Off topic, thumb picken'

[guit30]

Why here? The Marshall Tucker Band were half acoustic and electric in their recordings, but mostly electric live. This is Toy cookin' -watch the thumb

 

 

 

 

J

[daklander]

Here's another nice piece of work. Starts about 2:27 or so.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eywiRLhRKtY

[guit30]

Thanks dak,
This one won't play for me, keeps hesitating
Jim
:poke:

[Sisyphus2]

That takes me back!

[Terry Allan Hall]

Both of the Caldwell boys (Toy on lead and pedal steel, Tommy on bass) were strictly "thumbers"...

Loved their sound...Good ol' boy picking and harmony and jazzy flute...too cool!

L:love:ve this one, too...pity it was filmed after Toy and Tommy passed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZEpq53EeD8

One of their jazzier tunes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcK2t6-vwKk

[F-holes]

Wes Montgomery was the king of that style.
'Round Midnight:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pAtNJdnaEGY

West Coast Blues:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jDjfByCfkuc

The Girl Next Door:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cNretE3q2tI

[jd-drafter]

now does that style of pickin' only really work well in a lead arrangement?

 

if the bass and other back ground tone was not there would the thumb only tone be lacking? not being critical- just curious-

 

it seems that with other finger style playing you get the lead and rhythm all at once - ala' kottke-fahey- etc...

[F-holes]

now does that style of pickin' only really work well in a lead arrangement? if the bass and other back ground tone was not there would the thumb only tone be lacking? not being critical- just curious- it seems that with other finger style playing you get the lead and rhythm all at once - ala' kottke-fahey- etc...

It doesn't provide all of the cool counterpoint or polyphonic things that you get with Travis Picking and similar fingerstyle playing. But when done properly the thumb only style offers nice chord-melody potential.