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Snoozer Quinn
TonyRees
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If Eddie Lang was "the swing era's other great guitar virtuoso", maybe Snoozer was "the swing era's other other great guitar virtuoso" - what do folk think? Sounded like Lang a lot on some snippets in the 20s, later kinda like a more heavily swinging George Van Eps with shades of Lonnie Johnson and Oscar Aleman - tragically under-recorded but his last sessions are a masterpiece! More info recently (last 10 years or so) researched and collated by Kathryn D. (Katy) Hobgood Ray, a distant relative, see https://snoozerquinn.com/ ... his last (hospital bed) recordings collated (with 5 non Snoozer tracks added) as "Snoozer Quinn With Johnny Wiggs & Johnny Wiggs Big Five – The Magic Of Snoozer Quinn" (mostly a reissue of 1969's "The Legendary Snoozer Quinn", recorded 1949) and can be listened to via Spotify (some tracks also replicated on youtube, audio only). Plus there is even video footage of him from 1932 but with no sound - available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHPViwpHz4M . Thoughts, comments, interest all welcome!
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It seems you can listen to the album via youtube as well at this time - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nUH7kPzMSxjO9meteashjm5UgAWTdWEm4 ... not sure if this is an approved or unapproved compilation (it says "Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises"), though, so it might disappear...
Just to complete this set of posts - watch Yiki Wang re-create Snoozer's arrangement of "Georgia on My Mind" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBsGkpyFnMw
The thumb strokes produce a rhythm effect a la Big Bill Broonzy while the melody and chords float over the top...