Re: [Harp-L] question about earliest Charlie Musselwhite recordings

[Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Blue Stu" may be the piece you have in mind; that was released on a later record.  The standouts on "Takin' My time" for me were "Up and Down the Avenue," which featured Charlie playing the head in unison with Robben Ford on guitar, and "Takin' My Time," a deadly instrumental slow blues.  Phew.  What a great band, what a great record.

Regards, Richard Hunter 

-----Original Message-----
>From: Bob McGraw <harpbob@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Jan 19, 2013 1:45 PM
>To: "<bfrain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>" <bfrain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: "harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>, Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [Harp-L] question  about earliest Charlie Musselwhite recordings
>
>Wasn't "Takin my Time" the record that featured that jazzy  blues by  
>Robbin Ford, the one with the harp/sax duet between Charlie and Robbin  
>(on sax)?
>What was the name of that tune?
>And was it on "Takin my Time"?
>WVa Bob
>
>
>
>Sent from my iPhone
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>On Jan 19, 2013, at 11:55 AM, <bfrain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> got to see CM in '69 at the golden bear in huntington beach, ca.   
>> amazing!  "got a pretty woman....lives way down in tennessee..."    
>> greased back shorter hair.  really looked the part and definitely  
>> played it!
>> ---- Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> "the_jukester@xxxxxxxx" wrote:
>>> <     In my vinyl collection I have a number of Charlie  
>>> Musselwhite's early recordings. No recording dates <are given, but  
>>> the release dates are as follows:
>>> <John Hammond - So Many Roads on Vanguard - 1965 wlMike Bloomfield,  
>>> Levon Helm, Robbie Robertson, Jimmy <Lewis, Garth Hudson
>>> <Chicago/The Blues/Today! on Vanguard - 1966 w/Big walter Horton,  
>>> Johnny Shines, Floyd Jones, Frank Kirkland
>>> <Stand Back on Vanguard - 1967 w/Harvey Mandell, Barry Goldberg,  
>>> Bob Anderson, Fred Below
>>> <Stone Blues on Vanguard - 1968 w/Eddie Ho, Larry Welker, Tim  
>>> Kaihatsu, Clay Cotton, Carl Severeid
>>> <Tennessee Woman on Vanguard - 1969 w/Skip Rose, Tim Kaihatsu,  
>>> Lance Dickerson, Carl Severeid
>>>
>>> "Stand Back!" and "Tennessee Woman" both include recordings of  
>>> "Cristo Redentor."  It's pretty amazing to hear the difference in  
>>> Charlie's sound and approach that the 2-3 years between Stand Back!  
>>> and Tennessee Woman made.  By the time he made Tennessee Woman,  
>>> Charlie was a mature artist with a unique sound and approach. You  
>>> hear that new take on the harmonica flower on his records "Takin'  
>>> My Time" and "Goin' Back Down South," both of which (like Tennessee  
>>> Woman) also include Skip Rose, whose take on blues piano was as  
>>> unique and original as Charlie's conception on the harmonica.
>>>
>>> I spent hundreds of hours listening to Tennessee Woman and Takin'  
>>> My Time. Charlie's made great records throughout his career, but  
>>> those are the ones I listened to (and tried to emulate) every day  
>>> from my 17th through 22nd years.  It was a great school--not just  
>>> for playing harmonica, but for thinking differently.
>>>
>>> Regards, Richard Hunter
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>


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