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Topic: Which Jeff Newman is this? |
Alain-Yves Pigeon
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Quebec, Canada
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Roger Shackelton
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MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 17 Oct 2012 5:38 pm |
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Hello Alain-Yves,
I believe I have this album in my collection.
The picture is not of Jeff Newman.
It may be a relative or neighbor of Jeff. ???
Roger |
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Walter Stettner
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Vienna, Austria
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Posted 18 Oct 2012 6:01 am
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Jeff also played Steel and Dobro on some albums (example: The First Nashville Jesus Band on the Lamb & Lion label in the mid-70s), so it might be him playing on that album. Looks like one of these obscure low budget albums where they just used a generic photo of somebody else for the cover.
That does, of course, not mean that the music on the album is not worth buying it. If Johnny Gimble is on it, too, that would mean that they used some top musicians.
Kind Regards, Walter
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Alain-Yves Pigeon
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Quebec, Canada
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Posted 18 Oct 2012 10:50 am
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Thanks for your answers. I sure knew Jeff played guitar, PSG and classical guitar (Fran told me) but never does he ever mention a Dobro in his courses and if I'm not wrong, he might also play the violin if it says in the liner notes that he plays in the string section with Johnny Gimble, who was more than a fiddler. Had I still a turntable in my possession, I'd be tempted to buy this vinyl album.
Good Lord, what a genius have we lost...
ayp
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Pete Finney
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Posted 18 Oct 2012 11:03 am
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I believe the "string section" thing is a reference to using a Bosstone for a string section sound as Jeff used to demonstrate at seminars, where you play a slightly out-of-tune unison through a fuzz-tone to imitate a string section. It's an effect that Pete Drake, Weldon Myrick and Bobbe Seymour, among others, used often in the studio as a low budget "string section". Especially when done in conjunction with one or more real violins it could be very effective.
This isn't Jeff, but it's a good example of that effect; it's Linda Ronstadt from 1970. Buddy Spicher is playing two tracks of fiddle/violin but Weldon is playing a lot of the sustained "strings" underneath:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1DicZDdNJo&feature=related
Anyway, Jeff Newman was one of a kind for sure, and much missed around here... |
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Jim Mathis
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Overland Park, Kansas, USA
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Posted 18 Oct 2012 5:36 pm
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I believe that Jeff had a framed copy of that LP in his studio. I thought the photo was him making a crazy face.
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