BARNES,GEORGE
COUNTRY JAZZ (RED VINYL) - LP
UPC: 090771800916
Label: MODERN HARMONIC (SUNDAZED)
Format: LP
Release Date: March 17, 2017
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A lifetime of lessons in six-string-guitar-swing!
Jazz-meets-country in an impossibly hot session, ca. 1959! A platter of lightning-fast picking and impeccable taste from the legendary George Barnes!
The description on the back of the original album reads: "A wonderful collection of Western favorites that everyone will love--and played in the traditional Western style." The front cover features a more accurate explanation: "Great guitar solos in modern country jazz style -- as if "modern country jazz" was an established category" though, if anyonecould establish a new species of music, it was George. Country Jazz was not designed to explore a new iteration of country music, rockabilly--but when George added his own twist of jazz, the resulting influence was unmistakable. His arrangements of traditional folk and country songs represent the enjoyment he got out of crossing musical genres. After all, he could, and did, play anything--which made him invaluable in the studios of Chicago and New York City, but also meant he defied categorization, inadvertently denying himself a prestigious place in any one class of musician.
Country Jazz was fun for George; little did he know it would become one of his most influential recordings. It's been said that one Barnes fan, the terrific guitarist Danny Gatton, learned it note-for-note--and that it inspired Jimmy Bryant to record his Country Cabin Jazz in 1960. Young guitarists who hadn't yet been born when George died in 1977 are as enthralled by Country Jazz as rock guitarists are of anything from Jimi Hendrix or Eric Clapton, who referenced George in his autobiography.
Pressed on red, pristine RTI vinyl!
Includes:
Jolly Joe Clark (Old Joe Clark) • Turkey Cobbler (Turkey In The Straw) • Banjo Hop • Old Kentucky Ramble (My Old Kentucky Home) • Rockabilly Boogie • In The Gloaming • Hot Guitar Rag • Strollin’ Slow • Rockin’ The Weasel (Pop Goes The Weasel) • Chicken In The Rough (Chicken Reel) • Bass Guitar Blues • Dan’s Plumb Tuckered (Old Dan Tucker) • Arky Travels Again (The Arkansas Traveler) • Bluetail Buzz (Bluetail Fly) • Shortnin’ Bread • Old Joe’s Boogie (Old Black Joe)
