I have my dad's Shastock trombone mutes probably from the 40s. He was in the south Pacific in WWII stationed on a flat top (AKA tin can). He was a bandmaster and was often asked to get a band together for the USO shows. I also have his 1937 E. K.Blessing artist model trombone. I had a Harmon aluminum straight/ cup combo mute that I donated to an aspiring high school musician.
Great video Josh. I was lucky a few years ago and bought these two mutes from Ebay for a very decent price. I love them. I just have to be careful with the plunger mute not to hit the bell with it because it will make a little noise being metal. Please keep putting videos on.
Thanks, Harry! Great that you found a set - such a great combo. Yeah, gotta watch out with the metal on metal ... I bet dipping the edge in some blue rubber (Plasti Dip) would fix that without negatively impacting the playing. Appreciate you stopping by and commenting!
I still think George Rock really put Clyde's version out in the back yard when he covered it in drag while hand-muting a stemmed Harmon with Spike Jones. Of course it was ALMOST a parody, but his humorous effects were uncanny and and I've never heard another trumpet player, EVER, who could duplicate that.
Terrific! I love that Sugar Blues recording, but never heard of this mute set before. About Clyde McCoy Wah pedal: some rock researchers think that this pedal was actually designed for the wind players, but it wasn't popular. However Jimi Herdrix made it very popular among guitar players of the time. I've heard this in some rock documentary, hopefully I'll remember which one to provide the proof link. Anyways invention of this pedal lines up pretty well with appearance of cheap transistor-based devices on US market and the guitarists' searching for new sounds in about "67
Thanks! Yeah, I found that to be very cool how they named the pedal after Clyde. My research was that they thought it would market well, but they changed it to a wah cry pedal afterwards, with his signature on the bottom, as people felt like it resembled a cry like sound too. At any rate, a cool trumpeter/mute/rock and roll connection, and only goes to show the influence and popularity Clyde McCoy had with his big hit.
Really injoyed that Josh, I played Sugar Blues quite frequently in the 30/40's band I use to be in. Just used the plunger mute. Many years back,my dad took me to hear Clyde McCoy,he was playing in Akron. And I was able to meet him after the show. The Guitar Wha Wha pedal has his name on it. The Original.
Thanks, Dave! Nice - it's a fun tune! Oh wow, where in Akron did you hear him play? Yeah, that is very cool that they named the pedal after him, shows how popular he was for that sound!
Very nice. I did find the low register particularly impressive. Even if it isn't as easy as usual straight mutes, it still sounded 100% better than the vast majority of pixie mutes I've tried where I can't reliably play below a bottom line E. Yet another vintage mute to add to my wish list.
Thank you! Yeah, most pixie mutes aren't very good in the lower register, however if you file the corks on most of them (usually they need to be filed a LOT) they should play a bit better.
Joe "King" Oliver, jazz pioneer and Louis Armstrong's mentor, was by contemporary accounts "the greatest freak cornet player of all time" - meaning he could make all sorts of sounds with his horn. Sugar Blues was published in 1919. Here is Oliver's 1931 recording of it. He comes in at 1:19 ua-cam.com/video/6RMWr2wLzGQ/v-deo.html McCoy was one of many who copped his tricks. Isham Jones trumpet man Louis Panico took lessons from Oliver and published some of his tricks in a book about 1925. Here's McCoy's 1931 hokum: ua-cam.com/video/hMYD-6MOqw0/v-deo.html
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I have my dad's Shastock trombone mutes probably from the 40s. He was in the south Pacific in WWII stationed on a flat top (AKA tin can). He was a bandmaster and was often asked to get a band together for the USO shows. I also have his 1937 E. K.Blessing artist model trombone.
I had a Harmon aluminum straight/ cup combo mute that I donated to an aspiring high school musician.
Wow, that's very cool - thanks for sharing! Do you also play?
Very cool sound. Great video josh
Thanks!! Appreciate you stopping by!
Great video Josh. I was lucky a few years ago and bought these two mutes from Ebay for a very decent price. I love them. I just have to be careful with the plunger mute not to hit the bell with it because it will make a little noise being metal. Please keep putting videos on.
Thanks, Harry! Great that you found a set - such a great combo. Yeah, gotta watch out with the metal on metal ... I bet dipping the edge in some blue rubber (Plasti Dip) would fix that without negatively impacting the playing. Appreciate you stopping by and commenting!
I still think George Rock really put Clyde's version out in the back yard when he covered it in drag while hand-muting a stemmed Harmon with Spike Jones. Of course it was ALMOST a parody, but his humorous effects were uncanny and and I've never heard another trumpet player, EVER, who could duplicate that.
Whoa, I'll have to check that out, not familiar with that version.
Terrific! I love that Sugar Blues recording, but never heard of this mute set before. About Clyde McCoy Wah pedal: some rock researchers think that this pedal was actually designed for the wind players, but it wasn't popular. However Jimi Herdrix made it very popular among guitar players of the time. I've heard this in some rock documentary, hopefully I'll remember which one to provide the proof link. Anyways invention of this pedal lines up pretty well with appearance of cheap transistor-based devices on US market and the guitarists' searching for new sounds in about "67
Thanks! Yeah, I found that to be very cool how they named the pedal after Clyde. My research was that they thought it would market well, but they changed it to a wah cry pedal afterwards, with his signature on the bottom, as people felt like it resembled a cry like sound too. At any rate, a cool trumpeter/mute/rock and roll connection, and only goes to show the influence and popularity Clyde McCoy had with his big hit.
Really injoyed that Josh,
I played Sugar Blues quite frequently in the 30/40's band I use to be in. Just used the plunger mute.
Many years back,my dad took me to hear Clyde McCoy,he was playing in Akron. And I was able to meet him after the show.
The Guitar Wha Wha pedal has his name on it. The Original.
Thanks, Dave! Nice - it's a fun tune! Oh wow, where in Akron did you hear him play?
Yeah, that is very cool that they named the pedal after him, shows how popular he was for that sound!
Very nice. I did find the low register particularly impressive. Even if it isn't as easy as usual straight mutes, it still sounded 100% better than the vast majority of pixie mutes I've tried where I can't reliably play below a bottom line E.
Yet another vintage mute to add to my wish list.
Thank you! Yeah, most pixie mutes aren't very good in the lower register, however if you file the corks on most of them (usually they need to be filed a LOT) they should play a bit better.
Such a cool vintage sound! Crazy that you found a complete set that was 90 years old
Right? Thanks for stopping by!
Great video Josh! Nice to know another set of these exists! I've got a set for trombone but never had seen a set for trumpet until now
Wow, incredible!! I’d love to see those, mind sending a pic over Insta or email??
Joe "King" Oliver, jazz pioneer and Louis Armstrong's mentor, was by contemporary accounts "the greatest freak cornet player of all time" - meaning he could make all sorts of sounds with his horn. Sugar Blues was published in 1919. Here is Oliver's 1931 recording of it. He comes in at 1:19
ua-cam.com/video/6RMWr2wLzGQ/v-deo.html
McCoy was one of many who copped his tricks. Isham Jones trumpet man Louis Panico took lessons from Oliver and published some of his tricks in a book about 1925. Here's McCoy's 1931 hokum: ua-cam.com/video/hMYD-6MOqw0/v-deo.html
Oliver did it much better IMO, but you know I love Oliver and I even own that 78.
can you talk about protec mutes? their have a new carbon fiber straight mute
Yes! I just got the carbon fiber straight mute this past week, so expect a video on that one relatively soon.