JOHN HENRY FORTESCUE A.k.a GUITAR SHORTY

 

Estamos delante del " otro " GUITAR SHORTY, aunque creemos que él fue el primero por pura lógica cronológica. Como podréis comprobar los estilos son radicalmente distintos. 

Guitar Shorty was American acoustic blues guitarist John Henry Fortescue (born on 24 January 1923; died 26 May 1976).

He recorded for Trix in 1972 and 1973. Besides his Trix recordings, Shorty recorded at least two sides for Savoy in 1952, as "Hootin' Owl".

In the original liner notes to Trix LP 3306, William Bentley claims that Shorty always tuned his guitar to EAEGBE, and always played with a slide on his little finger, though he didn't always use it in a given song.

With his wife Lane 

His recordings can be accompanied by humming, whistling (he was a great whistler), scat singing, falsetto passages, a vocal imitation of a harmonica solo, and spoken asides in which he often does several different voices playing different parts.