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Paul Graupp

 

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Macon Ga USA
Post  Posted 12 Jan 2003 12:06 pm    
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Now I know the BG's weren't country so please don't flame me on this. Over the years I have had to back up quite a few singers doing their songs and since they were known mainly as writers, they used a lot of good chord structureing in their work. I recall I would always feel challenged when one of their numbers was called because I knew this was going to be a lot more complex than the other songs were.

Regards, Paul
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Larry Miller

 

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Dothan AL,USA
Post  Posted 12 Jan 2003 12:57 pm    
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Paul, all of the Bee Gees.. great performers, musicians, and songwriters. Sad day(
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Kenneth Kotsay

 

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Davie/Ft Lauderdale, Florida
Post  Posted 12 Jan 2003 2:40 pm    
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ALAN KENDALL the BEE GEES lead guitar player is also a pedal steel player here in the Ft Lauderdale area, he has a single Carter.
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Jim Cohen


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Philadelphia, PA
Post  Posted 12 Jan 2003 5:05 pm    
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This is bad. Very bad. Another piece of my youth chipped away and snuffed out. A roadmap of my loss of innocence goes like this:

John Lennon
9-11
George Harrison
Zal Yanovsky
Maurice Gibbs

Sux.
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Jerry Hayes


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Virginia Beach, Va.
Post  Posted 12 Jan 2003 6:17 pm    
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I think Maurice was the one who usually played bass or keys and sang the 3rd harmony part. Barry & Robin usually sang the leads unless I'm mistaken. Wasn't Robin the one who usually had his finger in his ear and sang the leads on "I Started a Joke"?? Is so, I thought he might have been the one who died. I just caught the end of the story on the news and heard Gibb and Bee Gees but didn't hear the first name. I love their music a lot and have for many years. Their song "How Do You Mend a Broken Heart" makes a beautiful steel piece when played right. Too bad for the family, losing the younger brother Andy and now Maurice.

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Livin' in the Past and the Future with a 12 string Mooney Universal tuning.

[This message was edited by Jerry Hayes on 12 January 2003 at 06:19 PM.]

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Jim Cohen


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Philadelphia, PA
Post  Posted 12 Jan 2003 6:19 pm    
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Maurice had a wife and son.

btw, I've often played "I Started a Joke" as a steel guitar instrumental; played it at the last PSGA show I played.

[This message was edited by Jim Cohen on 12 January 2003 at 06:20 PM.]

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