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Topic: Who is this with Ray Lamontagne (and warning: vol swells) |
Chris Walke
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St Charles, IL
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Posted 9 Jun 2009 4:20 am |
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Love this song. And this video which gives good quality and quantity(!) PSG footage. Who's playing?
And say what you will about using that volume pedal for swells, it works really well for this song. Agree, or no?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT44LgrJ4YA |
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Rick Batey
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Posted 9 Jun 2009 5:48 am
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Eric Heywood. And I agree.
Repaired link to YouTube
Last edited by Rick Batey on 9 Jun 2009 8:20 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Scott Swartz
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St. Louis, MO
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Posted 9 Jun 2009 7:05 am
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The part works for me, I think it fits very well.
Not a tune for hot licks.
The singer songwriter types I have worked with like these kinds of steel parts, makes the phone ring...
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Chris LeDrew
From:
Canada
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Posted 9 Jun 2009 7:53 am
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| Isn't Eric playing with The Pretenders now? |
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John Phinney
From:
Long Beach California, USA
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Posted 9 Jun 2009 8:11 am
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Heywood is great. I play in a couple "alt country" bands and the band leaders have no clue who Emmons or Mooney are. Eric Heywood is where PSG starts and ends with them.
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Last edited by John Phinney on 10 Jun 2009 11:01 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Archie Nicol R.I.P.
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Ayrshire, Scotland
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Posted 9 Jun 2009 8:25 am
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Eric is with the Pretenders now. Chrissie was interviewed on the radio over here. She mentioned that the steel had been removed from the American release of their latest single. Because it had steel, it would be categorised as `Country` and the `Rock` stations wouldn't play it. Weirdsville?
Arch.
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Chris LeDrew
From:
Canada
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Posted 9 Jun 2009 9:30 am
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I love the fact that steel has that kind of influence over the direction of a single. It proves to me the power of the instrument.  |
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Chris Walke
From:
St Charles, IL
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Posted 9 Jun 2009 9:57 am
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| thanks for the info. Heywood's playing reminds me of the kind of stuff Greg Leisz does. |
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Marc Jenkins
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 9 Jun 2009 11:23 am
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If that isn't playing what the song requires, I don't know what is! Thanks for posting; anyone know what kind of steel that is? Williams?
I believe Mr. Heywood juggles touring and recording with Ray Lamontagne and the Pretenders both, also. |
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richard burton
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Britain
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Posted 9 Jun 2009 12:20 pm
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That's the type of song that I hate playing steel to, too many minors.
I find it very difficult to put fills and backing to these types of songs, and I always end up with a miserable sound, long whining minor chords, and long harmonics because I don't have the creativity to think of anything else  |
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Scott Swartz
From:
St. Louis, MO
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Posted 10 Jun 2009 9:19 am
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The steel is a Williams
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Bent Romnes
From:
London,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 10 Jun 2009 11:49 am
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| richard burton wrote: |
That's the type of song that I hate playing steel to, too many minors.
I find it very difficult to put fills and backing to these types of songs, and I always end up with a miserable sound, long whining minor chords, and long harmonics because I don't have the creativity to think of anything else |
I know what you're saying Richard. Tough to be creative in a song like that.
However, Eric pulls it off quite nicely. To my ears, that's exactly what was needed to enhance the singer's voice.
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Chris Walke
From:
St Charles, IL
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Posted 11 Jun 2009 6:24 am
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Having just recently heard the studio recording of the song, it seems Heywood is pretty much playing a part that was arranged for strings (a cello and a violin or two, I think).
the song is beautiful, both with strings and with psg. I'm partial to the psg version. go figure. |
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