Wait a minute, was Campbell on the recording? Shizzle, I forgot. Anyway, Bill was playing *a* fiddle...No, not Baker, sounded more like Brother Birch. Tbug
On Mar 11, 1:18 pm, Mike Terry <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Mike, what did Bill sound like on the fiddle? Was he playin the > Kenny Baker type stuff or just playin the melody? Wow, i bet that was > quite a moment. > > On Mar 11, 9:08 am, erik berry <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Awesome. Thank you Mike. > > > erik > > > On Mar 11, 8:17 am, mistertaterbug <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Erik, > > > I think the whole thing started out as a Robins' recording, but when > > > he got here he communicated with Monroe and Bill basically decided to > > > come to the session, so the direction of the whole thing changed. I > > > was there originally to keep Bill 'on track' because he was beginning > > > to forget some of the songs we did. Funny, because I didn't really > > > know a few of them that well at the time. > > > > We all sat "LA style" as you put it. Most of it was done in the middle > > > of one room without the benefit of baffles. No rhythm tracks and > > > layering, just all of us batting it out. On the duet stuff, I sat > > > right across from Bill, say within 8-10 feet. Sure, I was nervous. But > > > I learned more those couple days about Bill's right hand than I had in > > > decades previous. It became obvious quickly that I had to match his > > > tremolo to make the duet blend, not only the speed of it, but the > > > feel, the 'lope'. Bill wouldn't even play "Tanyards", couldn't > > > remember it. He told Butch to "let" me play it. I told him I didn't > > > think I could do a better job of it than he could. He said, "I know > > > so", so I shut up. Nothing like being put on the spot by the Bossman. > > > Buddy Spicher was on that cut too, I believe. > > > > Bill came to the session dressed in a suit and one of his Stetsons. > > > All the rest of us came ragged out in tee shirts and jeans. The old > > > school guys came to the studio dressed up and ready for 'work'. A few > > > of the girlfriends came along. Of course Bill flirted with them. I > > > remember one of the days everybody piled out for lunch and left. I > > > didn't go for some reason. After hanging out in the break area for a > > > while I went back into the studio and slipped up on > > > Monroe playing Campbell's fiddle, playing "Muleskinner Blues" real > > > quiet. I listened a little bit and then said, "I didn't know you > > > played the fiddle, Bill". He did one of those moves a possum will do > > > when he's wanting to be invisible..."...you don't see me, you don't > > > see me..."; he put the fiddle down really slow and turned clean around > > > in the chair and just sat there like he'd been that way all along. > > > > All in all it was sort of a whacky project. Randy Howard played some > > > pretty spectacular 'contest' style solos, Dewey Farmer did his > > > psychedelic hotrod style mandolin, Buddy Spicher brought integrity to > > > the tunes, Butch ran around keeping it moving along despite all the > > > rest of us giving him a fun-loving hard time. > > > > I reckon it was the first time I'd worked with Butch and certainly > > > with Bill. Seems like we did another batch of tunes someplace else, > > > the one that included "...Over Yonder". I don't know where any of that > > > stuff went. > > > Tbug > > > > On Mar 10, 10:24 am, erik berry <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I just bought my first-ever download MP3 record (welcome to 2010 > > > > Erik!) and it was Butch Robins' record. It's really cool. I'm pretty > > > > sure I can tell which tracks have just Mike on them, but boy, the > > > > Monroe-Compton duets are really slick. Hard to tell where one starts > > > > and the other stops. I like Butch's banjo playing and singing a whole > > > > lot too, which is great, since I basically got the record for the > > > > mandolinin' on it. A number of cuts I can't wait to share with my > > > > banjo player (Doin' My Time and Short'nin' Bread, to name two). > > > > > Mr. C--great work on that disc. If you have a notion and a few minutes > > > > to talk about it, I'd appreciate hearing some stories. If you need a > > > > question or two I'll pitch some at you. Was this the first time you > > > > worked with Bill and/or Butch? Did you and Monroe sit right next to > > > > each other and play together? Where you nervous? Do you still play two > > > > of my favorite new tunes, "My Father's Footsteps" or "I'd Like to Be > > > > Over Yonder," ? Was disc recorded "Nashville Style" or "LA Style?" > > > > > Cool stuff. I got it off CDBaby for 10 bucks, if anyone else is > > > > curious about it. Simple website to use and 10 minutes after I decided > > > > to get the thing, it was on my MP3 player. Cool, cool, cool. > > > > > erik- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.
