This a great song and great players. However, they sometimes violate an idea put forth in a Homespun video, Playing Well with Others, by Mike Dowling and Pat Donahue, that two guitars should not fight for “space”. In other words, when one person is singing or taking a solo, the other should simplify his accompaniment and moderate the volume of their playing. Not that they are likely to ask me for advice!
George Ryan, you make a good point. During Jim Kweskin's brief solo, from 2:40 to 3:00, Happy Traum's accompaniment is muted and simple (as Donahue and Dowling recommend), and it complements the solo very effectively. Elsewhere, while Happy is singing and soloing, Jim's comping is a little louder and busier; most of his fills fall into the gaps quite nicely, but once in a while one of them clashes a bit with something Happy is doing. In an impromptu performance without much rehearsal, it's probably very hard to gauge just how much to play, and when. Even with a few flaws, still a great performance from both of them.
Dear Happy,
A million thanks from the tens of thousands of guitarists you have taught. Rest in Peace
What a wonderful performance! Thank you so much for sharing.
Beautiful guys !!!! Salludos desde Puerto Rico, gretting from PR
Fantastic !!!! Just love it.
Really love this one!
Wow. Such fun they're having!
Great stuff, boys....
Excellent!!!
Bravo boys!!!! Fantastic!!!!
awesome
Well done guys. Doc would have been proud.
WHAT A GREAT DUO REAL PICK,N AND SINGING
Traum and Kweskin will be performing at the Minstrel Acoustic Concert Series in Morristown, NJ on November 14, 2014. See www.Minstrel.FolkProject.org.
Let those Peaches be ..
There's cool and there's cool this is Cool.
This a great song and great players. However, they sometimes violate an idea put forth in a Homespun video, Playing Well with Others, by Mike Dowling and Pat Donahue, that two guitars should not fight for “space”. In other words, when one person is singing or taking a solo, the other should simplify his accompaniment and moderate the volume of their playing. Not that they are likely to ask me for advice!
George Ryan, you make a good point. During Jim Kweskin's brief solo, from 2:40 to 3:00, Happy Traum's accompaniment is muted and simple (as Donahue and Dowling recommend), and it complements the solo very effectively. Elsewhere, while Happy is singing and soloing, Jim's comping is a little louder and busier; most of his fills fall into the gaps quite nicely, but once in a while one of them clashes a bit with something Happy is doing. In an impromptu performance without much rehearsal, it's probably very hard to gauge just how much to play, and when. Even with a few flaws, still a great performance from both of them.
this song has a long, rich history en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitting_on_Top_of_the_World