I am so happy that he has recovered. His contributions and thinking
travels light-years beyond any hunk of wood with strings. Yea, Jimmy!
-TD
Jimmy Wyble's solos on the Bob Wills stuff are simply wonderful. I
feel in general that the contributions of Jimmy, Eldon Shamblin, Jr.
Barnard and other Western Swing players have been overlooked by jazz
guitarists.
A while back I learned Jimmy Wyble's break in "Roly Poly", here's a
vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVxj3H1Cpmk
-Phil
Those youtube vids you pointed us to of him have been a treasure trove.
I will pass everyone's kind thoughts through to him. Thank you very
much.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10o8Y-DW_Pc&feature=related
Mark
Wow what a shame I love his playing
I spoke to Jimmy the other day and he tells me that he will be back
playing a little bit every day, so do not dispair - the master is
still among us and at work!
peace:
Sheryl
Thank you for that encouraging news!!
A personal hero of mine; I maintain a small collection of his teaching
methods and LPs, including some hand-written. I discovered Jimmy
through Spade Cooley recordings, and still regularly listen to those
tracks. Man, can he swing. I strive to emulate a little bit of his
aura - can't help but snap my fingers when Jimmy takes a solo!
All the best to you, Mr. Wyble, here's to your health!
A true pioneer of contrapuntal guitar styling's, hopefully he will be
playing again soon.
Charlie
I am very glad we (by we I mean Greg Bell and myself) got to see your
set at M.I. during the Joe Diorio benefit. With the beard shaved off it
could have been twenty or thirty years ago. I presume all that western
swing stuff is so far back in history now that it may be beyond your
reconsideration, especially considering how far you have evolved
harmonically and in theory since those days. Yet it still holds a great
validity for many of us here, as represented by some of the previous
posts in this thread. (I was not yet born when that music was originally
produced and yet it provides me with both fascination and joy)
Hope you soon feel up to something like a Sunday brunch at Spazio . . .
I know that Deke wanted to ask you to play a 15 minute set at the Guitar
Geek Festival. I told him that IMO you would likely choose to decline
the offer. However, I would like to add my voice to the chorus that
says, Please please please please please
In kind appreciation of all your talents and achievements, as well as
your very generous heart; from the guy behind the camera at both the
Deke's Guitar Geek Festivals and the John Pisano Sunday Jazz Workshops.
My very best to you
Peter
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That is a truly wonderful post. I will forward this thread now.