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Post by dnic on Jun 5, 2023 7:34:24 GMT -6
This is from "The Humbler" Dane youtu.be/lB_ZXEviNnEMaybe they don't list it as such in an attempt to circumvent Take Down? I'll see whether I can sleuth out any others- perhaps from the same uploader? でつ e&oe ...That's the one I found. Crazy good stuff. |
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Post by antares on Jun 5, 2023 7:37:08 GMT -6
Interest piqued? This for me is my all time fave guitar solo. How can anyone improvise like this? We're all players here to one level or another so we're well placed to appreciate the intricacies of what he's doing in this clip. youtu.be/RyjtW-rvWoQThanks be for YouTube (with all its faults). でつ e&oe ... |
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Post by GuitarAttack Forum on Jun 5, 2023 9:21:58 GMT -6
This is from the Johnny Cash Show. It was recorded at the Ryman Auditorium on November 5, 1970. My friend Mark was at this show as a teenager. He said it was funny -- most of his friends thought Johnny Cash was a square but the rumor was that Clapton was going to be on the show. What is incredible is that "Layla" wasn't released until November 9th -- after this show was taped. While Clapton played Brownie, his '56 Strat on the show, he walked through the alley - which is still there -- to Sho-Bud and bought six 50's Strats for $100 each. This is where Blackie was born. Sho-Bud is now "Robert's Western World", a McHonky Tonk on Broadway where people act completely insane. Here is a link to that story: www.fender.com/articles/behind-the-scenes/in-1970-eric-clapton-bought-6-strats-at-a-nashville-music-storeMost folks don't remember Johnny Cash being a rockabilly guy and was part of the "Million Dollar Quartet" with Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis, and Carl Perkins. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Dollar_QuartetThis was the session where Carl Perkins recorded "Matchbox". The Johnny Cash show was required watching when I was a kid. That is where I discovered Linda Ronstadt and a bunch of other really cool musicians. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Johnny_Cash_ShowJohn |
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Post by GuitarAttack Forum on Jun 5, 2023 9:24:26 GMT -6
I posted this as a reply to John's last post on the Gretsch thread, but I immediately realised I was up to my usual thread swerving tricks. Do you find that guitars which seem to fill stereotypical niche slots in music tend to bring out complementary playing styles John? I sure do. I have a Heritage "Sweet16" carved top hollow florentine cutaway job and it immediately brings out jazzier styles. Rockabilly is not my first choice in music genres, but done well it can be great as witness Guthrie Govan and Jeff Beck to quote but two. It rather puts you in stellar company John given your other playing! For your Gretsch and Rockabilly per-se, have you heard the so-called "Humbler" tape? Amos Garret used to play it on the tour bus when his band members got too big for their boots during the previous night's gig, so it became informally known as "The Humbler". It is Robert Gordon with the very wonderful Danny Gatton tearing it up on a Telecaster. It was released on CD by Danny's mother, Norma, but his wife objected for some reason so it became unobtanium. I have a CD copy and it is a stunning display of Rockabilly chops, and Robert's customary 2 minutes 59 seconds mantra was sensibly set aside to give Danny some elbow room. It's not easy to find at all and attracts commensurate pricing, but I imagine that it's all on YouTube if you know the track listing. Massive hint; DO NOT search for "The Humbler" on Google! でつ e&oe ...Steve -- First, very nice guitar. Those are incredible instruments. As for the stereotypes, I just want to play Stray Cats when I pick up the Gretsch and want to play Iron Maiden when I pick up my Charvel! lol Danny Gatton? One of the greatest. John |
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Post by antares on Jun 5, 2023 9:34:43 GMT -6
If it's the same clip, think I saw that metal singer do Amazing Grace a good few years ago Eddie. It has lost nothing of its impact. Perfectly pitched and clearly a trained voice?
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Post by antares on Jun 5, 2023 9:39:32 GMT -6
A gold star for anyone who noticed the shadow of my Firebird in that Heritage Sweet16 image!
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Post by antares on Jun 5, 2023 13:34:37 GMT -6
When I bought that Heritage, it came from CONUS. Upon opening up the stunning packaging, I immediately noticed a "V" shaped scratch about 1.5" high on the body, bass side of the floating saddle, so I exploded the eBay images to the limit and sure enough- there it was. I felt that the seller should have mentioned it, but you know- it's down to caveat emptor at the end of the day, and I bought it in 2007 for barely 1/4 of the current retail price.
Later when I put together my Warmoth neck with one piece Schecter Hawaiian Koa body S-type, I couldn't get it to play nicely, so I graciously admitted defeat and arranged for a renowned guitar maker and repairer near Aldershot, Hampshire to knock it into shape. Apart from ignoring my instructions with my supplied set of 11 thou' strings he made a first class job of it.
