Rabs Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 That is one coool cat :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buc McMaster Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Have mercy! That ol' J-50 is the ticket for his style........I cannot imagine this played on anything else. Cool cat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly campbell Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 I agree, he was unreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldCowboy Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 One of my all-time guitar heroes - both his brothers played, too, but not as well. Sam (Lightnin'), Joel, and John Henry. Nothing beats regular doses of Po' Lightnin' to keep a man inspired and humble😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted April 13, 2017 Author Share Posted April 13, 2017 Man.. Youtube has been sending me down a blues rabbit hole.. So much amazing footage on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usernameinvalid Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Don't forget Etta Baker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 These folks were awesome. Each in their own world with no one else coming close. Here's couple more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqLak8XqN94 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie King Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 At one time thirty odd years ago had the pleasure of playing blues with Moses Rascoe. When we started he had an old J-50 that got stolen by a nephew needing money for drugs. The realities of the blues life. Now all of the videos that exist show him playing the Yamaha that he bought to replace it. He is out of tune on a lot of this and he was retired at this point playing shows all over the country. He was included in a movie of Piedmont blues. He died at 73. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 At one time thirty odd years ago had the pleasure of playing blues with Moses Rascoe. When we started he had an old J-50 that got stolen by a nephew needing money for drugs. The realities of the blues life. Now all of the videos that exist show him playing the Yamaha that he bought to replace it. He is out of tune on a lot of this and he was retired at this point playing shows all over the country. He was included in a movie of Piedmont blues. He died at 73. Interesting pickup jack placement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly campbell Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 God thaqt is some good stuff, Love them all. I would have loved to sit down and tlak with Elezabeth Cotton and for that matter all of them posted here. you talk about soul/blues it gets no better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliasphobias Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 To Lightenings credit,he is still driving the prices for the miserable sounding Dearmond style pickups. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 To Lightenings credit,he is still driving the prices for the miserable sounding Dearmond style pickups. ;-) Do you think 'crappy' sounding pickups and the like (old blues men with stellas, jack white guitars) add to the quirkiness of the music or would you dream that someone had handed these old dudes top quality guitars ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldCowboy Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Do you think 'crappy' sounding pickups and the like (old blues men with stellas, jack white guitars) add to the quirkiness of the music or would you dream that someone had handed these old dudes top quality guitars ? The former, without hesitation. Otherwise, the sound we love wouldn't exist - would never have existed, actually. Add silk underwear w/lace trim and the soul disappears😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldCowboy Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 To Lightenings credit,he is still driving the prices for the miserable sounding Dearmond style pickups. ;-) Wish the old originals were less expensive. With all their failings - and there are plenty - nothing else can capture that barrel house, road house, juke joint blues sound in quite the same way. If I ever scored one, it'd justify picking up an old LG hog top Gibson or the Epi equivalent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisrownSal Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Great video adds... I'll just add that a sound wav file of the above Cotten Freight Train is the sound we have programmed into our work computer systems when a large client order hits our trade blotter electronically.... I need help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Great video adds... I'll just add that a sound wav file of the above Cotten Freight Train is the sound we have programmed into our work computer systems when a large client order hits our trade blotter electronically.... I need help. Sal, it's only a matter of time before that day job is history... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisrownSal Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 You may be right Nick! The sound has been more fleeting of late... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boyd Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Wish the old originals were less expensive. I got one a few years ago, it wasn't any more expensive than a good contemporary pickup. There's a guy on eBay who refurbishes and sells them, it looked like new and has worked perfectly. Considering the outrageous amounts that people around here spend on guitars, a DeArmond pickup shouldn't be much of a stretch. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldCowboy Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 I got one a few years ago, it wasn't any more expensive than a good contemporary pickup. There's a guy on eBay who refurbishes and sells them, it looked like new and has worked perfectly. Considering the outrageous amounts that people around here spend on guitars, a DeArmond pickup shouldn't be much of a stretch. ;) Yeah, I expect you're right. Maybe I'm just getting miserly in my old age😄 Or lazy? The odds of both are pretty good😏 Still, there were dormant phases earlier in life, too.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliasphobias Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Do you think 'crappy' sounding pickups and the like (old blues men with stellas, jack white guitars) add to the quirkiness of the music or would you dream that someone had handed these old dudes top quality guitars ? No, I realize pickup selection was limited as was access to better quality guitars. I appreciate the music in the form that it is and I am a big fan. More clearly what I was trying to say is, that it is a credit to the man that 35 years after his death there is still a demand for the DeArmond style pickups. I think Lightnin' is more responsible for that than anyone I can think of. As Boyd pointed out he was able to grab one for the cost of a "good" modern pickup. I also agree that they have a certain sound to them, like dragging a metal trash can behind your car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 No, I realize pickup selection was limited as was access to better quality guitars. I appreciate the music in the form that it is and I am a big fan. More clearly what I was trying to say is, that it is a credit to the man that 35 years after his death there is still a demand for the DeArmond style pickups. I think Lightnin' is more responsible for that than anyone I can think of. As Boyd pointed out he was able to grab one for the cost of a "good" modern pickup. I also agree that they have a certain sound to them, like dragging a metal trash can behind your car. Oh hey , I wasn't being sarcastic , was just an aside to what you said about the crumby pick up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliasphobias Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Oh hey , I wasn't being sarcastic , was just an aside to what you said about the crumby pick up No, I didn't take it as sarcasm, or even disagreement necessarily. I was just trying to more clearly express what I intended. I appreciate different points of view. I certainly tire of my own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambler Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 One of the cool things about Lighting was that he sounded like himself, regardless of what he played. He just had a style. Same with Skip James and Charlie Patton. Blind Willie Johnson. from a cheap acoustic to a strat https://youtu.be/gEZTr7pedIk (how does one embed video or pics here btw? I have had no luck lately). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 My personal favourite of the old guys https://youtu.be/DZHo1FxSE2Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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