Hi If you want to hear the song: Album version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMVqUsl5lvk Live they'll not use the gurdy apparantly but a combination of synthesizer and guitar (played with a bow) :) , see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbiieZgh38o
That's indeed the only info I've found on Stu Barker, no reference to his HG skills Cheers Pieter On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 9:31 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Oh yes. > > Maybe it is him: > http://www.kneehigh.co.uk/html/biogs/stu.html > > In that piece the hg is -once again - eerie atmospheric element in the > background. Nice, though > > ... still waiting for something as scary and elevating and in-your-face > -performance like AC/DC did with bagpipes: Its A Long Way To The Top If Ya > Wanna Rock And Roll > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1iR2Wi3u5o > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> kirjoitti: > > > Hi > > > > I just wanted to mention that on the new Portishead CD, called 'Third' a > > Hurdy Gurdy is used in one song. > > Assuming there aren't that many Portishead fans out here, this may be a > > nice > > to know. > > > > The song is called "Magic Doors". > > > > MAGIC DOORS > > Barrow/Gibbons/Baggott > > Rhodes Piano-John Baggott > > Hurdy Gurdy-Stu Barker > > Saxophone-Will Gregory > > > > I've never heard of Stu Barker before (at least I don't remember ever > > seeing > > his name mentioned somewhere), I'm kind of curious what his HG > > experience > > is. > > On this song he only plays the melody (I think on a D- instrument or the > > high octave of a G-instrument) and I think the has been altered/remixed > > using effects. > > > > > > Best regards > > > > Pieter > > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------- > > Pieter Lambrechts > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- ----------------------------------------------- Pieter Lambrechts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
