folk looping

["Lee Wordsman" <lwordsman@pirnie.com>]

Along the lines of the incredible string band thread and looping in Folk 
music, I
recently saw Martin Sexton (an amazing vocal ranging that runs from 
trumpet like
sounds to Billy Holiday to Louis Armstrong).  For his final encore, Martin 
used a
DOD delay to set up a cool percusive groove built on slapping his acoustic 
guitar
body and some rough strums.  He then let that loop (not really loop but 
hold) and
played a stirring version of Van Halen's "Ice Cream Man".  The only 
looping of the
show (which was a great show all around).  I recommend him to anyone into 
Folk
music.

Also along the Folk lines, sounds like Bill Frisell's Nashville inlcudes a 
bit of
looping but perhaps that's just overdubs?

And to continue the six degrees of seperation theme, I saw John Scofield 
at his
daughters high school (in
Westchester, NY).  He played in a trio format with Bill Stewart on Drums 
and ??? on
Bass.  He was using a Digitech pedal (maybe the modulator) that he had just
purchased.  The pedal allowed a bit of delay and pedal controlled pitch 
bend.  He
was into doing a bit of exploration and totally blew me away.  Not looping 
but a
hint that he may move in that direction.  It was also a tremendous show 
that
included a 45 min. question and answer.  He is not only a great player but 
seems to
be a fine fellow.  He answered questions from gear heads, jazz enthusiasts 
and
young kids with equal interest and candor.  Makes me like his music all 
the more.