OK, peeps, we have our very first mystery jazz RESONATOR player all teed-up and ready for your listening and guessing pleasure. I don't normally launch a new one so soon after the last one, but this time I couldn't wait. You'll want to hear this guy. (Oops, did I say 'guy'?)
Visit the Listening Library at www.SteelGuitarJazz.com and then come on back here and vote for who you think it is.
Oh. And this time, if you KNOW who it is, please try to curb your enthusiasm and not give away so many clues that it spoils the fun for everyone else. Thank you.
-- The Mgmt
Last edited by Jim Cohen on 18 May 2009 6:55 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Hey Jimbeaux, puttin' Andy Volk on the same list as Jerry Douglas, Cindy Cashdollar, Brozman, Rugg, Neer and all the rest is just plain embarrassing! I'll put my critical ear up to anybody's but as a player, I'm barely fit to carry their guitar cases!
I know for multiple reasons AND a good detective also knows how to utilize google but, i'll keep the cat in the bag for now. if he starts suffocating I'll poke some air holes
The identity of our Mystery Jazz Resonator Player has now been revealed at www.SteelGuitarJazz.com Come on by the Listening Library and see if anyone guessed correctly!
Well, true to form, we play the game, we reveal the answer, and everybody just walks away with nary a post. This time (for a change) even a bunch of people got it right. Care to tell us how you figured it out? Maybe you own this recording? Maybe you've memorized everything this player has ever recorded? Maybe you just googled it up after discerning the song title? Maybe you took a wild-haired guess. But pee-pul, this is supposed to be an interactive game. If y'all enjoyed this and would like more of these in the future, I'm gonna need a little more reinforcement than this. It's just human nature, folks. Otherwise I gotta go practice...
I'm primarily a resonator dude. I've also spent time around Stacy and observed his style.
He's known for playing complex chords in open G tuning with a combination of unusual (for bluegrass anyways) slants and string pulls. It's amazing to observe in person.
Stacy is well known for his early work as the "Archduke of the Dobro" with Tony Trishka (Bela Fleck's mentor). He currently teaches and plays music with a host of eclectic bands including NY's "AfroSemitic Experience" playing resonator, lapsteel and fiddle.
A great guy who's busted through a bunch of perceived limitations with the instrument.
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Howard Parker
03\' Carter D-10
70\'s Dekley D-10
52\' Fender Custom
Many guitars by Paul Beard
