I hadn't heard Tiny Grimes in many years and had actually forgotten his name! So I Googled "4 string guitar players 1940s" and his name popped up! What a wonderful musician!
Indeed you're hearing *a* room... Just not that one! His shoulder strap... That'd really hurt after a while as them gibson electric tenors are not light!
@@LordoftheBadgers He's using a saxophone strap modified to work on his guitar. There is a strap screwed to the upper f-hole that can be seen in some period photos
GOT A L L OF HIS LPS. Bout 20, 30 incl tge sessions. The king of tenor gt, very much 4gotten despite significance. The french lbl Black and Blue recorded released lots of lps by him. 2 bad success never came though started w Tatum ...
I hate to spoil the moment, but something about this video gives me off vibes... It's something in his smile and the audience's throughout the beginning of the video
I think it's just a cultural thing, back then show business was all about putting on a smile and being happy, it just looks a bit fake to our sensibility, not sure when more dark themes would have creeped into mainstream media, prob the seventies, with Vietnam happening, but then you had the Doors which for all intents were a pop group in the mid sixties. Maybe Dylan but then he wasn't really pop, certainly mainstream but the whole folk thing had a different aesthetic. Interesting stuff to think abou!
I love that Jazz Tenor Guitar.
As close as we'll ever come to knowing how the jazz greats of the 30s and 40s looked and sounded in person. 🙂
Its so interesting how the buildings were all wiggly in the Jazz age.
In VERY loving memory of Mr. Lloyd "Tiny" Grimes (1911 - 1989 R.I.P. Gone but NOT forgotten).
I hadn't heard Tiny Grimes in many years and had actually forgotten his name! So I Googled "4 string guitar players 1940s" and his name popped up! What a wonderful musician!
First time I've seen this. So glad for these things that survived. Priceless.
If you could time travel anywhere you'd be hard pressed to find anywhere better than here.
Exactly. My first stop would be 52nd Street on any Friday or Saturday night during the summer of 1947.
Unsurpassed. Listen to Tiny since 69!!!
Great!
So great!
Cheers dr Scull 😉
Surprisingly good sonics for the era! One can really feel the room! Great listen!
Note Tiny has no cord or amp!
Indeed you're hearing *a* room... Just not that one!
His shoulder strap... That'd really hurt after a while as them gibson electric tenors are not light!
@@LordoftheBadgers He's using a saxophone strap modified to work on his guitar. There is a strap screwed to the upper f-hole that can be seen in some period photos
@@tedscheips4843 They mimed to a pre-recorded track. I knew Tiny and miss him. Wonderful man besides musician.
the danceer is also great
I love her
Paul Bascomb sounds fantastic here
Thanks for the name check! Couldn’t place him! I’m a new fan! 🎉
Looks like Big jay Mcneeley on Tenor. And what's with the 4 string guitar?
Hey Steve, you really give a listen to their song "Rockin and Sockin," circa 1950... the beginnings of rock n roll It is soooo good!
Tenor guitar, tuned the same as the tenor banjo: CGDA, low to high.
@@iragitlin7549 Tiny Grimes tuned it like a guitar DGBE.
Ah--"Chicago tuning". Now that you mention it, some of those chord shapes do look kind of familiar.
GOT A L L OF HIS LPS. Bout 20, 30 incl tge sessions. The king of tenor gt, very much 4gotten despite significance. The french lbl Black and Blue recorded released lots of lps by him. 2 bad success never came though started w Tatum ...
JIMMY SHIRLEY, AL CASEY = the closest compatriots. Floyd Smith ...the 1st to electrify the ax ...
I hate to spoil the moment, but something about this video gives me off vibes... It's something in his smile and the audience's throughout the beginning of the video
I think it's just a cultural thing, back then show business was all about putting on a smile and being happy, it just looks a bit fake to our sensibility, not sure when more dark themes would have creeped into mainstream media, prob the seventies, with Vietnam happening, but then you had the Doors which for all intents were a pop group in the mid sixties. Maybe Dylan but then he wasn't really pop, certainly mainstream but the whole folk thing had a different aesthetic. Interesting stuff to think abou!
I guess you prefer modern rappers who scowl and grab their crotches?
@@michelleneeds4165interesting observations.
Drummer's the only one that looks a bit sour.