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Topic: AJ "Wunder" Ghent will be in San Francisco Sunday. |
Jon Sawyer
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Richmond, California
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Posted 21 Aug 2012 12:55 pm |
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Just a heads up here that AJ "Wunder Ghent", son of Aubrey, will be in San Francisco this Sunday, @ Brick & Mortar, with the one and only Col. Bruce Hampton (a very rare west coast appearance).
http://www.brickandmortarmusic.com/event/141560/
The full lineup is:
Col. Bruce on guitar and vocals
Chris Cawthray on drums
Jez Graham on keyboards (playing left-hand bass)
AJ Ghent on lap steel guitar
They will also be playing a daytime set on Saturday up in the Gold Country Foothills. Kimock will be there too; I'm hoping for maybe some sort of Kimock Ghent jam, but not counting on it.
http://lazysummerdaze.com
Below is a video of AJ & this band (w/different drummer).
http://youtu.be/7pBF0GGUHi0
Last edited by Jon Sawyer on 22 Aug 2012 7:57 pm; edited 3 times in total |
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Bill Leff
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Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Posted 21 Aug 2012 9:30 pm
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That was cool. I saw AJ play when he was a kid back in 2003 or so.
Any idea of the tuning he's using? |
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Kevin Brown
From:
England
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Posted 22 Aug 2012 3:05 pm
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| Thank you so much John, that was truly inspiring, beyond cool, almost freezing ! |
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Jon Sawyer
From:
Richmond, California
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Posted 22 Aug 2012 7:49 pm
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I found more 
The whole broadcast, a very entertaining 19 minute interview with Colonel Bruce, followed by 21 minutes of live music. The youtube video was a clip from this:
http://vimeopro.com/user9879637/backstage/video/41813866
I have no idea what tuning AJ uses, but I will ask him this weekend; and I'll try to get some nice detailed photographs of his guitar and rig. I'm also pretty sure all the sets will be recorded. I intend to record on Sunday night, although I'll just be using my little Edirol R9 with the external mic's; it's results can be hit or miss.
Cheers, Jon
P.S. Please note: I initially posted they would be in San Francisco on Friday, when in fact it is Sunday! Sorry about that. |
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Jay Fagerlie
From:
Lotus, California, USA
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Posted 4 Aug 2013 8:35 am
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Jon,
Did you ever find out J Wunders tuning?
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Kelvin Monaghan
From:
Victoria, Australia
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Posted 5 Aug 2013 12:28 am
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| I had read somewhere where he said he used variations on open D,but I would love to know the string by string tuning used in that clip,lucky boy growing up amongst players like Calvin Cooke and having Aubrey as his father. |
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Jon Sawyer
From:
Richmond, California
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Posted 5 Aug 2013 9:58 am
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| Jay Fagerlie wrote: |
Jon,
Did you ever find out J Wunders tuning?
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Yes, AJ uses D7 tuning, as he put it: "Old school Sacred Steel E7, tuned down 1 step..."
Later, Jon |
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