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Topic: Esquivel & Alvino Rey! |
Wayne Carver
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Martinez, Georgia, USA
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Posted 16 Jul 2003 7:17 pm |
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| I just listened to an Esquivel cd and noticed some steel guitar on some of the tracks. Research here on the forum informs me it was Alvino Rey. The cd was very interesting with all the different instruments including the jaw harp, ondioline, and theremin. I'll have to check out more "Space-age bachelor pad music". Any suggestions? |
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Dave Van Allen
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Doylestown, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 17 Jul 2003 3:47 am
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Alvino Rey's album "A Swingin' Fling" is a way cool album; not as sonically/sterophonically adventurous as Esquvel!'s stuff (but few are).
Great big band charts with steel guitar "commentary" as only Alvino can do...
not many other pop arrangers used steel in SABP/Lounge music, at least in the way Esquivel! did.
There are fine examples of small combos such as Hot Club of America in HiFi (Featuring forum stalwart Jody Carver), and Joe Maize and His Cordsmen playing pop music, and too many to count records of "exotica," a pseudo hawaiian/polynesian/pop amalgam, that have some steel in them.[This message was edited by Dave Van Allen on 17 July 2003 at 04:48 AM.] |
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Wayne Carver
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Martinez, Georgia, USA
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Posted 17 Jul 2003 9:48 am
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Mark,that was an interesting site on Jody and his band. I'll be on the lookout for more "Exotica, Lounge, and Space Age Pop." I'm in Atlanta this week and there is a record store down the street. I'm going to go look for some Alvino Rey, Martin Denny, and Les Baxter.
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Dave Van Allen
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Doylestown, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 17 Jul 2003 9:54 am
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er, uh, I'm Dave. Mark is my twin brother from a seperate family  I think he is near Atlanta though-you should look him up!
thanks though- the Hot Club site is a labor of love. |
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Michael Johnstone
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Sylmar,Ca. USA
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Posted 17 Jul 2003 3:36 pm
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| Dig deep enough and you'll find that the rhythms and melodic motifs of the Exotica/Lounge of the 50s form the harmonic roots of the driving guitar instrumental Surf music of the early 60s. Check out Dick Dale's Andalusian chord progressions and stacatto balalaika tremolo picking on a Strat.Dick is of Lebanese extraction BTW. Other surf artists - The Ventures,Bel-Airs,Challengers and scores of others - (perhaps after going thru their childhood hearing Dad's collection of Esquivel and Les Baxter records)applied Arabic,Oriental,Polynesian and SoCal Hispanic motifs to their Jazzmasters pumped thru Fender reverb units.Another interesting thing is that many Lounge/Surf guitarists like Billy Strange,Nokie Edwards,Jerry Cole and even a very young Jim Messina turned out to be fine country pickers. -MJ- |
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Wayne Carver
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Martinez, Georgia, USA
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Posted 17 Jul 2003 6:18 pm
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| Sorry Dave, i've talked to Mark and I guess I just typed in his name. I do also like surf music and other instrumentals. The "Ventures" have always been one of my favorite bands even as a teenager. I also like Enio Morricone or however you spell his name and Herb Alpert, Floyd Cramer, Charlie McCoy, & Chet Atkins to name a few. |
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