The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #110626 Message #2373425
Posted By: Murray MacLeod
24-Jun-08 - 02:29 PM
Thread Name: Review: Fretkillr on You Tube
Subject: RE: Review: Fretkillr on You Tube
If you say so, Don, I just have my doubts ...
I am also starting to have doubts about whether the dude playing guitar is actually the owner of the voice we are hearing.
I have never heard any white man sing with such a "black" voice, and there has to be a nagging doubt, especially as he never shows his face.
People say he sounds like Leon Redbone, but I would never mistake Leon Redbone for being black, nor would I mistake Paul Geremiah for being black (and these are the two closest voices to the authentic article imo) but this guy, I could swear I am hearing a black man sing.
So, we have a virtuoso finger and flatpicker (which he undoubtedly is ), who plays virtuoso harmonica and who possesses an authentic black voice. Sump'n doesn't add up imo.
That said, I still love the videos.