Here is another LP by one of my favorites, Bashful Brother Oswald. I believe this is a quite rare reord, I didn`t even know this existed till I found it on ebay one day. There`s some great music here. Most of these tunes are not songs Oswald routinely performed.
The Tennessee Records label was a label that dobro picker Tut Taylor had in the 1970`s. I have no idea how many records Tut released on this label.
One interesting thing on this album is the first song is sort of an advertisement. Oswald mentions he`s going to pick banjo the way the Tennessee mountain banjo style. Tut Taylor also owned and ran Tennessee musical instrument building company and had a model of open back 5 string banjo that was supposedly the "Oswald" model. I have got to actually play one (likely wasn`t many made) and it was a good `un. There was also a Grandpa Jones model planned. I don`t know if either model was ever put into production. There was also an "Oswald" model dobro, but I`m sure there was very few if any built.
We have the usual crew here for an Oswald record---fellow Smoky Mountain Boy Charlie Collins, Norman Blake, Tut Taylor and someone named Dave Daughtery, which I know nothing about.
I`m sure th instruments in the LP cover picture are "Oswald" models, too bad they can`t be seen well. On another Oswald LP called That`s Country I`m 100% sure the banjo in the picture on the album cover is an "Oswald" model. The one that I played had identical inlays on the finger board. Now I`ll have to post that record so you can see the banjo.
Happy listening!!
Click here to download Bashful Brother Oswald - Banjo & Dobro
I have always enjoyed Hawaiian and Oswald's Hilo March is great as is the rest of the album.
ReplyDeleteI am very luck to get to play with some great dobro and lap steel players and the music is so relaxing it brings a great peace to the end of a day.
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Floyd
What a wonderful record. I'm new to your blog. Thanks for taking the time to share your record collection.
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Hi Floyd--Hilo March is about my favorite Hawaiian type tune Oswald (or anyone else, never heard a bad version of it) played. I also play it, it was one of the first songs I really figured out how to play right with all the bar slants in it.
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ReplyDeleteIt`s just a hobby. I don`t want all this stuff that`s staring to become "obscure" to be totally forgotten. Also, I have plenty of stuff to blog for several years to come at 2 or 3 posts a week.
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