sarah holtschlag on saw, breaking it up with vocals and guitar now and again.
Influences
cowboy junkies, patsy cline, willie nelson, sam cooke, hope for agoldensummer, susan tedeschi, Kathleen battle, Dick Dale, chris dorman (a story told), Angela Gheorghiu
Sounds Like
what's more interesting than what it sounds like (thermin and ben franklin's glass armonica) is the history of the saw. it's a bavarian tradition from longLong ago. eventually, it comes to the US and is part of the vaudville stage tradition.
i always find it endearing when folks tell me: "an old guy down the street from me when i was growing up use to play the saw" or "i saw that on pbs once."
and perhaps this is a point of interest: my german last name, Holtschlag, breaks down to holt ="holz" = wood + schlag = "to hit". in colloquial german, i am told, my last name translates to "woodcutter" or "a clearing in the woods".
((i just might be a cartoon.))
i play a 26" stainless steel blade from ace hardware like i'm my own stage monkey. Sometimes i sing mopey girl folks songs on the guitar. And later on, i pluck murder ballads on my ukelele.
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sarah, your voice is so pure and sweet that it would have made hitler stop being a pigfucker and take off on a westbound cannonball making stew for hobos... can't wait to jam with you again!!! christopher :)
Hey Sarah, The band and I are having a cd release party at the Beat Kitchen this Sunday May 18. Doors at 8pm and first 25 people get a free cd and free admission. Also, 2 beer tickets for all involved. hope to see you again, bw
I guess we did. Nathan Xander still lives in the city. I miss Chicago but it is surprisingly cool up here. William and I will be down there this summer to record some sort of split LP. You should stop by and saw and sing on it some.