When I dropped it off, I took the Sweet16 along with a view to having him repair the scratch (it being a nitro finish) and he said "Do you know what you've got there?" and I replied "Yes, it's a Heritage Sweet16" and he said "No- that's a guitar" so of course I said that was obvious and he came straight back and said "No-that's A GUITAR. Leave well alone, play it and enjoy it." What a guy? He could have just simply fleeced me for the work, but he was telling me to get a grip on reality. The Sweet16 is easily the best sounding "electric" guitar I own, closely followed by my Yamaha SA2000 and SG2000 in that order.
Apologies if you guys have sat through that story before, but as John said the Heritage sure is a great instrument.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2023 13:54:53 GMT -6
When I bought that Heritage, it came from CONUS. Upon opening up the stunning packaging, I immediately noticed a "V" shaped scratch about 1.5" high on the body, bass side of the floating saddle, so I exploded the eBay images to the limit and sure enough- there it was. I felt that the seller should have mentioned it, but you know- it's down to caveat emptor at the end of the day, and I bought it in 2007 for barely 1/4 of the current retail price. Later when I put together my Warmoth neck with one piece Schecter Hawaiian Koa body S-type, I couldn't get it to play nicely, so I graciously admitted defeat and arranged for a renowned guitar maker and repairer near Aldershot, Hampshire to knock it into shape. Apart from ignoring my instructions with my supplied set of 11 thou' strings he made a first class job of it. When I dropped it off, I took the Sweet16 along with a view to having him repair the scratch (it being a nitro finish) and he said "Do you know what you've got there?" and I replied "Yes, it's a Heritage Sweet16" and he said "No- that's a guitar" so of course I said that was obvious and he came straight back and said "No-that's A GUITAR. Leave well alone, play it and enjoy it." What a guy? He could have just simply fleeced me for the work, but he was telling me to get a grip on reality. The Sweet16 is easily the best sounding "electric" guitar I own, closely followed by my Yamaha SA2000 and SG2000 in that order. Apologies if you guys have sat through that story before, but as John said the Heritage sure is a great instrument. でつ e&oe ...Steve, I have owned like 3 of the Heritage guitars. 5 Joe Pass, and a lot of other ones. I liked them all. But I sold them for one reason or another. Mostly to get tools or we were moving and needed the money. They resold as fast as my Teles. LOL! I may buy a kit guitar that looks like these guitars. But that won't happen till late next year.
But they are cool guitars. EB
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Post by dnic on Jun 5, 2023 21:40:44 GMT -6
Interest piqued? This for me is my all time fave guitar solo. How can anyone improvise like this? We're all players here to one level or another so we're well placed to appreciate the intricacies of what he's doing in this clip. youtu.be/RyjtW-rvWoQThanks be for YouTube (with all its faults). でつ e&oe ...Pretty amazing playing. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2023 12:41:52 GMT -6
Ok you can't do Rockabilly without some serf music. Here is a cool one fore ya all!
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Post by GuitarAttack Forum on Jun 8, 2023 16:25:03 GMT -6
Here is what Sho-Bud looks like today. Full of tourists acting crazy in this truly authentic honkytonk. John  |
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Post by antares on Jun 9, 2023 2:53:28 GMT -6
Here's a gap in my knowledge fueled by that old Beelzebub Assumption. I always thought Sho-Bud related to pedal steel guitars (or maybe pick ups?) and not an actual place. Hmm. Uncle Google methinks.
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Post by GuitarAttack Forum on Jun 9, 2023 11:00:56 GMT -6
Here's a gap in my knowledge fueled by that old Beelzebub Assumption. I always thought Sho-Bud related to pedal steel guitars (or maybe pick ups?) and not an actual place. Hmm. Uncle Google methinks. でつ e&oe ...Steve -- Sho-Bud steel guitars were assembled in this space. They also had guitar repair and sold guitars on the lower-level. John |
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Post by antares on Jun 9, 2023 13:22:40 GMT -6
Gracias John. I wasn't too off target after all.
Didn't the very wonderful Buddy Emmons have some major connection with Sho-Bud? I guess the clue's in the name? As we go full circle then, Danny Gatton sold his pedal steel figuring he could hire Buddy for Funhouse for maybe three gigs. Buddy had given up playing and kind of refused to share a stage with guitar players because none could hold a candle to him, but Danny could ... It turned Buddy around and brought him back in from The Boonies.
"Funhouse" is an astonishing album, courtesy of Ed Eastridge and his wife Dixie. I do hope Ed is still running BigMo Records, but I guess time and tide waits for no man and Ed must be getting on now. It's an impossible call to make, but Funhouse may well be my favourite recording of all my experience and that's some stellar company to go up against.
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Post by GuitarAttack Forum on Jun 13, 2023 11:21:25 GMT -6
Here is a good link to info about Sho-Bud's building on Broadway in Nashville. www.loc.gov/item/tn0434/Note: When I was a kid, saying something was on "Lower Broad" in Nashville meant it was probably associated with illegal activity. You know...kind of like what is going on today! John |
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