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The strange genius of Thumbs Carlile

Discussion in 'Music to Your Ears' started by hemingway, Jan 22, 2021.

  1. Jan 22, 2021 #1
    hemingway

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    Who says there's a right and a wrong way to do anything?

    This guy could play us all into a cocked hat.

     
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    Lies&Distortion

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    I saw him play in Atlanta in the 90's. Incredible, what a character. He would sit in with Col Bruce Hampton's band.
    His daughter was a great singer too. Janis Joplin power, but technically better to me.
     
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    David Barnett

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    I saw him in the late 1980s, sitting in with The Band. He was a very humble, quiet, and polite man, and his playing was classy as all hell.
     
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    elihu

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    Love his playing and his attire!

     
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    PCollen

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    Do you think Eddie VH ever knew of him....?
     
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    nojazzhere

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    Thanks for posting. I remember reading about Thumbs in Guitar Player back in the seventies, but never SAW him play.....then I guess he dropped off my radar. Truly amazing! ;)
     
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    johnny k

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    Is it me or the fretboard looks funny in some of those close ups ? ;)
     
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    Cam

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    Than you for posting that. Haven't thought of him for a while.
     
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    Lies&Distortion

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    What's the story, he didn't have a slide bar, so he just used his fingers? Something like that.
     
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    hemingway

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    Ha! Totally.
     
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    hemingway

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    Phew, I thought it was just me.
     
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    Lies&Distortion

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    He's fretting so hard that he's bending time & space. Or the old video tape is distorted.
     
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    might be several generations of video recording, with tape stretch distortion. Funny that it only seems noticeable in the close-up of the fretboard shot. Thought I was looking at a Salvador Dali version...
     
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    David Barnett

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    Didn't EVH learn it from Terry Kilgore?
     
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