Re: Goodbye Bob, Hello Woody

["Steve Shaw" <moorcot@xxxxxxx>]

>I wondered whether he was something of a prophet without honour in his own 
>country, or whether we simply we don't discuss him because his harp-playing 
>wasn't of the first water.
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>Steve Shaw
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<<<Guthrie played harmonica and mandolin better than guitar.  There's some 
harmonica tunes on his Library of Congress recordings that are surprisingly 
good.  He also had a pretty full sound playing in a rack.  He was Bob 
Dylan's harmonica inspiration.

Joel Fritz>>>

I treasure those LoC recordings, as well as the Columbia River songs and the 
Dustbowl Ballads, among many others.  I always think of his harp as being 
far more "integral" to his style than with other singers (such as some 
recently mentioned) who use it - hard to dissociate him from his harmonica.

I read somewhere once that he played the harp upside down but have never 
been able to back this snippet up.

I have one track of him playing fiddle (it's enough!) so it isn't too 
surprising that he also played the mandolin, though I wasn't aware of that.  
Do you know of any tracks that feature this?

Steve


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