One of my old roommates, an ex-Bluegrass Boy and verified "deep- thinker" made a point one night in conversation about bluesmen that most of them did not have the ability to come up with good quality instruments, yet their tone was remarkably full and resonant. His observation was that if you have a sound inside you that needs to be expressed, then there would be a way of expressing it regardless of the equipment (...or use of thumb and fingers...or nose, in Bela Fleck's case) or handicap. I agree whole-heartedly. Examples abound. Has anyone here ever heard of "Thumbs Carlisle"? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHBdUuYKM6I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW4UqL4QcXE
Take that...<G> Tater On Oct 19, 4:19 pm, Mandoyak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Like I said over on the Cafe (paraphrasing Mike Marshall): whatever > works. > > On Oct 18, 8:41 pm, Dan Eaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Greetings; > > > There is a thread going on the Cafe about using the thumb for making > > chords. The responses range from "why not?" to "utter blasphemy!!". > > > I do. I have no guilt. It's another digit, so what the hay? > > > I'd like to hear from other taterheads, and perhaps from the Uber > > Tuber, himself. > > > To thumb or not to thumb...that is the question. > > > Dan > > > BTW - I'm still waiting for that recipe for liver mush that I asked > > for a few threads back : ) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
