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

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

Comment by Tom Caneschi aka cbg tom on July 12, 2012 at 12:41pm

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 2:15am

Thanks for that, Oily!

Comment by Ron "Oily" Sprague on July 5, 2012 at 10:52pm

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 5, 2012 at 10:40pm

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 10:36am

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 9:12am

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

Comment by Diglydog on July 5, 2012 at 9:07am

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 8:59am

Comment by Spike on July 5, 2012 at 8:08am

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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