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

[Michael Rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>]

Tennessee Woman is my favorite Musselwhite CD, followed by HArmonica
According to M.  Taking my Time is great.
Michael Rubin
Michaelrubinharmonica.com


On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>
> "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
> >
> >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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