Joseph Spence - Bahaman Folk Guitar - vinyl LP
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Joseph Spence - Bahaman Folk Guitar - vinyl LP. Joseph Spence's 1st and best LP recorded in 1959 and released on FOLKWAYS FS3844
Joseph Spence (born August, 1910 in Andros, Bahamas - died March 18, 1984 in Nassau, Bahamas) was a Bahamian guitarist and singer. He is well known for his vocalizations and humming while performing on guitar. Several American musicians, including Taj Mahal, The Grateful Dead, Ry Cooder, Woody Mann and Olu Dara, in addition to the British guitarist John Renbourn, were influenced by and have recorded variations of his arrangements of gospel and Bahamian songs.
The earliest recordings of Joseph Spence were made on Spence's porch by folk musicologist Samuel Charters. These were released by Folkways Records.
Spence played a steel-string acoustic guitar, and nearly all of his recorded songs employ guitar accompaniment in a Drop D tuning, where the sixth string is tuned to a D below the normal E, so that the guitar sounds, from sixth to first D A D G B E. The power of his playing derives from moving bass lines and interior voices and a driving beat that he emphasizes with foot tapping. To this mix he adds blues coloration and calypso rhythms to achieve a unique and easily identifiable sound. He has been called the folk guitarist's Thelonious Monk.
The Richard Thompson fan club produced a benefit tribute album to Spence and the Pinder Family, Out on the Rolling Sea. It featured a variety of artists covering songs from Spence's repertoire. His recording of "That Glad Reunion Day" was used in the 2004 film Open Water and also appears on its soundtrack CD.
His unique vocal stylings on "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" may be the definitive version of that song, according to Tom Schnable of KCRW's "Weekend Becomes Eclectic" show, and John Kelly of RTÉ Radio 1's "Mystery Train" show.
Mike Heron of The Incredible String Band credited Spence as the inspiration for the "Lay down, dear sister" passage in A Very Cellular Song on 1968's The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter. Curiously, Spence credited Heron with the same song, claiming to have learned it from the ISB.
Joseph Spence: Bahaman Folk Guitar
- Coming In On A Wing And A Prayer
- There Will Be A Happy Meeting In Gloryland
- Brownskin Gal
- I'm Going To Live That Life
- Face To Face I Shall Know Him
- Jump In The Line
Condition
Cover is very good
original illustrated biography is included and is very good
Labels are very good
Vinyl is very good with light surface marks. There is an audible scratch during the 1st minute of track 1 but I can't see it on the disc.
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UK: £3.00 EU: £4.50 Worldwide: £8.00
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