Cargo of Eagles (2008)
“Judicious selection, coupled with flattery and liberality in the matter of drink had produced an excellent team of dart players and she paid handsomely for visiting musicians. The youth who performed on the electric guitar was not only accomplished but personable and the pianist had the true and unmistakable honky-tonk touch, particularly when the majority of the instrument’s outer shell had been removed.
The mysterious working of Providence, which often decrees that the occasion produces the m...an, had also conjured a self-appointed master of ceremonies to complete the circle. Mr H. Hamilton Dashwood was small and dapper from his unnaturally black hair and his boot button eyes to his highly polished shoes. He had suddenly appeared two years before, when the ‘Social Evening’ was in embryo, taking charge of the proceedings at a moment when apathy was fighting with insularity for the upper hand and had turned impending disaster into triumph.
Dixie, who enjoyed decorative embroidery whether it was plastic or romantic, had decided that he was a widower working in a gentlemanly way as a commercial traveller, a lonely soul who lived for the golden moments when he could command the attention and the ephemeral affection of a crowd.MoreLess
The mysterious working of Providence, which often decrees that the occasion produces the m...an, had also conjured a self-appointed master of ceremonies to complete the circle. Mr H. Hamilton Dashwood was small and dapper from his unnaturally black hair and his boot button eyes to his highly polished shoes. He had suddenly appeared two years before, when the ‘Social Evening’ was in embryo, taking charge of the proceedings at a moment when apathy was fighting with insularity for the upper hand and had turned impending disaster into triumph.
Dixie, who enjoyed decorative embroidery whether it was plastic or romantic, had decided that he was a widower working in a gentlemanly way as a commercial traveller, a lonely soul who lived for the golden moments when he could command the attention and the ephemeral affection of a crowd.MoreLess
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Edgar G. 2 years ago
Electric guitar players at that period did NOT play with "honky-Tonk, piano players. When the front is removed the sound is louder not Honky-tonk. To get that effect one need to play in that style,. Another little bit of info (and I've done they all myself in the past) is to place pieces of paper between the hammers and the strings, which gives a "clackety-clack" effect, similar to an OLD piano with worn out keys playing a sort of "honky-tonk" It also provides a rhythmic effect, rather like a woodblock as played by, say -Johnny Dodds, who was King Oliver's drummer when he made those historic recordings of King Oliver and His Creole Jazz Band , in 1923 ...23 records in all at that first session. The recording system was so primitive that drums would make the needle jump from the wax. so they used ONLY the wood block and cowbell. It was a double woodblock, elongated with a larger and smaller block joined in the centre, each emitting a different sound.Terrific...some of my most valued 78 records. They can still be heard on Youtube. Oliver was a great composer also.
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