Friday, January 3, 2014

Jim Lindsey...

James Best, long before his most memorable role as Roscoe P. Coltrane on the Dukes of Hazzard, was a two time visitor to The Andy Griffith Show. Best played Jim Lindsey, a street guitar player that made it big with "Bobby Fleet and His Band With A Beat", thanks to the help of Andy Taylor.

Now I think James Best is a terrific actor, but this man couldn't fake his way through one note of a song without it being obvious that he couldn't play a note. I really enjoyed both episodes that he was on, but the guitar fakery is almost too much to watch. Even if the man could play he wouldn't be able to get the sound of two or three instruments out of one guitar, guess you could compare it to Briscoe Darlin's jug playing (another Dukes of Hazzard alumni..Uncle Jesse in case you have been living under a rock or are to young to know). 

Like Andy said to Briscoe, I don't think there is a set of lips with that much versatility.

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