South Australian Blues Society
(It's the old 1999 website I have dragged out of the archives for you to have a look at!)
Videos of ECHOES Part 1 & 2.
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Peter Gelling "Echoes Part 1" Dialogue Howlin' Wolf. Video by David Stoeckel
Peter Gelling "Echoes Part 2". Dialogue Margie Evans. Video by David Stoeckel
Available in town at The Muses and Blue Beat Records or directly from Empire Records phone (03) 9417 7707.)
The album's second track is one of the most extraordinary recordings I've ever heard! Echoes is an instrumental tune but Peter has wound the music around some dialogue from the late, great Howlin' Wolf. The Howlin' Wolf dialogue is from the MCA Box Set released a couple of years ago with over 70 of the Wolf's tunes and a few short spoken stories from his life. Peter obtained permission from Howlin' Wolf's estate to use some of this dialogue and the end result, is nothing short of spectacular. Sounding as though this was how it was meant to be, it's a hauntingly exquisite work of art.
