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Conference napalm::guitar

Title:GUITARnotes - Where Every Note has Emotion
Notice:Discussion of the finer stringed instruments
Moderator:KDX200::COOPER
Created:Thu Aug 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3280
Total number of notes:61432

1701.0. "John Hammond in Maynard - this weekend" by TOOK::SUDAMA (Living is easy with eyes closed...) Fri Mar 02 1990 15:55

    I thought there was a note on John Hammond in here somewhere, but I
    couldn't find one, so I'll create a new one to announce:
    
    	John Hammond is appearing this Sunday (March 4) at the Sit'n'Bull
    in Maynard. I'm not going to go into who John Hammond is, except to say
    he is one of the living legends of country blues guitar, but since
    this hasn't been well publicized and I just happened to run across an
    announcement of it, I thought I'd share it. These are the details:
    
    	- He seems to be performing solo
    
    	- He starts at 7:00. Some other guy is playing from 6:00 to 7:00
    	to warm up the audience.
    
    	- The cover charge is $6
    
    That's about all I know. I'd suggest that you call ahead and verify
    this before running down there Sunday, because I don't want to be held
    responsible if this turns out to be false. I'm going to probably be there,
    if any other GUITAR noters are going it would be nice to know so we
    could meet each other.
    
    	- Ram
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1701.1With J.J. CaleSALEM::DWATKINSScratch one PLUS motor...Fri Mar 02 1990 16:126
    Isn't John Hammond the guy that is playing with J.J. Cale at the
    Channel on the 24th?  I think that is what they said on the radio...
    
    
    
    Don
1701.2ARCHER::GOODWIN_SFri Mar 02 1990 16:377
    Among his many recording projects is the soundtrack for
    the movie 'Little Big Man'.
    
    One of his early albums 'Southern Fried' features Duane Allman
    on lead guitar.
    
    Steve
1701.3who's dat?TOOK::SUDAMALiving is easy with eyes closed...Fri Mar 02 1990 20:3016
    Well, I guess I *will* have to mention who John Hammond is (although it
    will be too late for most of you by the time you read this). He is
    actually John Hammond Jr., and his father was one of the "discoverers"
    of many of the black blues musicians. John Hammond (the father) was a
    record producer who travelled around in the South during the 30's, 40's
    and 50's and recorded many unknown greats of jazz and blues.
    
    John Hammond Jr. (the son) plays primarily acoustic blues guitar and
    sings blues. He is very true to the Delta Blues traditions. He has
    performed and recorded with a list of famous artists including Dylan,
    Duane Allman, Clapton, and others too numerous (and diverse) to
    mention.
    
    If you like raw, down-home acoustic blues he is one of the masters.
    
    - Ram
1701.4interesting trivia about HammondTOMCAT::GOODWIN_SSat Mar 03 1990 18:1833
John Hammond's professional career began in 1963 in NYC where he was backed
by a band called 'The Hawks'.  They were eventually lured away by Bob Dylan,
and changed their name to 'The Band'.  After that,  Hammond continued with
other backing bands,  one of which included very briefly,  a guitar player
named Jimi Hendrix! Hammond can be heard singing and wailing acoustic blues
on the soundtrack of the Dustin Hofman film  'Little Big Man'.  In 1973, he
recorded an album as a member of an unsuccesful supergroup called Triumvirate
which also included Mike Bloomfield and Dr. John.

A partial discography follows:

	1963 - John Hammond (Vanguard)
	1964 - Big City Blues
	1965 - So Many Roads
	1965 - Country Blues
	1968 - Mirrors
	1968 - I Can Tell (Atlantic)
	1968 - Sooner or Later
	1970 - Southern Fried
	1971 - Source Point (Columbia)
	1972 - I'm Satisfied
	1973 - When I Need
	1973 - Triumvirate
	1973 - Spirituals To Swing (Vanguard)
	1975 - Can't Beat The Kid (Capricorn)
	1975 - My Spanish Album (Coytronics)
	1976 - John Hammond: Solo (Vanguard)
	1978 - Factwork
	1978 - Hot Tracks
	1980 - Mileage (Sonet)
	1982 - Frogs for Snakes (Rounder)
	
/steve
1701.5DNEAST::BOTTOM_DAVIDNice computers don't go downMon Mar 05 1990 12:216
John is a great guy and a great performer...I once opened for him at an outdoor
gig in Maine, John not only let us to an encore (when the promoter was 
reluctant) but joined us on vocals and led the crowd in a hearty round of
applause after...

dbii
1701.6a good time was had...TOOK::SUDAMALiving is easy with eyes closed...Mon Mar 05 1990 15:0817
    Review:
    
    He was excellent. There was a relatively small crowd, but John put out
    a lot of raw energy anyway. This is the first time I've seen him live,
    and the guitar playing was about what I expected - true to the delta
    blues tradition, powerful (he broke two strings in the first set), and
    the slow numbers were moving. His singing was comparable. His harp
    playing went far beyond my expectations. I've heard some very good
    blues harpists in my time, but I've never heard anyone play the kind of
    stuff he was doing and carrying on as he was on the guitar at the same
    time.
    
    Whether you like this style of stuff or not, it's nice to know that
    there are some successful performers around who care more about their
    music than about being big stars.
    
    - Ram