I was just chewing on the bones of that very tune yesterday :) I'm gonna try and find some different versions of it, just to help flesh it out... i'll see if i can sniff out that Arthur Smith version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEPBTsxT1N8 Heres a fiddle version i found on youtube, just in case folks are interested. On Jun 15, 2:57 pm, mistertaterbug <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Mark, > If you'll look in the "files" section, you'll find the tab for > "Fiddler's Blues" by Arthur Smith. Same one that Andy plays, but more > OT. I tabbed it off the original recording. I didn't bother to try and > write in every nuance, just the meat of the tune. No bourbon was > involved. > Tbug > > On Jun 15, 7:50 am, mistertaterbug <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Mark, > > I was sort of under the impression at first that Andy's vocalizing was > > possibly a chant of some sort, but then it dawned on me(duh) that he's > > also a very accomplished clarinet player and maybe, when he's caught > > up in the music, that he feels the need to push air out of his lungs > > the same way that he does when he's playing the clarinet. I had a talk > > with another great mandolinist, Radim Zenkl about his penny whistle > > playing. He said that he found it a much more natural instrument for > > him to play, that he feels the connection to it stronger than he does > > with the mandolin because he uses his breath to play it rather than > > holding it in his hands and using him hands to make sound. Of course, > > what Andy's doing may have nothing at all to do with my own little ill- > > researched theory, but it gives me something to study on. > > > Taterbug > > > On Jun 11, 1:53 pm, Mark Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > One of the nice surprises of this group has been the liberal helping > > > of linkage to various video goodness available from Mr. Statman... I > > > have had the video of him playing Fiddlers Blues on a loop for the > > > last twenty minutes and i'm no where near tired of it yet... what a > > > cracking wee tune. > > > > But, but, yes, i have only really heard Mr. Statman on album and i > > > never knew that he vocalised while playing, well, thats if i am right > > > in presuming that the hum-a-humming on that track is indeed from Mr. > > > Statman. > > > > Personally, i love it, mostly because it reminds me of Kieth Jarrett > > > who has also been known to vocalize while playing/improvising, much to > > > some folks annoyance. (Then again, i have been thinking recently that, > > > for me, there is a lot in comon between the musics of Statman and > > > Jarrett... but that may be just me). > > > > But i got to know, is that a common feature of Andy Statman's live > > > playing? > > > > Also, does anyone else here vocalize when playing and does it help > > > your playing any? > > > > (and one more time round for Fiddlers Blues, oh my poor old foot is > > > stomping overtime)- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
