Comments on: Mojo’s Cold Shot: Happy 70th, Luther “Guitar Junior” Johnson http://popdose.com/mojos-cold-shot-happy-70th-luther-guitar-junior-johnson/ your daily dose of pop culture Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:33:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: mojo http://popdose.com/mojos-cold-shot-happy-70th-luther-guitar-junior-johnson/comment-page-1/#comment-41958 mojo Fri, 01 May 2009 16:53:57 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=17472#comment-41958 also, the classic recordings were made back in an era where fidelity was lower. Blues is racuous club music, and I find (like you) that vintage sound board tapes of live gigs (a couple '60s recrdings from Pepper's come to mind...or the American Folk Blues Festival sets) sounds better because that is real blues in my mind. Cleaning it up takes the magic out of it.<br><br>Another piece is, let's not mince words, these artists in their prime were better than when they're not. Recording pristine sounds shows them "warts and all." Then there's the sub-prime next generation; there will never be another Muddy Waters or Bo Diddley, just disciples/sidemen.kids/musically gifted superfans.<br><br>All that being said, I am quite content to enjoy the Luther we've got now. So much better than no Luther at all. And his records are pretty good, all things considered. also, the classic recordings were made back in an era where fidelity was lower. Blues is racuous club music, and I find (like you) that vintage sound board tapes of live gigs (a couple '60s recrdings from Pepper's come to mind…or the American Folk Blues Festival sets) sounds better because that is real blues in my mind. Cleaning it up takes the magic out of it.

Another piece is, let's not mince words, these artists in their prime were better than when they're not. Recording pristine sounds shows them “warts and all.” Then there's the sub-prime next generation; there will never be another Muddy Waters or Bo Diddley, just disciples/sidemen.kids/musically gifted superfans.

All that being said, I am quite content to enjoy the Luther we've got now. So much better than no Luther at all. And his records are pretty good, all things considered.

]]> By: mojo http://popdose.com/mojos-cold-shot-happy-70th-luther-guitar-junior-johnson/comment-page-1/#comment-28553 mojo Fri, 01 May 2009 15:53:57 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=17472#comment-28553 also, the classic recordings were made back in an era where fidelity was lower. Blues is racuous club music, and I find (like you) that vintage sound board tapes of live gigs (a couple '60s recrdings from Pepper's come to mind...or the American Folk Blues Festival sets) sounds better because that is real blues in my mind. Cleaning it up takes the magic out of it.<br><br>Another piece is, let's not mince words, these artists in their prime were better than when they're not. Recording pristine sounds shows them "warts and all." Then there's the sub-prime next generation; there will never be another Muddy Waters or Bo Diddley, just disciples/sidemen.kids/musically gifted superfans.<br><br>All that being said, I am quite content to enjoy the Luther we've got now. So much better than no Luther at all. And his records are pretty good, all things considered. also, the classic recordings were made back in an era where fidelity was lower. Blues is racuous club music, and I find (like you) that vintage sound board tapes of live gigs (a couple '60s recrdings from Pepper's come to mind…or the American Folk Blues Festival sets) sounds better because that is real blues in my mind. Cleaning it up takes the magic out of it.

Another piece is, let's not mince words, these artists in their prime were better than when they're not. Recording pristine sounds shows them “warts and all.” Then there's the sub-prime next generation; there will never be another Muddy Waters or Bo Diddley, just disciples/sidemen.kids/musically gifted superfans.

All that being said, I am quite content to enjoy the Luther we've got now. So much better than no Luther at all. And his records are pretty good, all things considered.

]]> By: edmur http://popdose.com/mojos-cold-shot-happy-70th-luther-guitar-junior-johnson/comment-page-1/#comment-28536 edmur Fri, 01 May 2009 02:46:59 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=17472#comment-28536 it's gotta be more than that. sure, vintage sound = authentic. but i also feel that it's an issue of "when good musicians/engineers/producers go bad"...that access to state-of-the-art recording studios yielded some pretty sub-standard material, or at least sterile-sounding crapola...even when you KNOW the musicians/producers involved are mega-talented.<br><br>I also think a lot of it has to do with how the DRUMS sound on a recording... it's gotta be more than that. sure, vintage sound = authentic. but i also feel that it's an issue of “when good musicians/engineers/producers go bad”…that access to state-of-the-art recording studios yielded some pretty sub-standard material, or at least sterile-sounding crapola…even when you KNOW the musicians/producers involved are mega-talented.

I also think a lot of it has to do with how the DRUMS sound on a recording…

]]> By: mojo http://popdose.com/mojos-cold-shot-happy-70th-luther-guitar-junior-johnson/comment-page-1/#comment-28533 mojo Fri, 01 May 2009 01:55:11 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=17472#comment-28533 we both have this issue: vintage sound = authentic we both have this issue: vintage sound = authentic

]]> By: edmur http://popdose.com/mojos-cold-shot-happy-70th-luther-guitar-junior-johnson/comment-page-1/#comment-28526 edmur Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:30:29 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=17472#comment-28526 Luther's the real deal, man, no doubt about it.<br><br>I still have a problem w/ the sound of certain labels, though. Telarc being one. Never liked the sound of a lot of Alligator Records' product either (though Bruce Iglauer's contributions to blues and music in recorded general are w/o question!).<br><br>Maybe it's the combination of blues and too-crisp all-digital recording (or mixing or mastering)? Luther's the real deal, man, no doubt about it.

I still have a problem w/ the sound of certain labels, though. Telarc being one. Never liked the sound of a lot of Alligator Records' product either (though Bruce Iglauer's contributions to blues and music in recorded general are w/o question!).

Maybe it's the combination of blues and too-crisp all-digital recording (or mixing or mastering)?

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