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Do We Have Any Rock And Roll Concertinas Out There?


Delbert Blackketter

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Check out 'Those Darn Accordions' here:

 

http://www.thosedarnaccordions.com

 

They have a link to 'Whole Lotta Love' and 'Magic Carpet Ride' playing piano accordions plus drums etc. under their music link

 

http://www.thosedarnaccordions.com/music.htm

 

Jack Woehr, who first turned me on to this, may be one candidate to play this stuff - which he would do on Hayden Duet, knowing Jack.

 

What about the rest of us? Any wild concertina music?

 

Just asking

 

Del B)

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I went to hear TDA at Fitzgerald's in Chicago a few years ago. While entertaining, and noisy, what struck me was that several of them were wearing enourmous, heavy, 120-bass PAs. Now and then they would play little riffs on the treble keyboard. I didn't spot any prolonged melody playing, and no use of all those basses. Maybe it was just the set I happened to see, but it struck me as more use of the image of the PA than actual use of the PA. Clearly they are young and have strong backs. We may have folks _here_ who do more rock than that on piano accordion. (n.b. I haven't examined the links you gave yet.)

 

They did sell great bumper stickers, however: "Pro-Accordion, and I vote!" (a reference to American domestic politics, for you outlanders). I have one on my Cajun BA case.

 

Ken

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I'm not entirely sure exactly WHAT these guys -- MOTION TRIO -- are doing with Their accordions, but it sounds like they're not wasting any buttons or keyboard! I've yet to get some of their music on CD....intend to someday. It's great (kinda 'techno'). There's some good sound files of them at cdroots.com, too.

 

As for Those Darn Accordions -- I don't think I'd heard them before tonight, via the links. Interesting! Kinda more of a country-rock, maybe. (But, then, if you're using words like 'darn,' I guess that goes without saying, hehe.)

 

As for me...I don't really like much Rock music, mostly because it's seldom in low doses, but seems to assault and bombard me. Don't like much Blues, for the same reason, but yet I'm kind of a blue soul sometimes, so my 'WILD CONCERTINA MUSIC' lately includes 'T'ain't Nobody's Business If I Do.' I wrote my own version of the lyrics (borrowed some of the original, too!).

 

I think you've got to be careful, though -- concertinas aren't meant for thrashing around, like those insane guitar players do. I think concertinas are more refined!

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There's always 16 Horsepower...Chemnitzer, but definitely concertina, and more hardcore rock than Those Darn Accordions.

 

Chemnitzer specialist Ted Kloba was the one who first pointed them out here. I believe that the band has broken up, but lives on in YouTube.

 

 

Daniel

 

Check out 'Those Darn Accordions' here:

 

http://www.thosedarnaccordions.com

 

They have a link to 'Whole Lotta Love' and 'Magic Carpet Ride' playing piano accordions plus drums etc. under their music link

 

http://www.thosedarnaccordions.com/music.htm

 

Jack Woehr, who first turned me on to this, may be one candidate to play this stuff - which he would do on Hayden Duet, knowing Jack.

 

What about the rest of us? Any wild concertina music?

 

Just asking

 

Del B)

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I agree with Bellowbelle.

Concertinas are not as powerful as accordion, and don't supply the needed wall of sound, esp. in the low register, so characteristic for common Rock today. Accordions are common sight in Rock scene of Russia, if you want, I can supply the list of most famous, where bayan is the prominent feature. Zydeco, obviously, is another local example. Not exactly your standard rock'n'roll, but kind of similar. But if we talk about the real musicians, to whom lables don't apply: Beatles, Queen and the like, we will notice the use of many kind of instruments and symphonic quality of the music. Too bad little Farukh didn't know what concertina is.

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Michael's right in pointing to zydeco as the closest thing to rock n' roll (rock I consider a seperate subspecies of rock n' roll), but I have to put in a plug for a local(Portland) outfit called 3-Leg Torso.

It ain't raelly rock, but for sheer gut-bucket emotional, push-it-to-the-limit music, these guys have got it covered.

Well worth the listen.

Robert

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Isn't the obvious one our regular member Stuart Estelle? See recorded links page for Smiths covers etc.
Absolutely! I recall Stuart playing Lou Reed's 'Walk on the Wild Side' at the Swaledale Squeeze last spring.

 

BTW - How's it goin' down in NZ Dirge? - are you driving about in your three-wheeler yet? :)

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BTW - How's it goin' down in NZ Dirge? - are you driving about in your three-wheeler yet? smile.gif

It's great; no regrets at all apart from the obvious long way from friends family and functions one; my three wheeler's still at sea but I had to buy another one, a 1934 Morgan; too rare/good/cheap to pass by. It just goes to show that there's no limit to the eccentricities of the true Maccan player... The squeezeboxes seem happy, they're still talking to me nicely.

 

There was something rather good about being the only couple on a Jumbo allowed TWO items of hand baggage each! Someone told me that an airline had lost all the violins of a touring orchestra after insisting they went in the hold and the size of the expected claim was what had caused the special dispensation for instrumentalists. What a good thing terrorists aren't musical, eh?

 

Finally, just to be vaguely relevent; I've tried to play rock and roll on the 'box so far without convincing success. Jerry Lee Lewis is the way forward I think, probably using the big beast with the lower bass notes.

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.... my three wheeler's still at sea but I had to buy another one, a 1934 Morgan; too rare/good/cheap to pass by.

:o :o :o :o :o :o :o

 

Being an ex-Mog owner myself, I can see why you bought it - they're almost as much a rarity as an original Jeffries Duet! :rolleyes:

 

Please send me some pics of it when you get a mo - I'll PM you my email address.

 

BTW - I'm going to Kilve again next month - Mike Hibbert is attending...another chance too good to miss :D

 

All the best,

Paul

 

In response to this post... I've not tried rock & roll, but have had a go at Big Band music! :blink:

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.... my three wheeler's still at sea but I had to buy another one, a 1934 Morgan; too rare/good/cheap to pass by.

:o :o :o :o :o :o :o

 

Being an ex-Mog owner myself, I can see why you bought it - they're almost as much a rarity as an original Jeffries Duet! :rolleyes:

 

Please send me some pics of it when you get a mo - I'll PM you my email address.

 

BTW - I'm going to Kilve again next month - Mike Hibbert is attending...another chance too good to miss :D

 

All the best,

Paul

 

In response to this post... I've not tried rock & roll, but have had a go at Big Band music! :blink:

I'll be at Kilve too - shame Dirge won't be there but I guess we'll just have to drink his share as well.

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The Oyster Band, also called Oysterband, often use a concertina in their music, which is described as Folk-Rock.

 

I understand that in their concerts, they'll do a few number purely accoustically, with cello, fiddle,

concertina, melodeon, accoustic guitar... but when they do that, they are being more folk than rock.

 

The Ukrainians are Rocked-up ethnic folk music, and they often use a concertina.

 

But you are thinking about something like Those Darn Accordions, but with concertinas. Those Darn Accordions have a bass player, so I don't see why the same can't be done with concertinas, just add bass and drums and you are rockin'.

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The Ukrainians are Rocked-up ethnic folk music, and they often use a concertina.

 

What Ukrainians are you talking about? Can you send me a link, if there is any?

I know of a NY based group that uses deliberately bad English, but they use bayan. Concertinas are an unknown beast in Russia, heard about, but unseen. The clown thing. :D

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Hmmm..

Inspired by this, I just worked out "Cocaine Blues", the Johnny Cash version, not the Clapton/Cale one. The Clapton song is a completely different tune.

Anyway, it came out pretty well. Give it a try, it's a simple one- row tune that rocks as well as could be wanted.

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