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Stephen Silver
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Posted 12 Oct 2012 6:06 am |
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This is my first upload to soundcloud. I played with Mary Kay Place back in the late 70's and we recorded an album that Columbia chose not to release. Somehow, it did manage to get released last year.
So this is a really nice Tom Snow song. Lot's of great players on this.....Paul Marshall on bass, Jim Shirey on piano, Waddy Wachtel on guitar, Mickey Raphael on harp, Valerie Carter, Blondie Chaplin, and Nicolette Larson on backup vocals, Ricky Fataar on drums, produced by Rob Fraboni at The Bands Shangra La studio in Zuma Beach.
Ah for the good ole days........
http://soundcloud.com/stephen-d-silver/07-taking-it-all-in-stride
SS
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Lynn Stafford
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Ridgefield, WA USA
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Posted 12 Oct 2012 6:58 am Recording
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Hi Stephen,
Good recording with a very nice steel break about 2.40 
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Brandin
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Newport Beach CA. USA
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Posted 12 Oct 2012 7:49 am
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Great Steve! I remember when you all did a show at the Cafe Metro in Newport Beach. I think that may have been 1977?
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 12 Oct 2012 8:36 am
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Are we not making music like this anymore simply because it's out of style? If so, that's either too bad, or I miss the '70's too much...  |
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chris ivey
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california (deceased)
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Posted 12 Oct 2012 8:45 am
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| nice, steve. i always thought mary kay was pretty cool. |
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Jim Eaton
From:
Santa Susana, Ca
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Posted 12 Oct 2012 8:46 am
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Stephen,nice tune,nice group of players and a very tasteful steel part from you! 
I did some work at Shangra La with Don Everly and really enjoyed recording there.
JE:-)>
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Brint Hannay
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 12 Oct 2012 8:50 am
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| Very nice all around! |
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Stephen Silver
From:
Asheville, NC
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Posted 12 Oct 2012 9:29 am
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Thanks all. Yea, Gary, we were young then weren't we? Shangra La had a great vibe.
Mary Kay was (still is) a great woman. Shame she didn't feel the confidence to continue singing. Her best pals of the day were EmmyLou, Nicolette, and Linda Ronstadt. She always felt a bit inadequate next to them, but she was a decent singer, funnier than can be, and very kind to us all.
i hadn't heard these cuts in a long long time (I have them on a cassette somewhere) I think that song stands the test of time, still holds up after all the hair has left my purty head.
So Gary, when is the next Vanduras release? I play it all the time for friends to show them how steel guitar can make beautiful music outside the country genre.
S
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Brandin
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Newport Beach CA. USA
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Posted 12 Oct 2012 3:02 pm
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Young? Yes, we were. And, Mary Kay was (is) a sweetheart.
My son Geoff, and I are workin' on another Vanduras CD.
Who needs all that hair anyway?!
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 12 Oct 2012 3:12 pm
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Good singer, good actress. I like the recording. The producer must have been a steel player considering how he mixed your solo right out front, in your face. And a 5 minute song back in those days: man, I thought only Dylan (and Iron Butterfly) could get away with that. Nice!
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Joe Goldmark
From:
San Francisco, CA 94131
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Posted 12 Oct 2012 3:53 pm
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Hi Steve,
Beautiful tone, nice thought out solo. I agree with all the comments, nice job. Hope you're doing well.
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Stephen Silver
From:
Asheville, NC
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Posted 12 Oct 2012 4:33 pm
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I had a laugh when Brandin said
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That's easy for you to say dude!!!
It isn't a bald head....it's a solar sex panel. (thank you John Hiatt for the reference)
S
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 12 Oct 2012 4:53 pm
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It's interesting how you see the analog dynamics in the wave form display on SoundCloud. Modern songs don't look (or sound) nearly so organic.
Beautiful job, Stephen. Great intonation on those high notes.
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Billy Tonnesen
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R.I.P., Buena Park, California
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Posted 12 Oct 2012 7:15 pm
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Very good and enjoyable recording, Nice clean chord changes and tone on your solo.
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Ron Epperson
From:
Riverside,Calif. U.S.A.
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Posted 13 Oct 2012 6:23 am
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| hey big silver that is very good my friend |
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Jim Palenscar
From:
Oceanside, Calif, USA
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Posted 13 Oct 2012 6:56 am
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| Wonderful job Stephen- solos like that are what hooked me on this fantastic instrument- vocals ain't bad either! |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 13 Oct 2012 7:42 am
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| ….still holds up after all the hair has left my purty head. |
Steve, you could look at it this way - we (all) had hair when we needed it.  |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 13 Oct 2012 8:03 am
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Very nice! With all the phoney country twang you hear on the radio nowdays, it's refreshing to hear Mary's "natural" female voice (instead of that Loretta Hagger thing).
The steel work is great. |
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Brandin
From:
Newport Beach CA. USA
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Posted 13 Oct 2012 8:03 am
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Steve, were you playin' your Emmons, or your ZB on that song? To my ear it sounds like the Emmons.
GB |
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Stephen Silver
From:
Asheville, NC
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Posted 13 Oct 2012 4:21 pm
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Gary,
Good ear.....75 Emmons
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 13 Oct 2012 4:32 pm
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| Sweet. Really nice. |
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Bill Erchul
From:
Raleigh, NC, USA
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Posted 13 Oct 2012 4:35 pm
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| I enjoyed this track immensely. Great playing! |
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Stephen Silver
From:
Asheville, NC
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Posted 13 Oct 2012 5:26 pm
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Thank you all for the kind words. It is very moving to get such wonderful feedback from my peers on the forum and some really terrific players.
It means a whole lot to me and I want you to know it.
S
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Tim Tyner
From:
Ayden, North Carolina U.S.A
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Posted 14 Oct 2012 5:41 am
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| Very nice steel guitar work and great song. |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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