Just freakin' awful.

 

 

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Dan Sleep said:

What's a merkin?
Brother of Pathwick?

Wait a minute, theres no wrong way to play the blues right?

 

Hey, he might not get much notice without the previous fame, but its from the heart and for fun, he would fit right in here! Should track him down and invite!

here a really fresh interview with H. Laurie.

thanks for the links!

 

heck he was real good on piano, i would die to be able to play that good!

Skeesix said:

Amateur:  from Webster's Dictionary:

 

1: devotee, admirer
2: one who engages in a pursuit, study, science, or sport as a pastime rather than as a profession
3: one lacking in experience and competence in an art or science

French, from Latin amator lover, from amare to love
It is only in recent years that "amateur" has gotten more of a negative connotation.
Sherlock Holmes was referred to as an amateur detective, simply because he wasn't a member of the "regular" police force. On the other hand, he was also fictional...
   'The Merkins" were a great hard rock band from wollongong (Australia) back in the nineties,previously known as "The Threadbare Merkins" and "Threadbare".I never knew 'em to play cigarbox guitars,though.songs included "Bubble","teacup" and 'hindu kush".probably find them on the internet somewhere.

I think I'm gonna jump in here.  I saw Laurie a couple of weeks ago when the album came out, and I didn't like what I saw, something just didn't seem right.  I just viewed the Today Show clips, and still had a sense of something not quite right, and I think I figured it out.  To me I think he is "acting" in his musical performance. Laurie is good at accents so he has tried to do some type of singing accent (the high nasal) that just does not work on any level. I'd like to hear the guy just sing in a normal voice.

I think it answers the question "Can Blue Men Sing the Whites?"  (No)

 

I've actually seen this phenomenon at some local gigs where some very talented but youthful "old time" performers adopt a slurred "down home" banter on stage that is all act.  One guy ( a guitar picker) in particular spoke between songs, sounded like he had mush in his mouth, and you couldn't understand him.  Another gentleman ( a fiddle player) though pulls it off quite well because he has actually adapted the persona on and off stage. 

 

I don't think Hugh Laurie can stop acting, and I wouldn't want him to.  I found his Prince Regent quite hilarious in the Black Adder series. But some rolls work, while others are best left alone. 

 

And finally I wish I had 1/1,000,000 if his talent either in acting or in music.  But it's ok as long as I have fun making noise on my instruments (I just got a kid's concertina to make another gawd awful racket with).

 

Tom

Gents,

 

To further stir the pot: some people like Hugh Laurie as an actor. Some people like him as a musician. Some people don't, either way. He is uncomfortable in his own skin, as he has frequently stated in interviews (there's a very recent one in the New York Times that details this, and includes comments on his piano playing and new Blues album). Maybe that's why some people don't like him. They sense something "wrong."

 

We are all entitled to our opinions. It's kinda like the Bacon Brothers band, or Johnny Depp's former rock band, or Bruce Willis, or Hugh Grant, or Tony Blair, or Jake (John Belushi) and Elwood (Dan Akroyd) Blues, or anyone stepping outside of his publicly-accepted, 90% of the time, niche. Some people don't like this (which may be perfectly justifiable from a personal taste perspective - me, I don't particularly like rap or hip hop; but I can still recognize that some people have talent at it). Some people are multitalented, but their talent in one field may justifiably eclipse their talent in another field or fields. Human beings are like that. I bet most of you have day jobs at which you are expert, that have absolutely nothing to do with being an amateur luthier.Some / many of you are also expert woodworkers, and have applied that to luthing...luthiering...building rather elegant CBGs.

 

I say, at least give the man a listen. If it ain't your cup of meat (I found it just OK, and share Tom's analysis above), then wait for Quinn the Eskimo! ;-). Carve another neck. Design another build. Build another CBG. Heck, send Hugh Laurie one of your builds (how many of us have actually done this?)! See what he does with it.

 

No Roolz!

meh. he's a great comedy actor who obviously loves playing music. not a patch on your walking after midnight rendition, but me likey.

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