EDDIE ONE STRING JONES
EDDIE STRING JONES, va ser un dels artistes ue va fer servir la denominada també DIDDLEY BOW, instrument d´una sola corda que feien servir els músics més humils , básicament com podreu compendre per manca de mitjans, van ser diversos els cantants que s´acompanyaben amb aquest curios instrument, del qual os passem informació , es comenta que el gran BO DIDDLEY va agafar el nom precisament d´aquest instrument, recordem que també ell tocaba amb les seves propies guitarres originals i de difícil catalogació
From the album "One-string blues" edited by Samuel B. Charters (Gazell Documents GDCD 6001). I don't own the rights on this music.
Industrial desginer Frederick Usher had a mind for, and an interest in, all sorts of art and music. In 1960, he encountered Eddie "One-String" Jones, a street musician who built his "one-string" from stuff found in the trash. He recorded Jones. The music was captivating, as was his story, his way of talking, and his surprisingly upbeat personality, considering that he lived on skid row.
Artist Biography by Cub Koda in allmusic
In most blues reference books, the name Eddie Jones refers to the given handle of the New Orleans guitarist better known as "Guitar Slim." But this time, we take pause to relate what little information exists on another Eddie Jones, this one a street musician situated in Los Angeles' Skid Row.
Eddie "One String" Jones was, by no stretch of the imagination, a professional musician. Nor, like his more famous namesake, was he even a guitar player. Had it not been for his chance discovery by folklorist and ethnic musicologist Frederick A. Usher in February of 1960, it's a pretty safe bet that no recorded document of him would probably exist.
Usher was in Los Angeles' Skid Row section on business with an associate when he was accosted by two panhandlers. One of those two men (Jones) was holding a rough cut 2'x4' plank, a homemade one-stringed instrument of the crudest construction. After a bit of cajoling from Usher, Jones reached into his pocket and fished out the other two working tools he used to make music with the board, a half-pint whiskey bottle to slide with and a carefully whittled stick to bang the single string with in place of a guitar pick. The sound was raw, jangly, and chaotic, as far removed from normal slide or bottleneck techniques as Usher (or anyone else) had ever heard. This was evidently a direct tie to the African instrument known as the "diddleybow," but Jones' technique with the stick gave the music an otherworldly edge, multiple tones to be derived from a single note, and a total departure from what most folklorists had previously known about the instrument. Sensing that Jones was a modern-day link to an African art form long since dissipated, Usher was bowled over and ran back home as fast as he could to grab his portable tape recorder. After hooking up to a nearby store's electricity in a deserted back alley, Usher made the first recordings of Eddie "One String" Jones. But Jones's lifestyle as a homeless person made all attempts by Usher to mainstream him into folk music circles a virtual impossibility. "One String" was most secretive about his technique, the origin of the instrument, even his given name, which -- it turns out -- could have been Eddie Jones or Jessie Marshall. After scheduling two more informal recording sessions (one of which he appears to be a no-show) and a chance to play for a group of Usher's friends in Hollywood, Jones slipped back into obscurity and has eluded all modern-day blues detective work to even try and append his bio with a date of his death. If there's a romantic, mystery figure in blues history, Eddie "One String" Jones would certainly be at the top of the list.
Arc Diddley
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DiddleyBow ( dispenseu la traducció copiada directament de Google translate)
L'arc diddley és una sola corda d'Amèrica instrument que va influir en el desenvolupament dels blues de so. Es compon d'una única cadena de filferro d'embalar tensada entre dues claus en un tauler sobre una ampolla de vidre, que s'utilitza tant com un pont i com un mitjà per ampliar el so de l'instrument.
Es considera tradicionalment un motor d'arrencada o l'instrument dels nens al sud profund, especialment en el African American comunitat i poques vegades se sentia fora del sud rural, però pot haver estat influenciat en certa mesura per l'Àfrica Occidental instruments. Altres sobrenoms per a aquest instrument inclou "jitterbug" o "una cadena", mentre que un etnomusicòleg seria formalment cridar-ho un "monocorde cítara".
L'arc diddley deriva d'instruments utilitzats en l'Àfrica occidental. Allà, sovint eren interpretats pels nens, un colpejant la corda amb els escuradents i l'altra canviant el terreny de joc en moure una diapositiva amunt i avall. A continuació, l'instrument va ser desenvolupat com una joguina dels nens pels esclaus en els Estats Units. Van ser primer documentat al sud rural pels investigadors en la dècada de 1930.
