Kevin Bowe on the making of Songs For Slim

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Published on Thursday, February 14 2013 21:36

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Luther Dickinson: Hambone's Meditations

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Published on Sunday, January 13 2013 23:57

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Hambone's Meditations

Luther Dickinson

Released: May 5th, 2012

Songs Of The South Records

Editor's Note About John Fahey (1939-2001):

One of the first things readers should understand about this record is that Luther Dickinson stated it was inspired by John Fahey and The Takoma tradition. I read some fan reviews of the record commenting that Luther wasn't playing 'proper blues' and I think this record should be taken in context of its broader vision. John Fahey, who first presented himself to the music world in part as Blind Joe Death (1959) has had an impact on blues, folk and acoustic traditions for decades of music history. He used non-traditional methods of playing, picking, during the mid-1960s, which included "odd guitar tunings and sudden style shifts, rooted firmly in the old time and blues stylings of the 1920s." The writings that describe Fahey name that he started a new genre of guitar music, known later as "American Primitivism," which combined traditional fingerpicking steel string guitar techniques, and applied them to neo-classical compositions. His record label called him "impossible to classify." "His eclectic music included traditional-sounding folk pieces, Indian ragas, blues, and unpredictable modern works, not fitting securely into any specific category but somehow always sounding personal."  (Sources: AllMusic.Com, Takoma Records/Concord Music Group).

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