Thanks for the recording info, Val. I wasn't aware of his presence on wax! Something else to add to my record hunting list...
Cheers, Jake On Feb 27, 7:32 am, Val Mindel <[email protected]> wrote: > I met Kenny back in my early days in California ... a thoroughly sweet > guy. Being blind, his first notion of how to play mandolin was up > under his chin like a fiddle, using a pizzicato motion, which was > probably the beginning of his unorthodox style. Now though he sets his > taterbug on his knee. The OTH article probably covers his Sweetsmill > Stringband (1970s) days. Much of that material has been reissued on > CD, maybe on Bay, which did the original LPs. Kenny also did a solo > album on Philo, which at one point I had memorized. I haven't seen > that out on CD, but if anyone is interested, I'll digitize some of it > when I'm home in Vermont in summer for anyone interested. Really worth > a listen. Glad Kenny's getting his due among mandolin players. He's an > original. > > On Feb 26, 4:37 pm, mistertaterbug <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks Jake. Glad to have you speak up. > > Kenny is a great player. It's amazing to watch Kenny do what he does > > his unorthodox style. Just goes to show, if you've got music in you, > > it's got to come out someway. Have you seen the YouTube videos? Easy > > to find. > > > Taterbug > > > On Feb 26, 12:09 pm, JakeyLee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I've been lurking in the shadows here for a while, but found something > > > I'd thought I'd share. I noticed through searching that ya'll've > > > discussed the Kenny Hall youtube videos. Well the Old Time Herald had > > > a nice article on Kenny that they've posted in its entirety on their > > > website. > > > >http://www.oldtimeherald.org/archive/back_issues/volume-7/7-4/kenny-h... > > > > I haven't seen the Kenny Hall Mel Bay book mentioned in there, but I'd > > > like to. > > > > Cheers everyone, I've been enjoying the discussions. > > > > Jake --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
