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Originally Posted by Commander Wallace
Here's one for you Vienna. This is Wes Montgomery who is the father of Octave playing in addition to being a great Jazz guitarist.
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Wes Montgomery has long been a favorite of mine. I did, however, dislike how the record companies and producers saddled him with unnecessary lush orchestration on his later, more pop, records; there is a recorded stripped down version, without the stings and other additions, of "A Day In The Life" that I heard decades ago that is nothing less than astonishing; I wish I could find it again...
There was an interview Wes Montgomery did where he was asked how he developed his octave style; his response: "I started doing it because no me told me it was wrong..."...
While looking for the "Night Train" TV footage, I came across a series of gems from a live TV show originating in Texas in the 60s, "The !!! Beat"; it is sort of a Blues/R&B version of "Shindig' or "Hullabaloo". YouTube has quite a few of the videos and the range of talent and stars is more than impressive. Here are two of the shows, one featuring the Texas legend (and one of the "Three Kings" along with B.B. and Albert) Freddie King and the other, Barbara Lynn, a little known, outside of the Blues/R&B world, legend in her own right; she plays guitar, left-handed, in the Texas Blues style; if you look up her other videos, it is well worth the effort...
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