Hi I just checked the cd liner notes of the Portishead album: the hurdy gurdyis played on track nr 10, "Magic doors" by Stu Barker
Wikipedia has a long list of HG playing artists: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recordings_featuring_the_hurdy_gurdy mvg Pieter On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Pieter Lambrechts < [email protected]> wrote: > Oh and I forgot. On the last Portishead cd (Third) there is one track with > HG > > I don't have access to my cd to see who played it. > > > Cheers > > Pieter > > > On 2/22/10, Sergio F. Ribnikov <[email protected]> wrote: > > I´ve seen Ritchie Blackmore (deep purple - rainbow - blackmore´s night) > play > > the hurdy gurdy on several occasions. Even though he does not excel at > it, > > his playing does a fine job in blackmore´s night. > > > > I think he uses a Helmut Gotschy´s phoenix hurdy gurdy. > > http://www.gotschy.com/english/cat/phoenix/phoenix_fr.html > > > > cheers, > > > > Sergio. > > > > > > > > > > 2010/2/22 JULIE BARKER <[email protected]> > > > >> Here are some well-known [mainstream?] hurdy-gurdy playing musicians > >> that I have encountered. > >> 1. Richard Thompson; > >> On his last tour he played a Claire Dugue guitar-back on two numbers. It > >> was originaly hired but he liked it so much that he persueded Claire to > >> sell > >> it to him. > >> Verdict; Left hand technique was very good, right hand needed working > on. > >> Trompett was not used; however, I believe that a musician of Richard's > >> calibre has the makings of a fine gurdy player. > >> Laurie Anderson; > >> About three years ago Laurie Anderson was at one of my gigs. After the > >> show > >> she asked me where she could get a gurdy. I understand she got a Chris > >> Eaton. > >> Jimmy Page; > >> He had a gurdy way back in the 1970s. Obviously he was not too happy > with > >> his playing so hired Nigel Eaton to play gurdy on the album and tour. I > >> understand both Jimmy Page and Robert Plant now own Eaton gurdies. > >> As yet I have not heard of any confirmed sightings of "celebrity" gurdy > >> owners ever using the trompett. It seems that when high profile rock > stars > >> want a gurdy player they hire someone else to play it. In the UK Nigel > >> Eaton > >> has played most major rock sessions with the rest of us picking up the > >> rest > >> eg; Cliff Stapleton / Paul Weller, myself / Dave Stewart. > >> The conclusion I draw from all this is that highly respected rock > >> musicians > >> don't want to be seen playing something they have not fully mastered. > >> > >> Philip G Martin aka Drohne > >> www.drohne.co.uk > >> > >> --- On *Sat, 20/2/10, Leonard Williams <[email protected]>* wrote: > >> > >> > >> From: Leonard Williams <[email protected]> > >> Subject: [HG-new] Celebrity H-G players > >> To: "Hurdy-Gurdy List" <[email protected]> > >> Date: Saturday, 20 February, 2010, 22:23 > >> > >> > >> [Hoping the following enquiry will not raise hackles or offend > in > >> any way :^{ ) > ] > >> > >> Does anyone know of any "popular" artists, or other celebs > >> (outside > >> the traditional musical genre) who play hurdy-gurdy? I can think of > Sting > >> and a member of Pink Floyd (but which one??), for example. Any others > of > >> note? Not meaning to short-change our own stars--just looking for > >> examples > >> to cite for "outsiders". > >> > >> Thanks and regards, > >> Leonard Williams > >> > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> Groups "hurdygurdy" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to > >> [email protected]< > http://uk.mc864.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]<hurdygurdy%[email protected]> > <http://uk.mc864.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected] > > > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy > >> > >> The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found > at > >> http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. 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