L'arc diddley típicament casolana, que consisteix en general d'una taula de fusta i una cadena d'un sol cable estès entre dos cargols, i per punteig variant el terreny de joc amb un tobogan de metall o de vidre sostingut a l'altra mà. Una ampolla de vidre s'utilitza generalment com el pont, que ajuda a amplificar el so. Tradicionalment L'arc diddley es va considerar un instrument "nivell d'entrada", normalment interpretat per nens adolescents, els que es graduen a un "normal" de la guitarra si mostren promesa a la proa Diddley. No obstant això en l'actualitat, l'arc diddley també es juga pels jugadors professionals com a solista, així com un instrument d'acompanyament.
L'arc diddley és significatiu per el blues de la música en què molts guitarristes de blues té el seu inici a jugar com els nens, així com el fet que, com la guitarra slide, que es juga amb un tobogan. No obstant això, a causa que es va considerar instrument per a nens, molt pocs músics van continuar jugant l'arc diddley una vegada que van arribar a l'edat adulta. L'arc diddley està, per tant, no està ben representat en els enregistraments.
Un intèrpret notable de l'instrument va ser el Mississippi músic de blues Lonnie Pitchford, que utilitza per demostrar l'instrument pel qual s'estén un cable entre dos claus clavats a la fusta d'un feix vertical que formen part del porxo de casa seva. Làpida de Pitchford, col·locat en la seva tomba en 2000 pel Mt. Sion Memorial Fund, en realitat està dissenyat amb un arc diddley jugable al costat acord al demanat per la família de Pitchford.
Altres jugadors tradicionals notables inclouen Lewis Dotson, Glen Faulkner, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Compton Jones, Eddie "Una cadena" Jones, Napoleó Strickland, Moisès Williams, James "Super Chiken" Johnson i "Una cadena Sam" Wilson. Willie Joe Duncan també va ser notable per la seva feina amb un gran arc diddley electrificada que va trucar un Unitar. Alguns membres de la banda de Motown "The Funk Brothers" es diu que han après a tocar la guitarra a la proa Diddley. Gran bluesman Buddy Guy va aprendre a tocar música en una de dues cordes casolana arc diddley abans d'aconseguir la seva primera guitarra (una acústica Harmonia).
Artistes recents que utilitzen instruments similars inclouen la ciutat de Nova York basat en el pianista de jazz Cooper-Moore, bluesman nord-americà Steve marejat, Samm Bennett, Danny Kroha, una cadena Willie, i el músic cec velcro Lewis. Jack White fa una al principi de la pel·lícula Es Might Get Loud, a continuació, després de jugar-lo, fa broma: "Qui diu que vostè necessita per comprar una guitarra?". Steve marejat va gravar una cançó homenatge al seu arc diddley en la seva cançó "Diddley Bo" del seu àlbum de 2009, l'home d'un altre temps.
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The diddley bow is a single-stringed American instrument which influenced the development of the blues sound. It consists of a single string of baling wire tensioned between two nails on a board over a glass bottle, which is used both as a bridge and as a means to magnify the instrument's sound.
It was traditionally considered a starter or children's instrument in the Deep South, especially in the African American community and is rarely heard outside the rural South, but it may have been influenced to some degree by West African instruments.Other nicknames for this instrument include "jitterbug" or "one-string", while an ethnomusicologist would formally call it a "monochord zither".
The diddley bow derives from instruments used in West Africa. There, they were often played by children, one beating the string with sticks and the other changing the pitch by moving a slide up and down. The instrument was then developed as a children's toy by slaves in the United States. They were first documented in the rural South by researchers in the 1930s.
The diddley bow is typically homemade, consisting usually of a wooden board and a single wire string stretched between two screws, and played by plucking while varying the pitch with a metal or glass slide held in the other hand. A glass bottle is usually used as the bridge, which helps amplify the sound. The diddley bow was traditionally considered an "entry-level" instrument, normally played by adolescent boys, who then graduate to a "normal" guitar if they show promise on the diddley bow. However currently, the diddley bow is also played by professional players as a solo as well as an accompaniment instrument.
