South Memphis String Band

[Paul Merlo]

Oops - I deleted the previously linked Tallacatcha clip by accident. Here's it's new link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYz5anyEUGM

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[Ronny Stecher]

Pictures (& videos) say a thousand words, Here’s a couple clips & pic’s from the 4/1/10 show @ LePoisson Rouge, NYC. Great show .....

[Ronny Stecher]

Sticking with the 1,000 words theme, Here’s one last paragraph, The 1st two clips are mando heavy and the last is some cigar box laden blues…








There’s a few more one Youtube if you’d like to see their take on some other things.

[JCLondonUK]

Only just caught up with this brilliant thread. Thanks for the clips Fretsman - those guys are excellent!

[bluesmandolinman]

Hey Ronny thanks for the great pictures and videos... looks like your woman did not make no trouble for taping

I really love the second last picture where both Jimbo and Alvin are looking to Luther with strange faces like " what the hell is he playing there" ( cigarbox instrument ) ... hahaha

Thanks again for sharing !

[Paul Merlo]

Hey Fretsman, those pics and vids are great. Thanks for posting them.

Also, anybody who is interested in their live sound and is bitTorrent savvy might want to pick up the Proud Larry's show from 3/18 over on etree right now. Here's the link:

http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=534070

enjoy!

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[Ronny Stecher]

Last night's show at the Ark in Ann Arbor certainly did not disappoint... They added a bass player (Justin Sho???) :

The bass player was Justin Showah, That was a nice addition! He and Winn McElroy were credited for additional recording and mixing on the disc.

http://allmemphismusic.blogspot.com/...his-music.html
http://www.thackermountain.com/pictures/show.php?id=60


"Post Script"........

[Ronny Stecher]

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[Ronny Stecher]

I failed to embed...

Luther on mando w/The Black Crowes on He Was A Friend Of Mine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmNdeeOkHQE

No mando, but great version of a classic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4liiBqKUME

[journeybear]

Here you go. Paste just the string of 11 characters after the v= in the code, before the next & or other.

[Ronny Stecher]

Thank You Sir

[journeybear]

Y'all ain't in the South so you ain't got to call me "Sir." "Thanks, bubba!" works. But you're welcome! Here to help.

[bluesmandolinman]

I really dig Luther´s mando playing !

[Ronny Stecher]

These Gents just put out a new disc on May 8th called Old Times There, I just got it and I've spun it a couple times, No detailed review just yet, but it's nice. It's seems a little more polished and not as raw as the 1st disc from 2 years ago. Some fun injected tunes and some old timey dated lyrics to go along with that old string band sound. They dabbled into old time black/white race issues with a song or two in a style reminiscent of portions of Charlie Daniels Long Haired Country Boy but rather than "Poor girl wants to marry & a rich girl wants to flirt/Rich man goes to college poor man goes to work", portions of it reflects black/white food fares from an earlier time.

My initial take was eh, why?, but It's grown on me, Luther sings some comical lines on (You're Gonna Look) Just Like A Monkey (When You Get Old). Luther actually had 3 discs from 3 different projects all released on May 8th. The Gents all rotate vocals and instruments again and now have a studio version of Some Of These Days which is a tune they regularly played live.
The (my) jury is still out, but it's pretty nice and I still love the musical stringed diversity of what they're laying down. If it falls from the freshness and quality of the 1st offering, it doesn't fall far.



Here's a blurb....



http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8727217

[bluesmandolinman]

thanks Ronny for sharing that information.
I will get me a copy.
René

[Ronny Stecher]

thanks Ronny for sharing that information.
I will get me a copy.
René

Hello There, I hope all's well, Make sure you check out Luther Dickinson's Hambone's Meditation too, I'm 1/2 way thru it and it's a nice mix of mando & acoustic's
I haven't gotten LD's other project that is called The Wandering, It's LD with a few ladies playing everything from banjo to stand up bass. They came thru touring, but I was working. I haven't grabbed that disc yet, but it looks promising. Stay well!

[Paul Merlo]

I'm rather excited about this new album. I haven't heard it all yet, but have read plenty about it. I hope they tour again too, because that was a real treat to see that level of talent on a project like this, not to mention in such an intimate room like Ann Arbor's Ark.

[bluesmandolinman]

Thanks for the advice Ronny

Luther Dickinson is a cool mandolin player so I just ordered Hambone's Meditation

[Ronny Stecher]

I still haven't gone thru the whole disc Rene', but I know there's credits to Jimbo Mathus on there, so Luther might be mostly on acoustic.
I work 5 min's from home and travelin' is when I do my listening and I'm on a Dickey Betts kick as I'm going to see him up in Tarrytown in a couple weeks. I just saw him in NYC and he's doing some nice things onstage. I talked to his management about how I like to video (non professional just youtube and the musical night capture) and they gave me their blessing to tape. I just got a few Dickey CD's to fill some gaps in my collection and with no Luther dates in the near future Dickey took center stage in my player.
Luther allows the same non pro video taping and you can check out his beautiful Mississippi swamp blues offerings from himself, brother Cody, & Chris Chew's NMA, Here's a video of the NMA, but scan my Youtube channel you can see both whole recent shows from Luther & Dickey's Great Southern, Music is an enjoyable aspect in life! It among other things keeps my heart pumping.

Luther doesn't play mando on this night, but he does play a cigar box and a 2 stringed coffee can later in the show, Is there a Cigar Box Cafe'?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zcgm2Q04WM

My son graduates High School in 3 weeks so I'll upgrading my video camera to capture that monumentous event (daughter next year), so my musical grabs will be of better quality in the future, The ol' baby got me thru middle school & HS of both kids sporting and family events, but she's out of date and a lil blurry to the left. The video's do share the room though.

[Ronny Stecher]

Just to honest & upfront, I've gone thru Luther's Hambone's Meditations and it's 95% acoustic instrumentals, No vocals, Not much mando at all and I do believe Jimbo Mathus is on mando.

I dig it, but if you're looking for mando heavy material this ain't it. It's got a very diverse mix of nice acoustic tunes that are unique. It varies in styles, some grooves and some almost lullaby lite, a Very relaxing listen. He can bring out what's best in the acoustic world.

If you like what Jimmy Page, Nick Drake, Leo Kottke, and others have laid down and brought out with just wires & wood, You'd like this. Highlights for me were Death On The Wings Of Crepe & Arkabutla.

[Ronny Stecher]

Here's a video of Luther with the Ladies in The Wandering from Relix Mag's site.

http://www.relix.com/video/live-at-r...ng-glory-glory

(I failed to embed)

[bluesmandolinman]

I want to be in that band =)