jaxson50 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Slim Galland was brilliant and witty musician who played piano guitar and saxophone, but wat h these videos and check out his freakishly long fingers, when he played the guitar he could bar the entire width of a fretboard with just half of his index finger,Watch his ring finger when he plays piano, crazy.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 MAN, that guy was so good!! Why have I never heard of him before?? :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 He did an awful lot of different things including movies ("They used to call me Dark Gable"), running bootleg whisky during prohibition, in USAF in WW2, recorded with Charlie Parker after the war, TV in the 70s, and moved to England in the early 80s. I was at a great guitars concert (Kessel, Farlow, Charlie Byrd) in the 100 Club one time and he came in to say hello to them. He was about 6'5" too, so he stood out!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slim_Gaillard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Yikes! [thumbup] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 One hell on an entertainer!! I think he has an extra knuckle on each finger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted December 12, 2017 Author Share Posted December 12, 2017 Slim was billed as a comic jazz artist but he was really a great entertainer crossing lines both in music and race, here is an early clip of him in the Hiphop movie Hellzapoppin, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted December 12, 2017 Author Share Posted December 12, 2017 And he was an accomplished jazz guitarist although he billed himself as a “professional amateur “ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Hayden Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 And he was an accomplished jazz guitarist although he billed himself as a “professional amateur “ That's what I am a “professional amateur “ 4H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 su - flamin' - perb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted December 13, 2017 Author Share Posted December 13, 2017 1513106889[/url]' post='1899632']su - flamin' - perb! I like that Epi he’s playing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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