The diddley bow is significant to blues music in that many blues guitarists got their start playing it as children, as well as the fact that, like the slide guitar, it is played with a slide. However, because it was considered a children's instrument, very few musicians continued to play the diddley bow once they reached adulthood. The diddley bow is therefore not well represented in recordings.
Notable users
One notable performer of the instrument was the Mississippi blues musician Lonnie Pitchford, who used to demonstrate the instrument by stretching a wire between two nails hammered into the wood of a vertical beam making up part of the front porch of his home. Pitchford's headstone, placed on his grave in 2000 by the Mt. Zion Memorial Fund, is actually designed with a playable diddley bow on the side as requested by Pitchford's family.
Other notable traditional players include Lewis Dotson, Glen Faulkner, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Compton Jones, Eddie "One String" Jones, Napoleon Strickland, Moses Williams, James "Super Chikan" Johnson and "One String Sam" Wilson. Willie Joe Duncan was also notable for his work with a very large electrified diddley bow he called a Unitar. Some members of the Motown band "The Funk Brothers" are said to have learned to play the guitar on the diddley bow. Great bluesman Buddy Guy learned to play music on a two-string homemade diddley bow before getting his first guitar (a Harmony acoustic).
Recent performers who use similar instruments include New York City-based jazz pianist Cooper-Moore, American bluesman Seasick Steve, Samm Bennett, Danny Kroha, One String Willie, and blind musician Velcro Lewis. Jack White makes one at the beginning of the movie It Might Get Loud, then after playing it quips "Who says you need to buy a guitar?". Seasick Steve recorded a tribute song to his diddley bow on his song "Diddley Bo" from his 2009 album, Man From Another Time.
Arc Diddley
De Viquipèdia lliure
DiddleyBow ( dispenseu la traducció copiada directament de Google translate)
L'arc diddley és una sola corda d'Amèrica instrument que va influir en el desenvolupament dels blues de so. Es compon d'una única cadena de filferro d'embalar tensada entre dues claus en un tauler sobre una ampolla de vidre, que s'utilitza tant com un pont i com un mitjà per ampliar el so de l'instrument.
Es considera tradicionalment un motor d'arrencada o l'instrument dels nens al sud profund, especialment en el African American comunitat i poques vegades se sentia fora del sud rural, però pot haver estat influenciat en certa mesura per l'Àfrica Occidental instruments. Altres sobrenoms per a aquest instrument inclou "jitterbug" o "una cadena", mentre que un etnomusicòleg seria formalment cridar-ho un "monocorde cítara".
L'arc diddley deriva d'instruments utilitzats en l'Àfrica occidental. Allà, sovint eren interpretats pels nens, un colpejant la corda amb els escuradents i l'altra canviant el terreny de joc en moure una diapositiva amunt i avall. A continuació, l'instrument va ser desenvolupat com una joguina dels nens pels esclaus en els Estats Units. Van ser primer documentat al sud rural pels investigadors en la dècada de 1930.
L'arc diddley típicament casolana, que consisteix en general d'una taula de fusta i una cadena d'un sol cable estès entre dos cargols, i per punteig variant el terreny de joc amb un tobogan de metall o de vidre sostingut a l'altra mà. Una ampolla de vidre s'utilitza generalment com el pont, que ajuda a amplificar el so. Tradicionalment L'arc diddley es va considerar un instrument "nivell d'entrada", normalment interpretat per nens adolescents, els que es graduen a un "normal" de la guitarra si mostren promesa a la proa Diddley. No obstant això en l'actualitat, l'arc diddley també es juga pels jugadors professionals com a solista, així com un instrument d'acompanyament.
L'arc diddley és significatiu per el blues de la música en què molts guitarristes de blues té el seu inici a jugar com els nens, així com el fet que, com la guitarra slide, que es juga amb un tobogan. No obstant això, a causa que es va considerar instrument per a nens, molt pocs músics van continuar jugant l'arc diddley una vegada que van arribar a l'edat adulta. L'arc diddley està, per tant, no està ben representat en els enregistraments.
Un intèrpret notable de l'instrument va ser el Mississippi músic de blues Lonnie Pitchford, que utilitza per demostrar l'instrument pel qual s'estén un cable entre dos claus clavats a la fusta d'un feix vertical que formen part del porxo de casa seva. Làpida de Pitchford, col·locat en la seva tomba en 2000 pel Mt. Sion Memorial Fund, en realitat està dissenyat amb un arc diddley jugable al costat acord al demanat per la família de Pitchford.
