by JamesFearnley Sat Dec 17, 2005 6:55 pm
Oh heavens, that's a question. I was talking to the Dropkick Murphys last night about button accordions - in my experience, they've always sounded the best. I wouldn't know the reason for that, because all the pads and shit under the hood are probably the same. It's something about the juicy reeds the button accordion I picked to try a few years ago. I couldn't handle the draw/blow thing with the button accordion and got all mixed up, and I didn't want to get into too much planning with playing, if you know what I mean, you know, running out of breath at the end of the bellows and not being able to do anything about it. However, I think it's called a Corona, made by Hohner, a small accordion that's always sounded as bright as that button accordion (oh, bright as a button, that was unintentional). But then, what I did when I started was to go into Allodi's accordion shop on Blackstock Road (his son's taken it over and it's in Lewisham now) and try anything within my price range, and the two I bought there were the best ones I have, still, for sound (crap for what they do when you sweat all over them). I must have had an instinct, or something.
Oh heavens, that's a question. I was talking to the Dropkick Murphys last night about button accordions - in my experience, they've always sounded the best. I wouldn't know the reason for that, because all the pads and shit under the hood are probably the same. It's something about the juicy reeds the button accordion I picked to try a few years ago. I couldn't handle the draw/blow thing with the button accordion and got all mixed up, and I didn't want to get into too much planning with playing, if you know what I mean, you know, running out of breath at the end of the bellows and not being able to do anything about it. However, I think it's called a Corona, made by Hohner, a small accordion that's always sounded as bright as that button accordion (oh, bright as a button, that was unintentional). But then, what I did when I started was to go into Allodi's accordion shop on Blackstock Road (his son's taken it over and it's in Lewisham now) and try anything within my price range, and the two I bought there were the best ones I have, still, for sound (crap for what they do when you sweat all over them). I must have had an instinct, or something.
