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Thanks for the suggestion Mark. This DVD set is going to take ages to grok. I honestly have never seen a dissection of the Gary Davis style like this. And it does sound good when I (attempt to) play the runs.
best, Rick
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I saw Rev. Davis several times at university in Massachusetts. One performance was in a rather large auditorium and I was curious as to whether he could project to the last row without a mic, so I sat way back. I didn't have any problem hearing him and I remember him getting the attention of the audience with a yelp that made you jump off your seat. Very strong voice, as you might expect from a street singer.
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Sometime this summer, I am going to purchase Stefan Grossman's recording of one of his sermons. He must have been an amazing man. Rick
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For my birthday, I purchased the set
There was a sale at Stefan Grossman's website and so I splurged and got the rest of Ernie Hawkins videos. I am skimming through them and really have to complement Ernie on these lessons. Plus, each lesson is accompanied by a recording of RGD playing the song.
Ernie keeps hitting on the syncopation and the fact the Gary Davis was only playing with a thumb and a finger. Ernie also noted something that I had noticed - Gary Davis wears his thumbpick way down on or past the knuckle. This makes a big difference when you pop those strings; there's a lot more power in each stroke. It will take years to go through these (and the other lessons that I have accumulated), let alone master them. But it's a lot cheaper than some other hobbies I can think of. If you haven't guessed, I rate Ernie Hawkin's RGD lessons "five picks!". Rick
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