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Roger Shackelton

 

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Post  Posted 5 Aug 2015 7:44 pm    
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YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL TO ME: BUDDY EMMONS

I found this pretty tune by BUDDY on the internet, but don't
recall where. ??


http://picosong.com/mrfk/


Roger
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Joachim Kettner


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Post  Posted 6 Aug 2015 5:52 am    
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That's beautiful. Thanks Roger!
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Erv Niehaus


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Post  Posted 6 Aug 2015 7:47 am    
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What's he using for effects?
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Roger Shackelton

 

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Post  Posted 6 Aug 2015 8:58 am    
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Sounds like a bit of reverb & a Phase Shifter to me. ??


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Joachim Kettner


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Post  Posted 6 Aug 2015 9:57 am    
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Ater I heard this I went out and bought a phaser for 45 Euros. I think it's the gadget Buddy uses here.
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Chris Templeton


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Post  Posted 6 Aug 2015 3:09 pm    
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That's my recording and was recorded on a Tascam 2x speed cassette recorder with DBX noise reduction. There's a direct line into Buddy's Session 500 and the effect is the built in phase shifter, which was his favorite.
Sid Hudson on guitar, David Smith on bass and John Stacey (RIP) on drums.
It was recorded at Jeffran in the mid 1980's. I had posted the 17 songs from that session here but Fran asked me to take them down because of ownership issues. but I guess they still exist in the recesses of the web.
All of us who have recordings made at Jeffran have Jeff and Fran to thank for even allowing recordings to be made there, for our personal use.
(I don't think there's a way of deleting them from the web, Fran).
That time reminds me of a Buddy prank that happened then.
Buddy sometimes would say "There's another crease on the cerebellum" referring to the groove that is created on/in the brain as a result of practice or repetition.
Probably to that end, one night at Jeffran, Buddy placed a recorder under the bunkhouse with a timer set to play at some ungodly hour in the middle of the night.
What was on the tape were licks he had been teaching.
I don't know, he might have been trying the subliminal approach to learning, but that sure was good fun.
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Randy McElroy


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Post  Posted 6 Aug 2015 5:35 pm    
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Wow, just wow.
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Chris Templeton


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Post  Posted 6 Aug 2015 5:48 pm    
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I second that wowser!
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Michael Tyne

 

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Post  Posted 11 Sep 2016 8:39 pm     You Are So Beautiful To Me Buddy Emmons
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I can hear the late Sneaky Pete in Buddy's rendition of that tune. They were both aware of the potential of what chord progressions could express with the use of sound effects.
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Tim Russell


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Post  Posted 12 Sep 2016 2:16 am    
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Never heard this one before - thanks for reviving the thread! Smile
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Quentin Hickey

 

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Post  Posted 12 Sep 2016 4:13 pm    
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Buddy is my favorite! He is so smooth.
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Doug Beaumier


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Northampton, MA
Post  Posted 12 Sep 2016 4:36 pm    
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That's the vibe Buddy got on his "One for the Road" album (1982)... Playing through a Session 500 with onboard phase shifter. What a big, fat, smooth sound! I saw Buddy playing through this rig in 1981, 82, and 83 at Jeffran's and at the ISGC.
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Micky Byrne


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Post  Posted 13 Sep 2016 6:17 am     Re: You Are So Beautiful To Me------Buddy Emmons
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Roger, that was so good as only Buddy could "feel" it. Lovely subtle use of a Phase shifter Very Happy

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Chris Templeton


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Post  Posted 24 Sep 2016 1:30 pm    
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I like it that Buddy produced "One For The Road" in his basement, on his TEAC 8 track.
He was not under the studio gun, so his creativity really shines. Jim Palenscar may have some cds of this record for sale.
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Steve Matlock

 

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Post  Posted 25 Sep 2016 8:51 pm    
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Thanks Roger AND Chris for sharing! Great recordings! Do you remember what guitar he was playing? Just curious.
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Chris Templeton


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Post  Posted 26 Sep 2016 3:08 am    
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If I remember correctly, Buddy was playing an Emmons LeGrande that had a little rose on the front apron. Pretty sure it was not an MCI or an EMCI which he was playing before the Emmons. He could have had one of those set up for recording, at the house.
Here's Buddy's recording about what guitar he plays (Heh,heh)
http://picosong.com/YySX/
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Erv Niehaus


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Post  Posted 26 Sep 2016 7:14 am    
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I liked that! Very Happy
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Bas Kapitein

 

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Post  Posted 26 Sep 2016 1:18 pm    
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Chis wrote; That's my recording

And I thought, no, that is my recording.
but I was wrong. I compared mine with yours and they are different. Mine is a year earlier and on mine is an introduction by Buddy were he dedicates the song to his wife.

But there is a story how I got the recording that you may like.
Buddy was playing in 1979 in Rotterdam. He had his own set in a mayor 8-hour country show.
I had met him a few times before and before he went on the stage I asked if he minded that I recorded his set with my portable recorder. He said, sure and he took me with him to the side of the stage where I had better sound.
A few minutes after he started his 4 song set, a stage manager made me stop recording. I explained the permission Buddy gave me, but there was no way I could persuade him.
After the set Buddy came down the stage and asked if all went well and I told him what happened. And I pointed to the guy. Can you imagine Buddy being angry? Well he was, but they also talked some and then the manager apologized to me and promised he would make it up to me and wanted my address. Buddy had suggested that they sent me the tape that Buddy had made for the sound people to prepare for the show. A week later the cassette was in the mail.
I shared it with my Dutch friends, so that was the reason I thought your recording was mine.
Although your version is better and longer, you probably can see that the dedication to Peggy and the way I got the recording make it special to me.
Another “Buddy story” that shows what a great guy he was and never to “Big” to take care of his fans.
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