Whatever happened to yodeling? That's the easy, cheap way to describe this vocal trick, sliding into falsetto and back again quickly, with ease. I guess I, like most others, considered this too corny for words in the past but I really love it these days - or, should I say, I love Hank these days. That box set I bought over Thanksgiving is slowly bleeding onto the iPod and it is chock FULL of gems like this.
I'm going to include another example in comments, "Lovesick Blues".
Posted on 02/12/2008
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Did you intend to post a song? I'm not seeing one in the main post. Am I missing something, or is MOG beung naughty again?
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It's there, it's gone, it's there, it's gone. Using MOG is like watching a magician while you're on Quaaludes.
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When my dad got his first "Hi-Fi" I inherited the old 78 RPM record player and a stack of records. One record, by Hank, had the song Weary Blues (from waitin') on the B side. I fell in love with that song right away. Yes he "yodels" & it drove the family crazy. I haven't heard it in years & years (hint hint), so I was very surprised when Madeline Peroux recorded her sweet version. Good post, Mark.
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Maybe MOG had some childhood trauma related to these two records, and can't bear to listen to it. I've noticed this with certain other records as well.
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My friend and I were discussing Hank's contribution to popular music (from rock to jazz). How basically his bluesy ballads were covered by so many people, it just blows your mind trying to follow one single thread (just take "Cold, Cold Heart" e.g.)
I think the yodelling comes from European traditions but Hank makes it his own. The swift shift from falsetto to a natural register does also convey the dizziness of melancholy at the heart of these songs. (Incidentally, "Love Sick Blues" is not playing for me...) Just my two pennies, really.
Great post, Mark. Thanks ever so much for this great post and the sweet yodel of Mr Williams
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Digging Hank Williams! Keep 'em coming.
:=)
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(plays 7,8,9, 14) No problem here for to hear (and 10 thousand thanks)!
Man .. don't we all just have holes in our buckets? Fellers, yodelin' goes back to callin' 'cross the hills. Sounds pretty fun to - nice compliment to them pedal steels. :)
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I wonder when Lovesick Blues was first released. I'm pretty sure there's a line that says "she'd do me, she do you, she got the kind a lovin'. Lord I love to hear it, when she call me sweet Da-a-a-addy." Pretty risque for its time.