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Re: 'Oldies' you like to play

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 6:23 am
by ozover50
Damn right, Kira!!

I was brought up on that stuff and love it. You have my mind working overtime now........ :idea: :idea:

Re: 'Oldies' you like to play

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 1:18 pm
by longhouse
'Sing, Sing, Sing' is HOT! Always loved that one.

Re: 'Oldies' you like to play

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 2:38 pm
by jimk
Oh, yeah! 8) BG was always one of my favorite clarinetists. The other one is Johnny Dodds. The guitar on the first number is played by Eddie Lang, I think.

JimK

Re: 'Oldies' you like to play

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 2:47 pm
by paologregorio
ozover50 wrote:Damn right, Kira!!

I was brought up on that stuff and love it. You have my mind working overtime now........ :idea: :idea:
+1! My parents grew up on big band music and I got to listen to plenty when I was a little kid. There was a lively swing/big band scene going on here in So Cal in the 90s, which was a lot of fun.

Re: 'Oldies' you like to play

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 3:08 pm
by winston
Gene Krupa was a huge influence on many rock drummers. Later on in life he taught Kiss drummer Peter Criss his techniques for example. I suspect Keith Moon was a fan of his style of playing too.

Re: 'Oldies' you like to play

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 12:17 am
by JakeK
"Mona" by Bo Diddley. Put some amp tremelo, and I have a sweet sound. :)

Re: 'Oldies' you like to play

Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 11:52 pm
by harley
I got close at one time to being able to pull off "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby" by Louis Jordan. That's about as far back as I've been able to get although there were a couple of Robert Johnson songs that I learned bits and pieces of.

Oldies is kind of a relative term, I guess. I remember describing one band I was in as playing mostly oldies with a few songs from newer artists. Guys like Mellencamp, for example. ;)