Altres jugadors tradicionals notables inclouen Lewis Dotson, Glen Faulkner, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Compton Jones, Eddie "Una cadena" Jones, Napoleó Strickland, Moisès Williams, James "Super Chiken" Johnson i "Una cadena Sam" Wilson. Willie Joe Duncan també va ser notable per la seva feina amb un gran arc diddley electrificada que va trucar un Unitar. Alguns membres de la banda de Motown "The Funk Brothers" es diu que han après a tocar la guitarra a la proa Diddley. Gran bluesman Buddy Guy va aprendre a tocar música en una de dues cordes casolana arc diddley abans d'aconseguir la seva primera guitarra (una acústica Harmonia).
Artistes recents que utilitzen instruments similars inclouen la ciutat de Nova York basat en el pianista de jazz Cooper-Moore, bluesman nord-americà Steve marejat, Samm Bennett, Danny Kroha, una cadena Willie, i el músic cec velcro Lewis. Jack White fa una al principi de la pel·lícula Es Might Get Loud, a continuació, després de jugar-lo, fa broma: "Qui diu que vostè necessita per comprar una guitarra?". Steve marejat va gravar una cançó homenatge al seu arc diddley en la seva cançó "Diddley Bo" del seu àlbum de 2009, l'home d'un altre temps.
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The diddley bow is a single-stringed American instrument which influenced the development of the blues sound. It consists of a single string of baling wire tensioned between two nails on a board over a glass bottle, which is used both as a bridge and as a means to magnify the instrument's sound.
It was traditionally considered a starter or children's instrument in the Deep South, especially in the African American community and is rarely heard outside the rural South, but it may have been influenced to some degree by West African instruments.Other nicknames for this instrument include "jitterbug" or "one-string", while an ethnomusicologist would formally call it a "monochord zither".
The diddley bow derives from instruments used in West Africa. There, they were often played by children, one beating the string with sticks and the other changing the pitch by moving a slide up and down. The instrument was then developed as a children's toy by slaves in the United States. They were first documented in the rural South by researchers in the 1930s.
The diddley bow is typically homemade, consisting usually of a wooden board and a single wire string stretched between two screws, and played by plucking while varying the pitch with a metal or glass slide held in the other hand. A glass bottle is usually used as the bridge, which helps amplify the sound. The diddley bow was traditionally considered an "entry-level" instrument, normally played by adolescent boys, who then graduate to a "normal" guitar if they show promise on the diddley bow. However currently, the diddley bow is also played by professional players as a solo as well as an accompaniment instrument.
The diddley bow is significant to blues music in that many blues guitarists got their start playing it as children, as well as the fact that, like the slide guitar, it is played with a slide. However, because it was considered a children's instrument, very few musicians continued to play the diddley bow once they reached adulthood. The diddley bow is therefore not well represented in recordings.
Notable users
One notable performer of the instrument was the Mississippi blues musician Lonnie Pitchford, who used to demonstrate the instrument by stretching a wire between two nails hammered into the wood of a vertical beam making up part of the front porch of his home. Pitchford's headstone, placed on his grave in 2000 by the Mt. Zion Memorial Fund, is actually designed with a playable diddley bow on the side as requested by Pitchford's family.
Other notable traditional players include Lewis Dotson, Glen Faulkner, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Compton Jones, Eddie "One String" Jones, Napoleon Strickland, Moses Williams, James "Super Chikan" Johnson and "One String Sam" Wilson. Willie Joe Duncan was also notable for his work with a very large electrified diddley bow he called a Unitar. Some members of the Motown band "The Funk Brothers" are said to have learned to play the guitar on the diddley bow. Great bluesman Buddy Guy learned to play music on a two-string homemade diddley bow before getting his first guitar (a Harmony acoustic).
Recent performers who use similar instruments include New York City-based jazz pianist Cooper-Moore, American bluesman Seasick Steve, Samm Bennett, Danny Kroha, One String Willie, and blind musician Velcro Lewis. Jack White makes one at the beginning of the movie It Might Get Loud, then after playing it quips "Who says you need to buy a guitar?". Seasick Steve recorded a tribute song to his diddley bow on his song "Diddley Bo" from his 2009 album, Man From Another Time.
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