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Topic: Chris Hillman & Desert Rose Band/ JD Maness 1986 |
tom anderson
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Posted 21 Jun 2021 8:04 am |
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Here’s an early Desert Rose Band show before their first album that’s very good. It was from the Strawberry Festival and features a couple of Hillman unreleased originals, a John Jorgensen original, a couple of Herb Pedersen originals and a cover or two not usually in their sets. It’s also got good 3 camera video. I like how the sound isn’t as compressed as later shows by them, but The vocals sometimes distort. That’s my only complaint.
https://youtu.be/hJqzV4S1Z0M |
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Frank Freniere
From:
The First Coast
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Posted 21 Jun 2021 10:08 am
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Great "time capsule" video - thanks!
Chris Hillman introduces JayDee at 34:44. |
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Bob Carlucci
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Candor, New York, USA
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Posted 21 Jun 2021 12:46 pm
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Wonderful-Loved the Byrds tune Rock and Roll Star.. One of my favorite tunes of all time.
Jeez, Jorgenson won the genetic lottery. Looks like a movie star/male fashion model, plays at a world class level, sings wonderfully, and is a good writer as well... And me here, with just my good looks going for me 
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Roger Rettig
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Naples, FL
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Posted 22 Jun 2021 6:27 am
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What a fabulous band!!!! Their James Taylor 'cover' was worth the price of admission on its own.
JayDee is truly a monster, isn't he?
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Roger Rettig: Emmons D10, B-bender Teles and Martins - and, at last, a Gibson Super 400!
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Dave Hopping
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Aurora, Colorado
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Posted 22 Jun 2021 7:37 am
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Always did say the DRB was the ultimate expression of that whole country-rock genre. Ace players, ace songwriting, ace performances.
...And the frosting on the cake is we get to rub shoulders right here with their steeler! |
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Dave Mudgett
From:
Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 22 Jun 2021 9:07 am
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| I think the country-rock bands that took in heavier amounts of bluegrass, like DRB, Emmylou's Hot Band, and a few others, really did take the form to a different level. Bringing in that bluegrass-level musicianship really did change things. |
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Bob Carlucci
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Candor, New York, USA
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Posted 22 Jun 2021 12:06 pm
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| Dave Mudgett wrote: |
| I think the country-rock bands that took in heavier amounts of bluegrass, like DRB, Emmylou's Hot Band, and a few others, really did take the form to a different level. Bringing in that bluegrass-level musicianship really did change things. |
The Hot Band was great, as was Ricky Skaggs band in the 80's... In my book though, neither of them was quite as good as the DRB.
JD's steel, and JJ's guitar simply sent them up to another level.
The only thing "missing" in the DRB sound was a fiddle, but I never even thought about it, as it just wasn't needed for what they were doing... bob
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Last edited by Bob Carlucci on 23 Jun 2021 2:53 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 22 Jun 2021 1:32 pm
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Sorry, Bob - 'no fiddle' is one of the aspects of the DRB that I love! 
They sound just great. The two acoustics underpinning the tight harmonies and the brilliant solo work on guitar/mandolin and steel is perfect.
I have played with far more fiddlers than I care to recall over the years; very few of them have played in tune.
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Roger Rettig: Emmons D10, B-bender Teles and Martins - and, at last, a Gibson Super 400!
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Ron Pruter
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 22 Jun 2021 7:05 pm
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I sure agree with Roger on this one!!
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