I confess: I like the tenor saxophone in country influenced music: King Curtis, Sil Austin, Bill Black's Combo (Martin Willis, Ace Cannon, Robert Gladney) ....... and of course Boots Randolph.
I just read an article in Saxophone Journal (vol12, #5, Mar/Apr-89) about about Randolph. A great player with a with a different style; ... using a biting staccato sound he'd heard on some old Rudy Wiedoft records as his way of interpreting the fiddle licks he'd heard on hoedowns while growing up in Kentucky" he explained when they talked about the song "Yakety Sax".
Listen to guys like Delbert McClinton, Freddy Fender .... it's music that the tenor saxophone comes out great. The last days I tried to play some Joe Sublett (tenor man, TexaCali Horns, Phanthom Blues Band, Taj Mahal, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Rolling Stones) songs! I think both " Lonely Walls" and "White Trash Dancin' ( In a Gulf Coast Bar) are songs where I can trace some country!?!?
Just me that likes "Country Sax"?
I just read an article in Saxophone Journal (vol12, #5, Mar/Apr-89) about about Randolph. A great player with a with a different style; ... using a biting staccato sound he'd heard on some old Rudy Wiedoft records as his way of interpreting the fiddle licks he'd heard on hoedowns while growing up in Kentucky" he explained when they talked about the song "Yakety Sax".
Listen to guys like Delbert McClinton, Freddy Fender .... it's music that the tenor saxophone comes out great. The last days I tried to play some Joe Sublett (tenor man, TexaCali Horns, Phanthom Blues Band, Taj Mahal, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Rolling Stones) songs! I think both " Lonely Walls" and "White Trash Dancin' ( In a Gulf Coast Bar) are songs where I can trace some country!?!?
Just me that likes "Country Sax"?