in the Swing disc. |
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Larry Lenhart
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Ponca City, Oklahoma
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Posted 16 Feb 2020 2:52 pm
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That was such a great era of music...its wonderful that so much of it was recorded that we can still listen and enjoy it. Growing up, my mom was a big fan of big band music and my dad was a big fan of country music, so I got to hear a lot of it in the house and learned to love both of the styles.
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 17 Feb 2020 9:55 am
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| If any aspiring C6 players want to pick up some inspiration from a musician other than a steel player, you could do worse than listen to Harry James. |
Add Lester Young and Maynard Ferguson....  |
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Bill Cunningham
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Atlanta, Ga. USA
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Posted 17 Feb 2020 6:06 pm
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Nobody swings like Basie. YMMV.
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Ian Rae
From:
Redditch, England
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Posted 18 Feb 2020 4:46 pm
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My mileage is the same as yours, Bill.
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