AcornHouse
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On one of my jazz guitar DVDs, double of It Might As Well Be Spring going right into Things Ain’t What They Used To Be with Herb Ellis and Dave Maslow from 1981. Herb is, of course, superb and delivers a blistering solo in the second number. Maslow suffers from, what I call, O.H.S.S., or Overly Hammy Sideman Syndrome; a condition whereby a musician of minor repute playing with a far more famous frontman feels the need to move about and over emote in a desperate need to be noticed. You see it a lot in gala concerts with a lot of famous stars backed by less known players. The stars, like Herb here, do what they do best, without a lot of overblown histrionics. The lesser player acts like every note they play hits their soul. Maslow does a fine job backing Herb (although his soloing left a bit to be desired), but it seems that this is his major claim to fame, as far as Google can show.
Best to focus on Herb Ellis. Note, in the close ups you can see some heavy checking in his guitar. Undoubtedly his 1953 ES-175.
Best to focus on Herb Ellis. Note, in the close ups you can see some heavy checking in his guitar. Undoubtedly his 1953 ES-175.
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