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Topic: Joaquin on Hollywood Barndance - Title of Song? |
Doug Freeman
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Los Angeles, CA
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Posted 10 Oct 2008 2:10 pm |
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Here's a Joaquin number from the 1946 Hollywood Barndance recordings. Anyone know the name of the tune?
WHAT SONG? |
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 10 Oct 2008 2:28 pm
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Dark Eyes, a Russian folk song and the unofficial anthem of today's European gypsy musicians - it's like blues in E for us, a tune everyone at a jam session knows. Les Paul and his trio had a jukebox hit with Dark Eyes a few years before this cut by Joaquino.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR5zdYuustQ |
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Doug Freeman
From:
Los Angeles, CA
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Posted 10 Oct 2008 2:41 pm
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| Thanks! |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 10 Oct 2008 6:25 pm I told you this stuff was good!
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And this was rather mild compared to other romps they plow thru.
I love Bamby's accordion work. |
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George Keoki Lake
From:
Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 10 Oct 2008 9:15 pm
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My spelling is all wrong, but yes, it is RUSSIAN and also known as (excuse the spelling)
O CHICHONIA  |
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Jussi Huhtakangas
From:
Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 11 Oct 2008 5:50 am
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That would be Ochi Chornaya, davaritzch George!!  |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 11 Oct 2008 8:49 am A great example of Joaquin!
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Just to hear that BIGSBY do its THANG!
No other sound like it! |
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George Keoki Lake
From:
Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 11 Oct 2008 8:51 am
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"Dyakoyou Jussi"! (Actually fractured Ukrainian)  |
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Edward Meisse
From:
Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 11 Oct 2008 11:04 am
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I love this tune. I play it with my Gypsy Jazz friends. It appears that my version needs more work.
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Amor vincit omnia |
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Tonu Timm
From:
Estonia
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Posted 11 Oct 2008 1:29 pm
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Ochi chornõje (if talking about many of those eyes), but there isn't that Õ in english. And singer with Les Paul has wrong spelling at all. But melody is most important and 'always' correct.  |
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chas smith R.I.P.
From:
Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 11 Oct 2008 1:40 pm
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| Ochi Chornaya, davaritzch...Dyakoyou...Ochi chornõje |
Absolutely wonderful! |
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Herb Steiner
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Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 13 Oct 2008 8:51 am
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My grandmother, who would be 116 years old today (if still alive ) used to sing that song to me in Russian as a slow, beautiful lullaby, not up-tempo like Murph and Bamby. Her pronunciation of it was "Ochay Chornya," so I was gratified to read Jussi's excellent-as-usual correction.
Of course, I'd sometimes tell her "Grandma, I'm 35 years old now and really don't need a lullaby. I'd just like to get to sleep now, if you don't mind."
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 13 Oct 2008 9:29 am
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| And for the sake of further accuracy, I believe the title best translates as "Black Eyes" rather than "Dark Eyes". |
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Jussi Huhtakangas
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Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 13 Oct 2008 10:05 am
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Herb, that song has been a standard here since WWII for obvious reasons ( mother Russia, our beloved enemy is only a two hour drive away ). The translation in Finnish however is like English Dark Eyes; "Tummat Silmät". Probably cause using "black eyes" would mean more like someone punched your eyes black. I don't have a lullaby memory of it, but I did stumble thru' Chet's version of it some twenty or so years ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcMB-vtyCBI |
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 13 Oct 2008 10:14 am
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The song has to be very old, because my grandmother came to this country in 1898, and she remembered the Spanish-American War quite well.
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My rig: Infinity and Telonics.
Son, we live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with steel guitars. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? |
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Doug Freeman
From:
Los Angeles, CA
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Posted 13 Oct 2008 10:22 am
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| Jeez, being at least a 7th generation American hillbilly cracker, no wonder I was outta the loop on this one! |
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Jussi Huhtakangas
From:
Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 13 Oct 2008 12:43 pm
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| Herb Steiner wrote: |
| The song has to be very old, because my grandmother came to this country in 1898, and she remembered the Spanish-American War quite well. |
Yes, it probably is a Russian equivalent of Swing Low Sweet Chariot or something, an ancient folk song. I meant merely in a recorded/broadcasted format in Finland. And I have to correct myself that "Black Eyes" ( in Finnish ) was used also as a title; the first Finnish steel guitar player Onni Gideon's band recorded a r'n'r version of the title, except he played upright bass on it, not steel. |
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