Dixon! Crawford! Cool blues slappers

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December 18, 2009 at 10:14 pm #743

Costa
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These are old, I’ve posted them elsewhere, but they’re good articles.

http://www.bassplayer.com/article/willie-dixon-hes/nov-05/15456

http://www.bassplayer.com/article/livin-large-big/jan-05/540

I’ll make my own Knowling one eventually (yeah, yeah, I know I’ve said that before… :unsure: )

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December 19, 2009 at 12:14 am #744

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Here’s a picture of Ransom Knowling I found…with Lester Melrose!

http://www.africanafrican.com/negroartist/BIG%20BILL%20BROONZY/index.html

(Picture #32)

That’s him too in my avatar.

I think he’s so under appreciated, he’s a slap bass monster! :angry:

January 4, 2010 at 9:46 pm #753

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[b]The Biz wrote:[/b]
[quote]Here’s a picture of Ransom Knowling I found…with Lester Melrose!

http://www.africanafrican.com/negroartist/BIG%20BILL%20BROONZY/index.html

(Picture #32)

That’s him too in my avatar.

I think he’s so under appreciated, he’s a slap bass monster! :angry:[/quote]

I agree that he is under appreciated, just listen to his recordings with Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, as early as 1942…”my mama don’t allow me”…a classic. And later on still with Crudup on “that’s all right” and “I want my lovin” !!! I really dig these tunes.

March 23, 2010 at 8:06 pm #796

kools
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Good call on this one, Biz. I’d love to see you post of of your Knowling transcriptions. My first transcriptions of 2010 were Crawford doing “Mean Red Spider” with Muddy & Dixon playing on Robert Nighthawk’s “Jackson Town Girl”.

March 25, 2010 at 7:05 pm #803

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Today’s blues slapper tip…check out Willie Dixon with John Brim’s Chess recordings, especially “You Got Me”. Perfect Chicago-style shuffle.
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