Hey, Let's have some more fun. Since I do not have time to go in to taking photos and writing about my recording gear, I will ask some more questions.
Here's one. What did the band Chicago call themselves before they shortened their name to Chicago?
Who was the guitar player in the band James Gang? What famous band did he end up playing for after that?
And here is a really good one. Who was considered the "Fifth Beatle"?
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OK, Here is a really tough one. Who did most of the guitar work on the Monkees records? I have to give you some clues. This guy had his own TV show. He had many hits on the radio. He married a famous singer. What was her name? He had a lot of problems with alcohol and drug abuse.
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"Steppin' Out" by Paul Revere and the Raiders. ("Well I had to leave town because of Uncle Sam's deal, when I come back my good lovin' had lost it's appeal" or something close to that)
Shucks- I should have known the Elton John songs, I thought about those two songs, but over guessed myself I guess.
I hadn't thought about the James Gang in years. But that one stumps me.
Monkee guitar player- Glen Campbell?? He had several radio hits. He had a TV show. He married Tanya Tucker? He had alcohol problems?
Remember the group 10 Years After? "I'd Love to Change the World" would be politically incorrect now.
Chicago Transit Authority?
Shucks- I should have known the Elton John songs, I thought about those two songs, but over guessed myself I guess.
I hadn't thought about the James Gang in years. But that one stumps me.
Monkee guitar player- Glen Campbell?? He had several radio hits. He had a TV show. He married Tanya Tucker? He had alcohol problems?
Remember the group 10 Years After? "I'd Love to Change the World" would be politically incorrect now.
Chicago Transit Authority?
DB, You scored big time on Glen Campbell and CTA. I am going to let some other people guess about the James gang guy and other questions.
I was going to email you about your email today, but I will thank you here and now. Congrats on selling your bus. Thank you for those books you are sending me. I have a friend in Illinois who also knows of the Father and how he watches over us. We have been friends for 25 years, and we both know the power of prayer. Rudy
I remember that song by Ten Years After.
I was going to email you about your email today, but I will thank you here and now. Congrats on selling your bus. Thank you for those books you are sending me. I have a friend in Illinois who also knows of the Father and how he watches over us. We have been friends for 25 years, and we both know the power of prayer. Rudy
I remember that song by Ten Years After.
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Did the James Gang do the song Grand Funk 49? Or maby it was just Funk 49?
What song did Johnny Rivers sing that had something to do about a city in Tenn? Rudy, this should be a slam dunk for you!
Chuck Berry and Johnny Rivers both sang a song about a cheatin' woman.
The Yardbirds had a heart full of something.
The Beu Brummels had a hysterical fit that led to tears, near death and being lonely.
Things were really quite all over the world once for Herman's Hermits.
Who sang about love in their tummy, and a whole lot of sugar?
I better quit, this could go on forever and Sharkey would kick me off the forum.
I can't remember the band LG, but the song about Brandy was a very good one!! That was back "in the good old days!"
What song did Johnny Rivers sing that had something to do about a city in Tenn? Rudy, this should be a slam dunk for you!
Chuck Berry and Johnny Rivers both sang a song about a cheatin' woman.
The Yardbirds had a heart full of something.
The Beu Brummels had a hysterical fit that led to tears, near death and being lonely.
Things were really quite all over the world once for Herman's Hermits.
Who sang about love in their tummy, and a whole lot of sugar?
I better quit, this could go on forever and Sharkey would kick me off the forum.
I can't remember the band LG, but the song about Brandy was a very good one!! That was back "in the good old days!"
I can see it now. Sharkey saying "Hey, you guys are turning this into Trivia Central!".
Soon, I will move on to a show and tell of my recording equipment. I also will take my little accordion apart enough to show you what the inside looks like and explain how it works.
For now, here are some answers. James Gang did Funk 49. Joe Walsh, the guitarist went on to play with the Eagles.
Mabelline by Chuck Berry and Johnny Rivers
Kind of Hush by Herman's Hermits
Brandy was by Looking Glass.
Soon, I will move on to a show and tell of my recording equipment. I also will take my little accordion apart enough to show you what the inside looks like and explain how it works.
For now, here are some answers. James Gang did Funk 49. Joe Walsh, the guitarist went on to play with the Eagles.
Mabelline by Chuck Berry and Johnny Rivers
Kind of Hush by Herman's Hermits
Brandy was by Looking Glass.
OK, In order to keep some validity to Music Central, I will give you some history. In the late sixties, possibly early seventies, Walter Carlos surprised the world with an album called Switched On Bach. It was J S Bach's compositions done on a Moog Synthesizer. Back then, you had to use patch cords to patch the different sections of the synthesizer such as the oscillators, filters, envelopes, and other sections. His favorite recording device was two Beta Max machines. Because the recording heads spun, as opposed to stationary heads on a normal tape recorder, you could get 200db signal to noise ratio. That translates to the cleanest recording sound of the day. Also, back in the 60s, a record company called Command Records used to use the audio tracks from 35mm movie machines. That also created very clean recordings.
Back to Walter Carlos. He was an amazing musician and recording technician. He went on to record Bach's Brandenburg Concertos. He was also a very strange person. He got a sex change operation and continued to record under the name of Wendy Carlos. Well, at least he didn't shoot himself like Kurt Cobain did.
