CHOO CHOO TRAIN THING

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Comment by Clock The Wolf on July 12, 2012 at 7:46pm

Thanks!  http://archive.org/details/BeslerCo1932

Comment by Tom Caneschi aka TC on July 12, 2012 at 7:41pm

Nice playin goes well with that spacey train ... where did you find that old footage ? looks like home movies.

Comment by Spike on July 6, 2012 at 9:15am

Thanks for that, Oily!

Comment by Ron "Oily" Sprague on July 6, 2012 at 5:52am

Klaatu,

Knife blade blues slide technique certainly goes further back than Cedell Davis:

http://www.triplethreatbluesband.com/wchandy.htm

Most blues histories repeat the above story from Handy's own diary and his recollections reported to friends and colleagues, and the fact that Davis undoubtedly heard similar techniques when he grew up in the Delta region in the 30's.

Comment by Spike on July 6, 2012 at 5:40am

Hey Clock -

Thanks for the link to Mance Lipscomb; hadn't heard of him!

I thought Cedell Davis's knife slide was something unique (Fat Possum Records clearly thought so); obviously there were other old bluesers using the same technique many years before. I'll see who else I can find out there!

Comment by Diglydog on July 5, 2012 at 5:36pm

Cool - thanks ! I did see steam coming from it but assumed that was a leaky train heating system or something.

Comment by Clock The Wolf on July 5, 2012 at 4:12pm

That's a 1932 Besler steam train: http://archive.org/details/BeslerCo1932

Comment by Diglydog on July 5, 2012 at 4:07pm

Great music, Clock, but what sort of train is it ? I can't find any pics or info on it. I even tried searching 'Choo Choo Train Thing' but couldn't find it.

Comment by Clock The Wolf on July 5, 2012 at 3:59pm

Comment by Spike on July 5, 2012 at 3:08pm

Hey Clock,

You asked me who Cedell Davis was - check this out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA9pKWoOmbc

The archetypal exponent and Grand Magus of knife slide!

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