Comments on: The Popdose Guide to Chris Whitley http://popdose.com/the-complete-idiots-guide-to-chris-whitley/ your daily dose of pop culture Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shit4brainshttp://popdose.com/the-complete-idiots-guide-to-chris-whitley/comment-page-1/#comment-84052 Shit4brains Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:29:00 +0000 http://popdose.com/the-complete-idiots-guide-to-chris-whitley/#comment-84052 i stumbled on Livin w/ the Law and hung around looking for more, it never came, but what followed was worth the ride as the pleasure was all mine to discover a true artist.  To hear the guitar growl, bend, howl in an unheard of register, a voice that was unafraid to be soft and so full of emotion, but like listening to a granny smith apple, made for ear to soul connections.  i think the review missed the release Perfect Day.  i had never heard anything so depressing and enjoyable at the same time.  i do wonder what he presented for the original Din sounded like.  yes, i will always want more, always a fan.  i stumbled on Livin w/ the Law and hung around looking for more, it never came, but what followed was worth the ride as the pleasure was all mine to discover a true artist.  To hear the guitar growl, bend, howl in an unheard of register, a voice that was unafraid to be soft and so full of emotion, but like listening to a granny smith apple, made for ear to soul connections. 
i think the review missed the release Perfect Day.  i had never heard anything so depressing and enjoyable at the same time.  i do wonder what he presented for the original Din sounded like.  yes, i will always want more, always a fan. 

]]> By: david dobenshttp://popdose.com/the-complete-idiots-guide-to-chris-whitley/comment-page-1/#comment-82113 david dobens Tue, 14 Jun 2011 23:21:00 +0000 http://popdose.com/the-complete-idiots-guide-to-chris-whitley/#comment-82113 hey ya eric   would you please listen rocket house and see how you like it   all the best...david hey ya eric   would you please listen rocket house and see how you like it   all the best…david

]]> By: aeriquehttp://popdose.com/the-complete-idiots-guide-to-chris-whitley/comment-page-1/#comment-49758 aerique Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:32:43 +0000 http://popdose.com/the-complete-idiots-guide-to-chris-whitley/#comment-49758 Nothing about "Pigs Will Fly"? It's a pretty easy-going record, but I like it. Nothing about “Pigs Will Fly”? It's a pretty easy-going record, but I like it.

]]> By: aeriquehttp://popdose.com/the-complete-idiots-guide-to-chris-whitley/comment-page-1/#comment-41642 aerique Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:32:43 +0000 http://popdose.com/the-complete-idiots-guide-to-chris-whitley/#comment-41642 Nothing about "Pigs Will Fly"? It's a pretty easy-going record, but I like it. Nothing about “Pigs Will Fly”? It's a pretty easy-going record, but I like it.

]]> By: aeriquehttp://popdose.com/the-complete-idiots-guide-to-chris-whitley/comment-page-1/#comment-22710 aerique Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:32:43 +0000 http://popdose.com/the-complete-idiots-guide-to-chris-whitley/#comment-22710 Nothing about "Pigs Will Fly"? It's a pretty easy-going record, but I like it. Nothing about “Pigs Will Fly”? It's a pretty easy-going record, but I like it.

]]> By: Living With The Law : slidetone.bloghttp://popdose.com/the-complete-idiots-guide-to-chris-whitley/comment-page-1/#comment-5405 Living With The Law : slidetone.blog Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:39:48 +0000 http://popdose.com/the-complete-idiots-guide-to-chris-whitley/#comment-5405 [...] Heute bei mir zu Besuch: Liebe GEMA, ein Tipp gefällig? The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Chris Whitley. [...] [...] Heute bei mir zu Besuch: Liebe GEMA, ein Tipp gefällig? The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Chris Whitley. [...]

]]> By: Jack Feerickhttp://popdose.com/the-complete-idiots-guide-to-chris-whitley/comment-page-1/#comment-22704 Jack Feerick Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:33:47 +0000 http://popdose.com/the-complete-idiots-guide-to-chris-whitley/#comment-22704 I was mostly joshing, but... I'll e-mail you later today. I was mostly joshing, but… I'll e-mail you later today.

]]> By: jefitohttp://popdose.com/the-complete-idiots-guide-to-chris-whitley/comment-page-1/#comment-22703 jefito Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:21:27 +0000 http://popdose.com/the-complete-idiots-guide-to-chris-whitley/#comment-22703 Any artists you want to write up? Any artists you want to write up?

]]> By: Jack Feerickhttp://popdose.com/the-complete-idiots-guide-to-chris-whitley/comment-page-1/#comment-22702 Jack Feerick Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:12:11 +0000 http://popdose.com/the-complete-idiots-guide-to-chris-whitley/#comment-22702 <i>Shit, jackfear, you should have written this</i><br><br>Hey, if any up-and-coming pop culture website were to, y'know, <i>ask</i> me... Shit, jackfear, you should have written this

Hey, if any up-and-coming pop culture website were to, y'know, ask me…

]]> By: Jack Feerickhttp://popdose.com/the-complete-idiots-guide-to-chris-whitley/comment-page-1/#comment-22709 Jack Feerick Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:35:42 +0000 http://popdose.com/the-complete-idiots-guide-to-chris-whitley/#comment-22709 The hands - God, yeah. There's a photo in the <i>Living with the Law</i> booklet where he's hunched over the National, his face half in shadow, those huge meathooks of his just dominating the composition. Hands like a strangler. <br><br>But it wasn't just power, or speed. There was such precision. On the solo demo of "Kick The Stones," for instance, it sounds like there's at least two guys playing, maybe three.<br><br>(Nick Drake had that, to—muzzy little whisper of a voice and hands that could bend a quarter in half.)<br><br>And I just can't wrap my head around what he's doing with his tunings. I worked out a halfway-decent version of "Living with the Law" in a simple drop-D, and was feeling pretty proud of myself; then I found out the tuning he was <i>actually</i> using, and I couldn't make heads or tails of it. <br><br>The magician shows just how he does it, and somehow it only deepens the mystery; that's one hell of a trick. The hands – God, yeah. There's a photo in the Living with the Law booklet where he's hunched over the National, his face half in shadow, those huge meathooks of his just dominating the composition. Hands like a strangler.

But it wasn't just power, or speed. There was such precision. On the solo demo of “Kick The Stones,” for instance, it sounds like there's at least two guys playing, maybe three.

(Nick Drake had that, to—muzzy little whisper of a voice and hands that could bend a quarter in half.)

And I just can't wrap my head around what he's doing with his tunings. I worked out a halfway-decent version of “Living with the Law” in a simple drop-D, and was feeling pretty proud of myself; then I found out the tuning he was actually using, and I couldn't make heads or tails of it.

The magician shows just how he does it, and somehow it only deepens the mystery; that's one hell of a trick.

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