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Topic: San Geronimo - "Man Who's Blue" - one mic recording! |
Brad Bechtel
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Posted 23 Mar 2016 1:55 pm |
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The Northern California based band San Geronimo (featuring Dave Zirbel on pedal steel) recorded the song Man Who's Blue with just one microphone! Great job Dave Zirbel and company!
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Charlie McDonald
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Posted 24 Mar 2016 4:02 am
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Dave Zirbel
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Sebastopol, CA USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2016 9:50 am
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Thanks Brad! The steel sounds a little pitchy to me but that's the take everyone liked...or the one that was video taped. I was amazed that the steel sounded that big through a 5 watt Fender Tweed Champ with an 8" speaker....
Here's the other tune we did, no pedal steel though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX9-Esh-eqE
The session was an experiment spearheaded by John Cuniberti to see if he could record a band with one stereo microphone. We were there for 6 hours and at least half the time was spent getting amp and drum placement/volumes...
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Dave Zirbel-
Sierra S-10 (Built by Ross Shafer),ZB, Fender 400 guitars, various tube and SS amps |
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John Sluszny
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Brussels, Belgium
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Posted 24 Mar 2016 11:08 am
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| Dave Zirbel wrote: |
I was amazed that the steel sounded that big through a 5 watt Fender Tweed Champ with an 8" speaker....
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So am I !!!  |
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Mark Eaton
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Posted 24 Mar 2016 12:55 pm
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| Dave Zirbel wrote: |
The steel sounds a little pitchy to me but that's the take everyone liked...or the one that was video taped. I was amazed that the steel sounded that big through a 5 watt Fender Tweed Champ with an 8" speaker....
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Great job Dave!
Not being critical of your bandmates, but if anything sounded a little pitchy to me it was the vocals. Or maybe it was the steel and the vocals were right on? 
I'm not complaining! I really like it and the whole thing, the quality of the video, the panning around the studio, the sound in my headphones - I hadn't read your post prior to viewing and when I saw the Little Fender Champ I was thinking "wait a second - is Dave's steel coming out of that little thing?"
San Geronimo is great. Along with bands like another one with whom Dave has played and recorded, I See Hawks in L.A., and Tim & Nicki Bluhm's occasional aggregation, Broke Down In Bakersfield and others - the vibe is being kept alive here in California.
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Dave Zirbel
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Sebastopol, CA USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2016 2:51 pm
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Mark, as always you are too kind. Thanks for your continued support!
Just to clarify, Dan Lebowitz played steel with Broke Down in Bakersfield. Maybe you're confusing them with the Par Value Country Band that features Tim, Scott Law and myself...
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Dave Zirbel-
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Mark Eaton
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Posted 24 Mar 2016 3:24 pm
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Actually, I should have done a better job on that sentence since I know Dan plays the steel in Brokedown in Bakersfield, after the fact I realized it's confusing.
I mentioned that band as an example of one of the groups who has been keeping the California country rock plus Bakersfield sound alive here in the Golden State.
And while we're at it, a shoutout to Par Value as well.
Scott Law - that guy can play about anything on the guitar, acoustic or electric. He even has his own signature model dreadnought from Santa Cruz Guitars. Most of the times I've seen Scott it's more in the bluegrass scenario. He's done some shows with Mike Witcher on dobro at Terrapin Crossroads - killer!
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