It's just great: you could build a house on tracks like 'I'd like to be over yonder', and the double mandolin on 'My Father's Footsteps' is just perfectly phrased, down to the little chokes. Undeniably a good start to the day
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Robin Gravina <[email protected]>wrote: > Well I bought it as promised, an easy way to get the music quick. I'll > listen tomorrow with luck. Difficult to spend 7 euros more wisely > > 2010/3/11, mistertaterbug <[email protected]>: > > 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]<taterbugmando%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > Enviado desde mi dispositivo móvil > -- 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]. 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