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Topic: Lap Steel: Pink Floyd |
Kay Das
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Posted 12 Feb 2009 11:00 am |
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I had the privilege of working at the Abbey Road Studios in London in 1973 when Pink Floyd were recording " Dark Side of the Moon", but that is another story...
Pink Floyd have, unbenownst to some steel guitar aficionados, sometimes featured lap steel in their recordings, and to my listening ears, done so very tastefully and with skillful mixing techniques. Two captivating tracks, in my opinion, are " Great Gig in the Sky" and "Breathe". Lap steel features on some other tracks on other albums, but not too often. David Gilmour plays lap steel and you may look up the following link to learn more:
http://www.gilmourish.com/?page_id=69
Are there any Pink Floyd fans in the Forum.....? 
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Peter Jacobs
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Northern Virginia
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James Kerr
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Scotland, UK
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Posted 12 Feb 2009 11:18 am
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There are Pink Floyd fans everywhere, including the Forum.
James Kerr
Scotland. |
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 12 Feb 2009 12:17 pm Nope, no Floyd/Gilmour fans here...
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... now really, get on with the Abbey Road stories!  |
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Rich Hlaves
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Wildomar, California, USA
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Posted 12 Feb 2009 1:43 pm
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"One of these days" from Meddle has just a bit of highly over driven lap on it as well. Buy Gilmour's Live in G'dansk DVD for a real Lap/weiss treat.
Tell me about Rick Wright playing the Abbey Road Hammond RT3! His Hammond sound is better on that album than any other. |
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Tom Pettingill
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California, USA (deceased)
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Josh Cho
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New York, NY (orig. Honolulu, HI)
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Posted 12 Feb 2009 6:26 pm
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David Gilmour is one of me heroes, and is still playing, recording and performing today.
His latest album, On An Island, is his most brilliant work IMHO and features lap steel and Weissenborn, on his last tour he had both Stringmaster and Weissenborn setup on stage, and his keyboard player was playing a Rick on one song.
Here's a video of David playing a Fender Stringmaster for the solo to "Wots Uh the Deal", an old, old Floyd tune (notice the use of flatpick!!!).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je0AHdofgf8&feature=channel_page
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Lap-n-Console Steel Guitar Lessons |
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Kay Das
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Los Angeles CA
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Posted 12 Feb 2009 11:52 pm steel guitarist at abbey road circa 1973...
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Spot the steel guitarist...
Yes, i was there, though I honestly do not remember this picture (taken for publicity, the control room window has a picture of the moon as a gimic)...Pink Floyd did not allow studio staff to hear them recording, which they did all night every night for a long time, I cannot remember. They brought their own recording engineer. I also met Hank Marvin during my work at Abbey Road installing the Neve mixing console. EMI had a mixing console designed specifically for Abbey Road, Studio 2 , I think it was.
http://www.4shared.com/file/87441877/4e237621/neveabbeyroad.html
Disclaimer: I was not playing steel guitar at the time... |
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 13 Feb 2009 9:59 am Oh, by the way...
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Wally Pfeifer
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Illinois, USA
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Posted 13 Feb 2009 11:14 am Pink Floyd
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Kay
My son, John, is 100% Pink Floyd fan. He plays guitar, sings and does a real nice job on "Comfortably Numb". I guess that's the title or maybe that's just some of the words. ? ? ? I also enjoy "The Wall" and several other Pink Floyd recordings.
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 13 Feb 2009 12:34 pm Well..., who knew?
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Gee, Wally, cool to hear he's so into Gilmour, and that you dig PF too!
Hmmm, what else will the world reveal today? |
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Mark Mansueto
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Michigan, USA
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Jonathan Shacklock
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London, UK
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Posted 19 Feb 2009 10:42 am
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Kay, if you haven't read it already you will love this book (in fact all gear heads will love it!): www.curvebender.com/rtb.html
Can anyone hear a very faint pedal steel on the song Wish You Were Here? |
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Kay Das
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 19 Feb 2009 9:58 pm Pink....