Moog synthesizers became easier to operate when all the patching was done internally so all you had to do was turn knobs and slide switches. Robert Moog held the patent on the oscillators (basically the voice of the synthesizer) for many years. They may still be patented to this day. Many companies made synths, but none could get the growl that the Moog had. Greg Lake of ELP used it in the song Lucky Man.
A precursor to the Moog synthesizer was the Buchla Electronic Music System. It was a large piece of equipment with a big mess of wires. Morton Subotnick had a hit record with it called Silver Apples Of The Moon. It was an esoteric recording using strange sounds that weren't really melodic. It was like a science fiction sound effects record. It did flow and had continuity.
With the development of the microchip, electronic devices have become smaller and smaller. Nowadays, there are cell phones that you can use as musical instruments.
Back to Walter Carlos. He was an amazing musician and recording technician. He went on to record Bach's Brandenburg Concertos. He was also a very strange person. He got a sex change operation and continued to record under the name of Wendy Carlos. Well, at least he didn't shoot himself like Kurt Cobain did.
Moog synthesizers became easier to operate when all the patching was done internally so all you had to do was turn knobs and slide switches. Robert Moog held the patent on the oscillators (basically the voice of the synthesizer) for many years. They may still be patented to this day. Many companies made synths, but none could get the growl that the Moog had. Greg Lake of ELP used it in the song Lucky Man.
A precursor to the Moog synthesizer was the Buchla Electronic Music System. It was a large piece of equipment with a big mess of wires. Morton Subotnick had a hit record with it called Silver Apples Of The Moon. It was an esoteric recording using strange sounds that weren't really melodic. It was like a science fiction sound effects record. It did flow and had continuity.
With the development of the microchip, electronic devices have become smaller and smaller. Nowadays, there are cell phones that you can use as musical instruments.
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Reading about the old synthesizers, I was reminded of a story I heard about the Mellotron. Apparently, a band was recording in a studio & they found an old Mellotron in the back room. They wanted to use it on their recording but it wasn't working, so one of the band members opened up the back. All of the tapes dropped to the floor & started rolling across the room! It reminded me of when 40 of my bass buttons fell out of my accordion when I was working on it. I think I'd rather deal with the tapes.
On an earlier post, I mentioned my Mandolin-Guitarphone, a member of the zither family. I said that it was a 1927 model. I want to correct that and tell you that it is a 1917 model. I call it my little harp. Quite a while back I was playing the classical guitar at a steady gig at a country club. I got hired to play for the dining crowd. One gig was a Christmas dinner. I figured I would make it easy on myself and bring nothing but my little harp. I knew that I would just stroll through the dining hall while playing this thing. I took my time to complete the circle (10 minutes). So, I just played the same song for ten minutes at a time, and on the next go around, I would play another song. I had a limited repertoire so I had to stretch the songs out for a two hour gig. It worked out great. When I was at one end of the dining hall, I knew that the people at the other end could no longer hear me, so my ploy worked excellently. Everyone loved the music I was playing on this very unusual instrument.
Originally, the four courses of chord strings were tuned to C F G D, and the melody strings were tuned to C major. I developed my own tuning which, virtually, rendered the instrument to play no wrong notes. What I did was, tune the chord strings to B E F# C#m. That is the 1 4 5 and 2 minor in the key of B. Then I kept the melody strings with the root as C, but I flatted the third and the seventh notes. What happened then was that there were no wrong notes between the chord groups and the melody notes. That meant I could play any of them together and make up my own flailing finger styles and fool everyone into thinking that I was some kind of master on this instrument. When I think of that, I still gotta laugh. I am going to be immodest here and brag that I think that tuning it that way was a genius idea. Excuse me while I pat myself on the back.
Here are some photos of that instrument.
Originally, the four courses of chord strings were tuned to C F G D, and the melody strings were tuned to C major. I developed my own tuning which, virtually, rendered the instrument to play no wrong notes. What I did was, tune the chord strings to B E F# C#m. That is the 1 4 5 and 2 minor in the key of B. Then I kept the melody strings with the root as C, but I flatted the third and the seventh notes. What happened then was that there were no wrong notes between the chord groups and the melody notes. That meant I could play any of them together and make up my own flailing finger styles and fool everyone into thinking that I was some kind of master on this instrument. When I think of that, I still gotta laugh. I am going to be immodest here and brag that I think that tuning it that way was a genius idea. Excuse me while I pat myself on the back.
Here are some photos of that instrument.
Doug, I went to the post office today and checked my box. What a pleasant surprise it was to find a package from you. Thanks for sending those CDs. I can see now, after listening to the David Grisman duos CD, how you made the comparison to the Two Of Us CD. Grisman is not stuck in the purist bluegrass realm of mandolin playing. I must say though, it will be a while before I can do some of those lightning fast runs he does. We do approach the instrument with the same abandon though.
Listening to Michael Hedges brought back so many memories and made me remember that I would never catch up to players like him. It is just amazing what he did with the guitar.
Thank you very much for sending those CDs to me.
Listening to Michael Hedges brought back so many memories and made me remember that I would never catch up to players like him. It is just amazing what he did with the guitar.
Thank you very much for sending those CDs to me.
Howard, I don't hate the guitar. I still love listening to it. I was just listening to some Michael Hedges yesterday. It is just that I hurt myself playing it. I will still use it in future recordings, but I will never do the Kottke style playing again. By the way, welcome to the forum. I am looking forward to your contributions. As you well know, you have always been a musical inspiration to me. Rudy
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