Re: Tone

Glenn Weiser <glennw@xxxxxxxxxx> · Sun, 19 Jan 2003 19:41:51 -0800

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> Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 22:22:20 -0800
> From: "Donnie MorTone"
> Subject: Re: TONE
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> Best acoustic tone I ever heard:
>
> 1. Doctor Issah Ross
> 2. Hot Shot Love
> 3. Rice Miller (Sonny Boy II)
>
> Best amplified tone:
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> 1. George Smith
> 2. Walter Horton
> 3. Walter Jacobs
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> I could add literally hundreds more...
> but these would be my top 3 in each catogory...
>
> ~Donnie~
>

Donnie-

What cuts from these players would you single out?

Walter Horton recorded an acoustic "Careless Love" that is the single best specimen of acoustic tone I've ever heard.

Glenn Weiser
http://www.celticguitarmusic.com/harppage.htm