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Topic: Hal Rugg. MAN! What a bunch of "new licks".. |
Eric West
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Posted 11 Jul 2004 1:04 pm |
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While cramming for a "retro" country show, I started listening to those 40 year old Hal Rugg licks on the Lorreta tunes, such as Don't come home a Drinkin',( and others I presume are his, though several, I'm sure are Mr's Green, Myrick, and a few others.)
Rebel Ricky has that and many more that I have listened to, and it's always an education. A lot of it for recording techniques and reverb settings.
It's basically a primer to most of the "current hot stuff".
Kind of like with Django, I'm finding out that mostly, it's all been played before.
As an aside, I was listening to the Intro to "Stop The World and Let me Off". It was simply an open chord on a guitar, presumably struck like a hammered dulcimer. And Reverb? sounds like a grab bag of plate, reverse, echoplex, and other stuff pretty much covering everything.
Anybody got a favorite Hal Rugg Discography?
EJL
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Paul King
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Gainesville, Texas, USA
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Posted 11 Jul 2004 1:30 pm
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| Eric, I too love to hear the older Hal Rugg licks. Hal is just an awesome player. If you have not seen the show you need to see the RFD Network. They are showing some of the old country music shows like the Wilburn Brothers, which Hal played a ShoBud steel on. You can see closeup shots, you can hear him and the guys play an instrumental every show as well. For good country music it is hard to beat Hal Rugg. You better watch it because some of those licks he plays can twist your fingers. |
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Jerry Brightman
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Ohio
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Posted 11 Jul 2004 2:38 pm
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"As an aside, I was listening to the Intro to "Stop The World and Let me Off". It was simply an open chord on a guitar, presumably struck like a hammered dulcimer. And Reverb? sounds like a grab bag of plate, reverse, echoplex, and other stuff pretty much covering everything."
Hi Eric,
Who's version of this were you listening to? If it's the Susan Raye version, I have an interesting story I can share about the intro on it...Sorry, I know this thread is titled for Hal, but I wanted to ask this question.
Thanks,
Jerry
http://www.slidestation.com
[This message was edited by Jerry Brightman on 11 July 2004 at 04:05 PM.] |
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Eric West
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Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 11 Jul 2004 3:12 pm
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PJ: I indeed do get the RFD network on my Dish, and I will certainly be catching as much as I can. Looks like a Great Network.
JB: I believe it is the Susan Raye ver, but I only got a rehearsal copy of it( for my own personal use of course).
She was a local product here, and I did some gigs with her son, Steve Wiggins, before he punched his own ticket ten years ago.
The intro, is a ting-tingity-ting kind of roll on open strings with the big end of a drumstick, and I presume it is a guitar. Hard to tell. Also notable is the sound of the organ. Sounds like a simple kids' type "Kenner" play along thing.
Very Effective, and it's always been one of my favorite songs. I believe a Del Reeves version is the one I refer to in my pneumonic memory banks.
Can't have enough Interesting Stories. Bobbe's book will be getting a bunch of them, I'm sure.
EJL[This message was edited by Eric West on 11 July 2004 at 04:18 PM.] |
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Jerry Brightman
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Ohio
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Posted 11 Jul 2004 3:23 pm
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Hi Eric,
Thanks for the quick response...I recorded on this version in 1974 with Susan Raye.
During the session, as we rehearsing the
track the first time through, I kept looking
for a place to play, and Buck kept saying, "not there". When we got to the
solo part, Buck said, "Ok now, this is all
yours". It was his idea of not indicating
that there would be any steel on it, and then bang, there it was and plenty hot in the mix. As for the intro, that was Jerry Wiggins using a set of drumsticks on Don Rich's telecaster, with Don fretting an open chord.
Thanks for the interest in allowing me to share this story. Guess we better get back to Hal before he calls me and yells at me for jumping in on a thread about him
Best regards,
Jerry
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Eric West
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Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 11 Jul 2004 3:47 pm
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Somehow I think Mr Rugg will abide the diversion amicably.
Great Man.
GREAT LICKS.
EJL |
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Eric West
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Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 11 Jul 2004 6:05 pm
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Oh and Mr Brightman. Please Excuse my not immediately recognizing you!
I was looking at my SG Catalog and saw your latest discography and a small bio.
There are such creatures of us that have spent so much time playing bars that a lot of it has passed us by..
I was a Buck Owens fan since '63, and have been since without knowing many of the players.
If you wouldn't mind, on the GREAT clean solo on Ms Raye's Stop the World, would you mind terribly posting what steel, amp and settings you were using, and what kind of "organ" that was doing the fills.
Is this a great place or WHAT?
EJL |
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Joey Ace
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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 11 Jul 2004 6:50 pm
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It is a great place, thanks to guys like Jerry and Eric.
That "hammered dulcimer" trick is a great bit of historic trivia. |
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Paul Graupp
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Macon Ga USA
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Posted 12 Jul 2004 4:38 am
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Sounds like Boo-Boo Stick Beat to me, Joey !!
I may not have the title right but I remember Chet doing that way back when I was young. Last century, I think...
Regards, Paul |
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