Just figured out the bones of 'I'd like to be over yonder'. What a fun song to play, what a load of complicated rhythms to figure out, how impossible to get that sound exactly.... the usual stuff. Thanks Erik for putting me onto this
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 7:15 PM, erik berry <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh I know it. I think I've listened to it a few dozen times already. A > really good record. > > erik > > On Mar 12, 3:01 am, Robin Gravina <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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]> > <taterbugmando%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > . > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. > > > > > -- > > > Enviado desde mi dispositivo móvil- 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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. 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