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[color=blue]Jonathan[/color], thanks, I will purchase it as soon as it gets on Amazon..., looks like a great read. I just ordered Geoff Emerick's book" Here There and Everywhere" a few days ago. Geoff used to visit Neve very often, during my time there (1970 - 1981). A great recording engineer he, knew exactly what he wanted, a good customer.
[color=red]Ron[/color], yes, I am the guy in pink... funny thing is that I do not recall that pic at all, but I did have long hair in those days...maybe it was not even me....or they took the pic without me knowing.... I looked a bit like that (the guy with his back to the camera)...
[color=brown]Tom[/color], that's a great video, the kind of steel playing that's more likely to get steel guitar re-incarnated in this day and age, I feel..a bit of a far cry from " Blue Hawaiian Moonlight"...
[color=violet]Wally[/color], I always suspected there was a dark secret hidden side of you... jokes aside, though, you have a wonderfully wide taste in and knowledge of music, as I have come to know you over the years!
[color=indigo]Josh[/color], I prefer using a flatpick instead of finger picks while trying to get a bluesy sound, as in the bluesy part of my rendition of "Help Me Make It Through the Night".
[color=green]Rich[/color], thanks for the pointer to " Meddle"
[color=darkred]Mark[/color], love " One of These Days" too..lap steel is so much more expressive than slide/bottleneck I feel....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTrNQCYh70Y
[color=darkblue]James[/color], there is a Scottish group, MacFloyd who do Pink's covers: http://cdbaby.com/cd/macfloyd
Another favourite of mine..." Marooned",,,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OMFiqNA6Ag&feature=related
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Kay Das
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Los Angeles CA
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Posted 19 Feb 2009 10:01 pm oops, can't get the colours to work...
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Jonathan, thanks, I will purchase it as soon as it gets on Amazon..., looks like a great read. I just ordered Geoff Emerick's book" Here There and Everywhere" a few days ago. Geoff used to visit Neve very often, during my time there (1970 - 1981). A great recording engineer he, knew exactly what he wanted, a good customer.
Ron, yes, I am the guy in pink... funny thing is that I do not recall that pic at all, but I did have long hair in those days...maybe it was not even me....or they took the pic without me knowing.... I looked a bit like that (the guy with his back to the camera)...
Tom, that's a great video, the kind of steel playing that's more likely to get steel guitar re-incarnated in this day and age, I feel..a bit of a far cry from " Blue Hawaiian Moonlight"...
Wally, I always suspected there was a dark secret hidden side of you... jokes aside, though, you have a wonderfully wide taste in and knowledge of music, as I have come to know you over the years!
Josh, I prefer using a flatpick instead of finger picks while trying to get a bluesy sound, as in the bluesy part of my rendition of "Help Me Make It Through the Night".
Rich, thanks for the pointer to " Meddle"
Mark, love " One of These Days" too..lap steel is so much more expressive than slide/bottleneck I feel....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTrNQCYh70Y
James, there is a Scottish group, MacFloyd who do Pink's covers: http://cdbaby.com/cd/macfloyd
Another favourite of mine..." Marooned",,,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OMFiqNA6Ag&feature=related
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Ariel Lobos
From:
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Posted 20 Feb 2009 6:37 am
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THERE IS A GREAT SOLO IN "THE DIVISION BELL " CD,I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE SONG RIGHT NOW,"I GUESS IS "POLES APART", IS AT THE END CODA,A LONG SOLO WITH BEAUTIFULL MELODIES,AS ALWAYS DAVID GAVE US.
HOW COOL IS THIS FORUM,TELL US MORE HISTORIES ABOUT YOUR WORK THERE! |
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Josh Haislip
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Midland, Texas
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Posted 20 Feb 2009 7:51 am
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| A buddy of mine in College had the making of the Darkside of Moon DVD, in it Gilmour says that he used a pedal steel on "Breathe" he sits down behind a "cream" Fender 800 (I think)and plays some of the chords on the intro. |
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