Re: Red Allen and Frank Wakefield
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doublestop
Borrowed this CD from a friend and am trying to play along. The opening song, Lil Maggie is being played in C#. Okay, what I really think happened is they transferred it from tape to CD and the keys do not match. It's probably in D, right? Anyway, this is my first chance to listen to "The Great Frank". What does everyone else think of Frank? He is a little Monroesque, but still has his own style.
I ran into the same problem trying to learn 'Hey Mr. Mando' by ear off The Kitchen Tapes. Happily, I had some success piecing runs together, but the key didn't make sense, seemed over-complicated -- something wasn't right. Luckily I'd taken lessons with Frank all through college and just called him up to ask!
Frank told me that when he and Red got together to jam they just tuned to each other and for The Kitchen Tapes session they happened to tune a little flat. Apparently bluegrass monsters don't fuss over precise tuning.
Re: Red Allen and Frank Wakefield
17-year gap between posts; is this a Cafe record?
Re: Red Allen and Frank Wakefield
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allenhopkins
17-year gap between posts; is this a Cafe record?
Seems like it was just yesterday ... :disbelief:
Re: Red Allen and Frank Wakefield
There is fantastic YouTube video of a young Wake Frankfield playing and singing (always loved Frank's voice too) Little Birdie with the equally young Greenbriar Boys w/ Jimmy Buchannan on fiddle.
And Frank's break does indeed "split the Bluegrass Atom" as Dawg used to say. Now if only I'd learn to post a link one of these days...
Re: Red Allen and Frank Wakefield
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Glassweb
There is fantastic YouTube video of a young Wake Frankfield playing and singing (always loved Frank's voice too) Little Birdie with the equally young Greenbriar Boys w/ Jimmy Buchannan on fiddle.
And Frank's break does indeed "split the Bluegrass Atom" as Dawg used to say. Now if only I'd learn to post a link one of these days...
Yes, absolutely beautiful music there. Did you notice the missing binding on FW´s mandolin...
Also, putting the capo on the gazilionth fret in order to play in D out of a G fingering position (guitar and banjo) is mind boggling to me (and should be forbidden by the bluegrass police....).
I still have a very soft spot in my heart for the Greenbriar Boys and like the guitar playing and singing of John Herald (died in 2005, suicide suspected), the banjo playing by Bob Yellin (who went to Israel later, but moved back to the US if I´m not mistaken) and also Ralph Rinzler (instrumental in the careers of Bill Monroe and Doc Watson). Listen to f.ex. "The Blues My Naughty Sweety Gave To Me". Jimmy Buchanan is great on the Grisman release "Acousticity" and on some of Jim & Jesse McReynold releases.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30OuDHGtAiM
Re: Red Allen and Frank Wakefield
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allenhopkins
17-year gap between posts; is this a Cafe record?
Seeing the old posts revived always makes me smile. There's so much history on the Cafe, both in terms of the topics discussed and the people posting whose name we don't see anymore.
Re: Red Allen and Frank Wakefield
I'm glad this thread resurrected. I bought the Kitchen Tapes record because of it, and have "discovered" Frank at a good point in my journey. It's currently on solo rotation :)
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It was definitely a good thread resurrection. The Red Allen & Frank Wakefield CD, & even more so, the Kitchen Tapes are desert island recordings for me.