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Purely hypothetical, obvs
Feb. 10th, 2012 02:49 pmIf James Hathaway were going to play/sing a song to entertain/distract/soothe a very young child (old enough to learn/sing/repeat/ask about any lyrics he includes), what would he play and/or sing?
For those not familiar with Hathaway and his demonstrated musical preferences:
1. He's an English guy--from Oxfordshire, educated at Cambridge, nearly became a Catholic priest but wound up a cop--born in the late 70s or so. He's about 30 at the time the hypothetical situation is taking place.
2. The hypothetical situation is taking place a few years ago. Any music from 2009 to the present is off limits, much as I would love to have him singing Lady Gaga.
3. He plays guitar in a group that does "world music with elements of jazz, rock, and medieval madrigals".
4. He went to a world music festival wearing a RUN DMC t-shirt. Uh. IDEK.
5. Given the opportunity he turns off Wagner and puts on "The Boys Are Back in Town" at Lewis's place.
6. He plays a 1948 Gibson L5 PE Guitar with a honey-blond finish and a Charlie Christian pickup, and has collected the autographs of several famous guitarists whose names I (shamefully, I am sure) don't recognize: Martin Taylor, Dave Cliff, Phil Lee, Pat Metheny, Russell Malone....
For those not familiar with Hathaway and his demonstrated musical preferences:
1. He's an English guy--from Oxfordshire, educated at Cambridge, nearly became a Catholic priest but wound up a cop--born in the late 70s or so. He's about 30 at the time the hypothetical situation is taking place.
2. The hypothetical situation is taking place a few years ago. Any music from 2009 to the present is off limits, much as I would love to have him singing Lady Gaga.
3. He plays guitar in a group that does "world music with elements of jazz, rock, and medieval madrigals".
4. He went to a world music festival wearing a RUN DMC t-shirt. Uh. IDEK.
5. Given the opportunity he turns off Wagner and puts on "The Boys Are Back in Town" at Lewis's place.
6. He plays a 1948 Gibson L5 PE Guitar with a honey-blond finish and a Charlie Christian pickup, and has collected the autographs of several famous guitarists whose names I (shamefully, I am sure) don't recognize: Martin Taylor, Dave Cliff, Phil Lee, Pat Metheny, Russell Malone....