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Double D

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Post The Wilko effect
on: May 20, 2013, 12:09
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My recent obsession with the stylings of the great Wilko Johnson has had an interesting and wholly unexpected effect: while the smacking thumb-frailing fingers thing has come easily to me, the better I get at it, the harder it seems to be to relax into my usual fairly traditional finger-style approach. It's been requiring a fair bit of concentration on the gig to rejig my brain to the 'right' way to fingerpick. I'm not worried about this: it's just a natural part of ingraining new ideas into our day to day playing, and soon enough I'll be switching back and forth as effortlessly as I switch from pick to fingers.
Anyone ever tamed a technique only to find it compromised or usurped a pre-existing technique?

joe
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Post Re: The Wilko effect
on: May 31, 2013, 21:42
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Oh man — I feel like I live there! I wish I were better at frailing-style guitar. I took a few lessons with Martin Simpson years ago, and he is just so amazing at that. But as I posted somewhere around here, I can barely play a downstroke thumb note while simultaneously frailing with the backs of my fingernails. I'm working on it, but it's really coming slowly.

So I feel your pain. And I really, really hope it's possible to fuse those two systems. If not, the more "classical" right hand will always dominate, and I'll have wasted a lot of time. 🙁
jeremy

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Post Re: The Wilko effect
on: June 2, 2013, 13:25
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thanks for mentioning Wilko again; I caught the tail end of a BBC radio show featuring him just last week and have been meaning to catch up to it on their iplayer service. if you're able to access it where you are, here's the link:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01sm7hv/Mastertapes_Series_2_Wilko_Johnson_(the_Aside)/
mwseniff

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Post Re: The Wilko effect
on: June 12, 2013, 14:35
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Don't know if you've seen this but:

WILKO JOHNSON – IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

I am very sad to announce that Wilko has recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer of the pancreas. He has chosen not to receive any chemotherapy.

He is currently in good spirits, is not yet suffering any physical effects and can expect to enjoy at least another few months of reasonable health and activity.

He has just set off on a trip to Japan; on his return we plan to complete a new CD, make a short tour of France, then give a series of farewell gigs in the UK. There is also a live DVD in the pipeline, filmed on the last UK tour.

Wilko wishes to offer his sincere thanks for all the support he has had over his long career, from those who have worked with him to, above all, those devoted fans and admirers who have attended his live gigs, bought his recordings and generally made his life such an extraordinarily full and eventful experience.

Thank you.

Robert Hoy
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I always loved his playing. Saw him live with Dr Feelgood a few times and Ian Dury. Great player, I loved how he had this almost frantic, falling down the stairs feel to his very precise touch. He was very impressive live to say the least.

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