Casey Bill Weldon - Bottleneck Guitar Trendsetters of the 1930sYou could scarcely find two more contrasting bottleneck stylists among the most popular artists of the 30s than Casey Bill Weldon and Kokomo arnold. Weldon, billed as the 'Hawaiian Guitar Wizard,' played upbeat, almost hokum, tunes often in the ensemble, and seemed concerned with smooth tone. Arnold usually played solo, with strident tones, generally at a frenetic pace.

Heading into the '80s

released in September 1985

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Field Day and Reading / Leeds

He takes the role of the grim storyteller on the album's strongest track 'The Carny' (featured to fine effect in Wim Wenders' film 'Wings of Desire'

double-drummer propelled live show

flowing ideas through the air between them

and picked the band to open for him on his 2005 tour of Europe

this was their first exposure to the small world of electronic music

he was asked if he would like to make a solo album