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C&A:
An exquisite guitar chord introduction starts off Pink Slip Blues. It is
then followed by three choruses of Charlie Christian on rhythm guitar before
he is heard playing obbligati behind a
fourth verse (of five) by the
vocalist.
Just
a little pink slip, in a long white envelope
Just a little pink slip, in a long white envelope
Was the end of my road, was the last ray of my only hope
Charles’ intro is quite unique as well as charmingly beautiful. The
characterization of “unique” can also be applied to the obbligato stuff –
it’s a bit low in the mix but, nonetheless, that single-string work is
amazing, the first half in particular. Just as on the other songs in
this later Vocalion session, only one take is recorded.
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