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Post by AlanB on Jun 17, 2014 11:06:55 GMT -5
Attached is Jim O'Neal writing about the life, times and recordings of Sylvester Weaver based on what was contained in Weaver's scrapbook and other sources. Attachments:WeaverLB.pdf (111.99 KB)
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Post by Bluesman on Jun 17, 2014 13:48:09 GMT -5
Attached is Jim O'Neal writing about the life, times and recordings of Sylvester Weaver based on what was contained in Weaver's scrapbook and other sources. Wow...thanks. Is Weaver the first recorded slide guitar
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Post by dadfad on Jun 18, 2014 14:13:06 GMT -5
Attached is Jim O'Neal writing about the life, times and recordings of Sylvester Weaver based on what was contained in Weaver's scrapbook and other sources. Wow...thanks. Is Weaver the first recorded slide guitar A guitarist named Frank Ferera was probably the first. He recorded slide guitar tunes on old Edison cylinder records back around the turn of the century and then later on 78rpms (and 110rpms, which were very soon obsolete, much like the VHS/Betamax wars!). He was mostly a Hawaiian style player. I think Roy Smeck also might have recorded slide-guitar earlier. (He was actually on a very early 1920's short-film playing slide.) His genres were Hawaiian and Novelty. Weaver was among the earliest blues-slide artists though. Maybe the first to be recorded. (I'd really have to dig deep into my record collection to see if I have any earlier blues-slide.)
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Post by musicman on Jun 19, 2014 18:56:31 GMT -5
Great info.
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