Comments on: Pureness Of Sound http://ofmirroreye.net/blog/2006/09/pureness-of-sound/ yet another audio blog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:02:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: the of mirror eye » Group Sound http://ofmirroreye.net/blog/2006/09/pureness-of-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-255277 the of mirror eye » Group Sound Fri, 27 Oct 2006 22:26:29 +0000 http://ofmirroreye.net/blog/2006/09/pureness-of-sound/#comment-255277 [...] Back in September, I posted a couple of songs by old tyme superstar, Roscoe Holcomb (look here). And since that time, I picked up this incredible compilation, Mountain Music Of Kentucky. I mostly bought it because I noticed that there were a bunch of Roscoe Holcomb tracks on the compilation and I suspected that anything that included the peers of Roscoe Holcomb would result in some damn fine listening. And, as I suspected, the whole compilation is really stunning. These 1959 recordings present the vigorous music of Kentucky mountain people. They sang and played banjo with a terrific energy that is almost unheard of now. They learned their music in a setting totally different from our contemporary life, in an era before people got their experiences from TV or their music from Nashville, when people plowed with mules, canned beans and tomatoes from their gardens, and reclined on front porches with slatted wooden swings attached to rafters by metal chains. Their musical memories provide us with a glimpse of a pattern which had endured for centuries. (from the liner notes) [...] [...] Back in September, I posted a couple of songs by old tyme superstar, Roscoe Holcomb (look here). And since that time, I picked up this incredible compilation, Mountain Music Of Kentucky. I mostly bought it because I noticed that there were a bunch of Roscoe Holcomb tracks on the compilation and I suspected that anything that included the peers of Roscoe Holcomb would result in some damn fine listening. And, as I suspected, the whole compilation is really stunning. These 1959 recordings present the vigorous music of Kentucky mountain people. They sang and played banjo with a terrific energy that is almost unheard of now. They learned their music in a setting totally different from our contemporary life, in an era before people got their experiences from TV or their music from Nashville, when people plowed with mules, canned beans and tomatoes from their gardens, and reclined on front porches with slatted wooden swings attached to rafters by metal chains. Their musical memories provide us with a glimpse of a pattern which had endured for centuries. (from the liner notes) [...]

]]> By: cb http://ofmirroreye.net/blog/2006/09/pureness-of-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-240721 cb Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:41:46 +0000 http://ofmirroreye.net/blog/2006/09/pureness-of-sound/#comment-240721 Oh yeah, this guy's the real deal. he's an absolute treasure and it's lucky that some people had the idea to go down and search for musicians like him. An absolute treasure. if you're into this guy, Dock Boggs is another one to listen to. also, we'll get some more Hank soon. Definitely. Talk about another treasure, he was one-of-a-kind. -cb Oh yeah, this guy’s the real deal. he’s an absolute treasure and it’s lucky that some people had the idea to go down and search for musicians like him. An absolute treasure. if you’re into this guy, Dock Boggs is another one to listen to.

also, we’ll get some more Hank soon. Definitely. Talk about another treasure, he was one-of-a-kind.

-cb

]]> By: Goddamn http://ofmirroreye.net/blog/2006/09/pureness-of-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-240272 Goddamn Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:54:36 +0000 http://ofmirroreye.net/blog/2006/09/pureness-of-sound/#comment-240272 Goddamn, there's a purity in this which is absent from most motherfucking music of today. Goddamn. Goddamn, there’s a purity in this which is absent from most motherfucking music of today.
Goddamn.

]]> By: Cowboy Pete http://ofmirroreye.net/blog/2006/09/pureness-of-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-226812 Cowboy Pete Thu, 21 Sep 2006 01:08:15 +0000 http://ofmirroreye.net/blog/2006/09/pureness-of-sound/#comment-226812 Roscoe Holcomb was SO cool there's no proper adjective to describe him. He's right up there with Dock Boggs. By the way, are we gonna be hearin' any more of Hank tellin' us about Mother's Best? Thanx for exposing such great music that we don't get to hear anywhere else. Roscoe Holcomb was SO cool there’s no proper adjective to describe him. He’s right up there with Dock Boggs. By the way, are we gonna be hearin’ any more of Hank tellin’ us about Mother’s Best?
Thanx for exposing such great music that we don’t get to hear anywhere else.

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