| 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 |
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Does anyone know what tuning Ry Cooder uses for the Blind Willie McTell song "Dark was the Night", on side 2 of the "Paris, Texas" soundtrack ? It doesn't sound like open D or E, but my ears lie quite often. A very nice piece of slide guitar... Pete.
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| 2221.1 | I'll check it out ??!! | SNOC02::SHEARDJEFF | Thu Jun 06 1991 00:16 | 9 | |
Pete,
I suspect it was in Open G tuning from memory. I'll have a listen
tonight and see if I can figure it.
You're right about it being a nice slide piece.
See ya,
Jeff
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| 2221.2 | From RY Cooder's NO. 1 fan | CHEFS::IMMSA | adrift on the sea of heartbreak | Mon Jun 17 1991 08:49 | 12 |
Nitpickin - It's actually based on the original by Blind Willie Johnson.
Check out that original and you'll hear what makes Ry Cooder so
great (he also plays Blind Blake material (arguably) as well as Blake).
This then begs the question - if BW Johnson could not play BBlake tunes and
BBlake could not play BWJ tunes, does this make Cooder better than both of
them - combined :-)
andy
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