Cats And The Fiddle - Stomp Stomp

This song was uploaded for **Shirley's Bday** as a part of HolyLindyLand's Song of the week. More songs of the week can be found at www.holylindyland.com

The Cats And The Fiddle was one of the pre-eminent, pioneering R&B vocal groups of 1930s, and its place in the history of this style is assured. It was 1937 when the group formed, amalgamating two earlier, separate bands: the "Harlem Harmony Hounds," led by singer Austin Powell, and the aspiring trio of Jimmie Henderson, Chuck Barksdale and Ernie Price. The latter, Chicago-based group needed a lead singer, and Powell slipped into this role perfectly, so that the initial four-part vocal-instrumental line-up was born. "The Fiddle" in the group's name is not purely whimsical: it alludes to the stand-up bass they used, while in jazz parlance each member of the group was a "hep cat". -- taken from "singers.com"

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[jayro76]

@MrJnobianchi. They also had a guy playing the tiple. That's the instrument that sounds somewhat like a mandolin or a high-pitched 12-string guitar.

[micheljch]

@MrJnobianchi You won;t get any argument from me about Austin Powell's abilities . . . but I thought this side was from later on when Tiny Grimes had joined the group - I was under the impression that they were 100% accoustic until Grimes joined, and that's obviously an electric guitar on the solo . . . but I could be wrong . . .

[MrJnobianchi]

Not just a solo on guitar - its tenor guitar, tuned like a four-string banjo. Nobody but Austin Powell played that way. Just an amazing and skilled group.

[jahlion67]

Damn good stuff, that guitar solo is nasty!!

[abouseif58]

love it :)