Jody Kruskal Posted January 19, 2006 Posted January 19, 2006 The bad news is that cdBaby ran out of my solo Anglo cd. Sorry if you tried to get one for the past 2 weeks. The good news is that it's now back in stock at: http://cdbaby.com/cd/jodykruskal
Guest Posted January 19, 2006 Posted January 19, 2006 The bad news is that cdBaby ran out of my solo Anglo cd.Sorry if you tried to get one for the past 2 weeks. The good news is that it's now back in stock at: http://cdbaby.com/cd/jodykruskal Jody's CD is lots of fun. I highly recommend it. [cdBaby is a great site too.] This has been an unpaid announcement. I now return you to your regular scheduled program....
JimLucas Posted January 19, 2006 Posted January 19, 2006 I now return you to your regular scheduled program.... Microsoft Office™? Please, not that!
Dan Worrall Posted January 19, 2006 Posted January 19, 2006 Jody's CD is lots of fun. I highly recommend it. [cdBaby is a great site too.] I second that review; I must have received mine just before they ran out at cdBaby. Lots of bounce and drive! Jody, how about one now with traditional tunes, too?
Animaterra Posted January 19, 2006 Posted January 19, 2006 Jody, that's not bad news, that's good news for you!! I've just ordered mine- can't wait!
m3838 Posted January 19, 2006 Posted January 19, 2006 Excellent CD! I will definitely order next month (have to keep discipline up). I begin to meet more and more people, whose concertina playing is to my liking. Quite a difference with the situation 5 years ago. I confess, I made copies of free examples and made a compilation with Audacity. Jody says he's using G/D. Which means I will have to transpose it to C, right? To play along, that is. Another site with very good playing, in the style I'd like to learn is here: http://www.concertinatom.com/EdgleyAE.htm Very good tastefull application of harmony with short stacatto chords.
Jim Besser Posted January 19, 2006 Posted January 19, 2006 I second that review; I must have received mine just before they ran out at cdBaby. Lots of bounce and drive! Jody, how about one now with traditional tunes, too? I third it, so to speak. Love the CD, have made it my project for 2006 to slavishly copy all the tunes. On track 2 now...but heck, it's still January. Played "Little Fat Morning Man" at a jam last week and people loved it, even if noone had a clue what the title meant.
Jody Kruskal Posted January 21, 2006 Author Posted January 21, 2006 Jody, how about one now with traditional tunes, too? OK Dan, which tunes would you request? Jody
Dan Worrall Posted January 21, 2006 Posted January 21, 2006 Jody, how about one now with traditional tunes, too? OK Dan, which tunes would you request? Jody Jody, How nice of you to ask! I'd go for old time southern fiddle tunes; no disrespect to Irish, New England and English tunes, all of which I dearly love, but those are reasonably well-plowed furrows for the anglo. For trying out old time American/southern fiddle tunes on the anglo, I know of only you and Bertram Levy (now gone over to the tango side) who have experimented much with this sort of material...and what I have heard sounds great. Here are some of my favorites...do you do any of these? Flop-eared Mule Sally Gooden Avalon Quickstep Cluck Old Hen Forked Deer Ida Red Tom and Jerry Hell amongst the Yearlings Sally Johnson Bull at the Wagon Magnolia Waltz And some ‘raggy’ tunes, a la East Texas Serenaders etc. Beaumont Rag Ragtime Annie Acorn Stomp Cheers, Dan
Jim Besser Posted January 21, 2006 Posted January 21, 2006 How nice of you to ask! I'd go for old time southern fiddle tunes; no disrespect to Irish, New England and English tunes, all of which I dearly love, but those are All good tunes, to which I would add: Puncheon Floor Magpie Maggots on a Sheep's Hide Nail that Catfish to the Tree (pseudo-oldtime) Soldier's Joy Cold Frosty Morning Fly Away my Pretty Little Miss All tunes I play, but which no doubt would benefit greatly from the Jody treatment. Recently I set about relearning a few, tryng to figure out how Jody would do it. "Cold Frosty" proved easy and very entertaining; "Puncheon" has proven more resistent; very easy to get the boom-chuck chords going, but have yet to figure out good bass runs with this one. O Jody, show us faithful disciples of harmonic playing the way.
Jody Kruskal Posted January 22, 2006 Author Posted January 22, 2006 Dan and Jim, What a fine bunch of tunes. About half are on my list for an old time concertina recording, as well as these Anglo friendly tunes: Spotted Pony Little Billy Wilson Breaking Up Christmas Cowboy’s Dream Newcastle/Texas Winder Side I don’t know these too well: Ida Red Tom and Jerry Maggots on a Sheep's Hide Got links to recorded examples or dots? Hopefully, in about a month I’ll get my basement studio in shape and then get going. I’m thinking that this old time rep. will sound better with small group ensembles rather than the naked treatment with just me. It’s a whole lot more work to record with my buddies, but so much more fun to play and listen to.
Dan Worrall Posted January 23, 2006 Posted January 23, 2006 I don’t know these too well: Ida Red Tom and Jerry Jody, Jim, I'll email you some mp3s of old 78s of these. They are both Texas tunes, as far as I know, and may not have migrated up your way. Really great to see the interest in old time music for anglo concertina, and I'll eagerly await free-reed versions of any of these tunes! If your feet get itchy, don't forget that we have a concertina squeeze-in set right in the middle of an old time music festival, down here in east Texas at the end of March (see note elsewhere on Forum). Dan
Jim Besser Posted January 23, 2006 Posted January 23, 2006 Spotted PonyLittle Billy Wilson Breaking Up Christmas Cowboy’s Dream Newcastle/Texas Winder Side Know the first two, not the others. Spotted Pony is fun. I don’t know these too well: Ida Red Tom and Jerry Maggots on a Sheep's Hide Can't find dots for Maggots. It's an old favorite of the Glen Echo open band in these regions. I can send an MP3 of the band playing it. Some others good oldtimey tunes that work on concertina: Jaybird Westfork gals Juliann Johnson Richmond Cotillion Yellow Rose of Texas Cincinnati rag Eight Days of GEorgia Sandy Boys Shenendoah Falls Crockett's Honeymoon Big john mcneil Dominion Reel (maybe that's New England, not OT) Elzic's farwell Liza Jane Opera Reel Colored aristocracy The list is endless. Mind you, these aren't all tunes I play well, but there ones I've played at various jams and dances.
Stephen Mills Posted January 23, 2006 Posted January 23, 2006 Jody, You could pick a piece and develop it on-line, so to speak, providing mp3's of yourself at various stages of development with annotated comments. Those of us who envy the rhythmic drive you use would find it invaluable. For the proposed album, don't forget Midnight on the Water, since you told Morgana it was one of your favorites.
Animaterra Posted January 26, 2006 Posted January 26, 2006 I just want to say how much I'm enjoying this cd! Great variety of moods, fun selections (great titles!) outstanding playing. It's been in my car for 3 days and I'm going to have to pry it out of there so I can listen at home this weekend without the hum of the snow tires as accompaniment. Thanks, Jody, for this great addition to my concertina listening library!
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