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Calvin Walley
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colorado city colorado, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2004 11:42 am |
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what is western swing ? i know that its played on the C6th tuning , but i just can't seen to understand what music it refers to .
i have heard it refered to as texas swing but i still can't get a grip on what it is?
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 23 Dec 2004 12:12 pm
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Calvin if you know Bob Wills
or Asleep At The Wheel,
you know western swing.
It is a cowboy music, but from the west coast,
and was a form of Swing Jazz, mixed with Country Music and Blues,
but with different instrumentation.
Something displaced Okies could dig in the post dustbowl years.
A basic swing rhythm section, 2 or 3 fiddles.
1-2 guitars who solo'd jazzy, sometimes piano,
early on some bands had horns, and steel.
But later during the war years steel took over for the horn players in many cases.
So the steel players got hooked on hip tunings, often jealously guarded too.
Some would even detune their strings between sets so other steelers wouldn't figure out the new tuning sur-repeticiously.
The biggest known practitioners were Bob Wills, (Ah Haaa),
and Spade Cooley.
et voila[This message was edited by David L. Donald on 23 December 2004 at 12:15 PM.] |
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Paul King
From:
Gainesville, Texas, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2004 5:00 pm
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| Calvin, I live here in Texas and like the song says, "Bob Wills Is Still The King". Western swing is great and when you get a chance listen to the group "Asleep At The Wheel". They make a living playing Western Swing music. |
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Ricky Littleton
From:
Steely-Eyed Missile Man from Cocoa Beach, Florida USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2004 5:08 pm
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Like my momma always said about Western Swing, it can tell a sad story and sound happy at the same time!!!!
Ricky...
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Al Marcus
From:
Cedar Springs,MI USA (deceased)
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Calvin Walley
From:
colorado city colorado, USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2004 9:18 pm
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thanks for helping me get this in my head
calvin |
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Richard Sinkler
From:
aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 30 Dec 2004 6:55 pm
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| The way it was explained to me many, many years ago was, take big band swing and add hillbilly music to it and you have western swing. I don't know how accurate that is though. |
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Jennings Ward
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Edgewater, Florida, R.I.P.
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Posted 30 Dec 2004 7:16 pm
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THE TRUITH OF THE MATTER IS THAT " ITS REAL GOOD, FEEL GOOD MUSIC THAT YOU CAN DANCE TO" AND FIDDLES AND STEEL GUITAR TAKES THE PLACE OF HORNS FOR THE MOST PART.. MAKES IT A LOT SWEETER, AND EASIER LISTNING...ONCE YOU GET THE FEELING YOU'LL BE HOOKED....... JENNINGS
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Andy Greatrix
From:
Edmonton Alberta
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Posted 30 Dec 2004 7:18 pm
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A friend, with a degree in music composition, called western swing a Benny Goodman rythm section with country instruments. The fiddle replaced the Clarinet, the steel replaced the trombone and the guitarists tried to play like Charlie Christian and jiango Rienhart (sp?).
It's an interesting theory. |
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Mike Richardson
From:
Rutledge, Georgia, USA
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Posted 31 Dec 2004 7:50 am
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It is the kind of music you hear right after the good guys"Gene and Roy" beat up the bad guys and ride off into the sun set.
Mike Richardson |
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Roger Edgington
From:
San Antonio, Texas USA
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Posted 31 Dec 2004 8:30 am
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Calvin. I think Andy described it pretty close. I play in a band that does about 50% older country and 50% western swing. Western swing is often played in parts and many times all the way through instead of just doing a turn around. Sometimes we even play the song clear through before the singer even starts. It sure is fun for a steel player. You get to play alot of C 6th and as free as you dare most of the time with a good solid beat behind you.
I don't know how true it is ,but I heard Dennis Quaid is writing a movie about Spade Cooley and plans to produce and act in it. Maybe it will come back around again.
Our band did 4 Bob Wills swing songs on our new cd,"Traditionally Yours" They can be heard in part at our website below. www.billymata.com |
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