Today: punk cello.
Tom Cora was an absolutely brilliant cellist who, sadly, died young. In today's song of the day, you get to hear him shredding every bit as well as any lead guitarist in his collaboration with The Ex:
Tom Cora and the Ex: State of Shock mp3 (right click and choose 'save as' to download)
Notice how expertly he manipulates the tone of the instrument, within a single note going from buzzy, frictiony attack to harmonic – like a singer going from throaty chest voice to falsetto.
Modal melodies, trills and quarter-tone tuning one moment, chordal backing the next. Yes, that's a cello accompanying the verses. Anything a guitar can do, y'know ...
And keep with it for the closing solo, in which he goes mental. I like mental cello solos.
Thanks to Ricki (of Not Squares), who introduced me to the marvellous Mr Cora.
... And an aside: is that not a damn cool promo shot, up there?
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