“ Indian Love Call” (first published as “ The Call“) is a song from Rose-Marie, a 1924 operetta-style Broadway musical with music by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart, and book and lyrics by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II. Originally written for Mary Ellis, the song achieved continued popularity under other artists and has been called Friml’s best remembered work. How it became a standard: (from Wikipedia) The song has been recorded by many artists including, none other than the “Yodeling Cowboy” Slim Whitman, Artie Shaw, Chet Atkins, and countless others including Roots Reggae pioneer Bobby McCook! There was something about it that drew me in and I wanted to find out about it’s history, learn it and make it a part of my repertoire. It was one of those songs that immediately grabbed me. In listening to Billy Jack Wills, Spade Cooley, and bands from the Western Swing tradition I was introduced to the song “Indian Love Call”. It’s facinating to me that a tune written for a musical in 1924 by a composer who studied with Dvorak would become a country standard. Leave a comment Good Musicians Borrow, Great Musicians Steal! Posted in Uncategorized and tagged Charlie Christian on Octoby Bigsby. One could only imagine what he could have developed if he had be given just a few more years, let alone a life time to work on his craft.ĭownload Transcription here…. Hard to believe he was only in his early twenties when he passed away. All the hallmarks of his rhythmic language are present here in this solo. ( )Ĭharlie Christian’s rhythmic approach was so innovative. The mandolin, while being native to bluegrass, has a home in music as diverse as Choro to Classical to swing and contemporary stringband. Tim Fowler has been a guitarist ever since he saw one as a child. Drawn by a wide variety of styles, he studied Jazz and Classical guitar and North Texas State University(now University of North Texas). These days he splits his time between the guitar and mandolin. After a brief hiatus from blogging, JazzTranscriptions is back with a classic Charlie Christian solo from Lexington, KY based guitarist Tim Fowler.
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