In the course of a single song, he can go from soaring a cappella vocals to Bobby McFerrin-esque vocal ticks to gutbucket blues. |
And because the Whirl told their stories over and over, and in such gutbucket style, Thomas played a major role in that mythmaking. |
The rawness of these recordings suits the band perfectly, capturing the slide guitar in particular in its gutbucket glory. |
Dances shown include the Cakewalk, Charleston, Black Bottom, Susie Q, Shake Blues, Gutbucket Blues, Trunky Doo, Big Apple, and aerial Lindy Hop. |
Even flinty old General Johnson, has acquired a lisp, and his voice is apt to break in the middle of a gutbucket phrase. |
Sixteen, Fifteen, Fourteen is gutbucket blues injected with her primal power. |