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Thread #132968   Message #3012400
Posted By: GUEST,Alan Whittle
21-Oct-10 - 03:08 PM
Thread Name: How about some Catter Rag songs?
Subject: RE: How about some Catter Rag songs?
That's really nice maybe you should give to one of those music libraries. It sounds a bit like a film music pastiche of a piano roll ragtime piece - a bit like the sting.

There used to be a guy on the English scene called Pete Quinn, who was the best when it came to ragtime. he made a comeback - he was playing at the Priddy festival about four years ago - but he seemed to have fallen out of love with ragtime guitar.

http://www.petequin.com/

The other English guy who was pretty useful was John James, but I always felt Pete had the edge.

At the time Stefan Grossman was bringing in great ragtime players from the continent and the States - I remember even the great Ralph McTell felt a bit overawed by Stefan's gang on the Kicking Mule label. Needless to say Ralph's touch was always unique and in a class of its own.