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Topic: Stacy Phillips & Afro-Semitic Experience |
HowardR
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Posted 6 Nov 2004 4:33 pm |
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This past week I went to see The Afro-Semitic Experience. Stacy Phillips is featured on non pedal steel, resophonic guitar, and violin.
Their music is an eclectic mix of Afro, Jewish, middle east, New Orleans, blues, jazz, and whatever else they feel like throwing in the pot. There's a lot of percussion, particularly hand drums. The music is exciting and fiery, as well as introspective on the slower tempo tunes.
Along with Stacy, Warren Byrd on piano, Mark Chevan on bass, Baba Coleman on hand drums & percussion (didn't get the names) sax & clarinet, & drums.
not my best photo, sorry
Stacy is playing a Sierra S6.[This message was edited by HowardR on 06 November 2004 at 04:34 PM.] |
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Bob Markison
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 6 Nov 2004 4:36 pm
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| Howard - Do you know what tuning(s) Stacy was playing? |
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HowardR
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N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 6 Nov 2004 4:59 pm
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I believe that he was playing in G.
Again, he is a master of similtaneous slanting and string choking.
edited to insert a ten dollar word
[This message was edited by HowardR on 06 November 2004 at 07:09 PM.] |
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Tom Olson
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Spokane, WA
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Posted 8 Nov 2004 11:49 am
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Somebody from the "Rayline peddlesteel" thread asked me to point out that "similtaneous" is only worth $0.10. 
[This message was edited by Tom Olson on 08 November 2004 at 11:50 AM.] |
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Dan Sawyer
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Studio City, California, USA
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Posted 8 Nov 2004 12:34 pm
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| Are you saying he can slant the bar AND bend/pull a string behind it at the same time? That's pretty amazing. (I'm not sure what you mean by "choking"). |
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HowardR
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N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 8 Nov 2004 1:40 pm
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Hey Tom,....I'm trying to make a profit here!
Dan, yes. Stacy slants and pulls (chokes) a string at the same time to get a variety of enhanced chords, or partial chords.
Pretty amazing? I'll say it is. It goes to show that whatever limits there are, we place them on ourselves. |
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John McGann
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Boston, Massachusetts, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 8 Nov 2004 1:49 pm
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I have had the pleasure of recording and performing with Stacy and can tell you that he indeed plays jaw-dropping stuff on the instrument- slants and string bending, yes, but always really nice musical ideas. And all this in GBDGBD tuning!
As we are all aware, musical instruments (especially steel guitars) can smell fear, but Stacy is one of the most fearless musicians I know. I first heard him in the '70's coming out of the New York City progressive bluegrass scene with players like Andy Statman and Tony Trischka- playing adventurous music that I feel is still ahead of it's time.
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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