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- Path: sparky!uunet!nevada.edu!jimi!jay
- From: jay@unlv.edu (Jay Nietling)
- Subject: Re: Blues: Albert King
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.100142.23865@unlv.edu>
- Sender: news@unlv.edu (News User)
- Organization: unlv cs
- References: <4524@cvbnetPrime.COM>
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- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 93 10:01:42 GMT
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- In article <4524@cvbnetPrime.COM> jsulliva@amstel.prime.com (Jeff Sullivan) writes:
- >
- >I was not reading this group when this news hit, so pardon me if I'm
- >being redundant....
- >
- >I was sorry to read in the paper (a week or two ago) that blues guitar
- >legend Albert King died. I do not own any of his recordings, but I do
- >know that he was a great influence on Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton
- >and others. In the article, they described his sound and his playing
-
- yes.
-
- >technique. I was surprized to see that he played left-handed, but even
- >more surprized to read that the guitar was not restrung! If this was
- >true (it appeared to be in the picture), then he truly played it
- >upside-down!
- >
- >I know that other famous left-handers (Jimi Hendrix, most notably) have
- >played right-handed guitars, but they appear to be restrung. That is,
- >the thickest string is always on top.
- >
- >Is anyone else (lefty or righty) using this technique?
- >Any recommendations for Albert King recordings (on CD)?
- >
- >Thanks,
- >
- >Jeff Sullivan | Computervision Corp. | jsulliva@cvbnet.Prime.COM
- >CADDS R&D | Bedford, MA 01730 | sun!cvbnet!jsulliva
-
- albert played upside down. otis rush plays upside down. little jimmy
- king, a youngster who spent some time in albert's band and took his
- name, plays the same way. don't know if they tune their instruments
- the same way. there must be others (someone said koko montoya).
- almost forgot, i think magic sam played left handed. not sure about
- the strings...
-
- the albert cds are all missing from the office for some reason so
- recommendations later. _little jimmy king and the memphis soul
- survivors_ is on bullseye blues/rounder cd bb 9509.
-
- -jay
- jay@cs.unlv.edu
-