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Post by drlj on Aug 29, 2024 19:12:23 GMT -5
Well, I liked it just fine. The song has always been a barn burner and Albert was burning the barn.
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Post by billhammond on Aug 29, 2024 19:13:09 GMT -5
Different strokes for different folks. Why did you watch the whole thing until the end?
I kept hoping it would let up for a second or two and show a hint of artistry. What do you like about all those millions of identically timed, jammed together notes? Besides the skill they represent, that is a given ... |
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Post by billhammond on Aug 29, 2024 19:19:14 GMT -5
Well, I liked it just fine. The song has always been a barn burner and Albert was burning the barn. I guess I like smoldering barns, not exploding barns caused by arson. I think it's safe to say that in that clip, Mr. Lee could not have packed in a dozen more notes, but think how cool it would have been if he had taken out a dozen in strategic spots. |
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Post by drlj on Aug 29, 2024 19:28:26 GMT -5
Well, here is the polka-ish tempo original recording by the International Submarine Band with Gram Parsons recorded in 1967.
It is much different than the barn burner versions. Still recognizable, though.
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Post by billhammond on Aug 29, 2024 19:36:09 GMT -5
Well, here is the polka-ish tempo original recording by the International Submarine Band with Gram Parsons recorded in 1967. It is much different than the barn burner versions. Still recognizable, though. Love that! (Kept hearing "Last Train to Clarksville" in my head, for some reason.) |
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Post by drlj on Aug 29, 2024 19:42:58 GMT -5
Parsons wrote the song. The original recording is how he wrote it.
I think Emmy Lou & the Hot Band turned it into the barn burner version as a killer finale in concerts. I saw Emmy Lou and her band do the song twice a couple of years apart and it was the kick ass finale in both concerts. It worked to send everyone home feeling that they had witnessed a hell of a show.
I like the Parsons version because it’s the original but my favorite version is the Frank Reckard Hot Band take, even though Lee did it on Emmy Lou’s album.
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Post by billhammond on Aug 29, 2024 19:51:27 GMT -5
Parsons wrote the song. The original recording is how he wrote it. I think Emmy Lou & the Hot Band turned it into the barn burner version as a killer finale in concerts. I saw Emmy Lou and her band do the song twice a couple of years apart and it was the kick ass finale in both concerts. It worked to send everyone home feeling that had witnessed a hell of a show. I like the Parsons version because it’s the original but my favorite version is the Frank Reckard Hot Band take, even though Lee did it on Emmy Lou’s album. I agree with everything you said, and every version w/ Emmylou and Albert I've seen, I've really enjoyed. It's just that the version w/ Skaggs is all about Albert, even vocals. Overwhelms me and underwhelms me at the same time. Give Randy a mando and a couple of solos -- he burns barns all the time -- with phrasing! |
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Post by drlj on Aug 29, 2024 20:11:43 GMT -5
I was surprised Skaggs was just the rhythm guy. He is one fine picker, guitar & mandolin, so he could have added something interesting.
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Post by billhammond on Aug 29, 2024 20:40:07 GMT -5
This discussion reminds me of a recording the local classical music station plays periodically, which the master of circular breathing, Wynton Marsalis, handles with aplomb.
But to me, it's pointless -- not melodic, not that rhythmic, just a zillion notes jammed together. I crank the volume way down each time it comes on.
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Post by howard lee on Aug 29, 2024 21:12:25 GMT -5
I was surprised Skaggs was just the rhythm guy. He is one fine picker, guitar & mandolin, so he could have added something interesting.
I believe it was an episode of "American Music Shop." Skaggs was the featured performer and Lee was a special guest. So, Skaggs stepped back and let Albert rip.
I like guitarists of all stripes, and find great enjoyment in Bill's recordings, for example, two of which I have here and spin every so often. It's just that once in a while I like to listen to a barn burner and marvel at the speed and accuracy of certain guitarists, the way they can interlace single-note leads with triads, or make a six-string sound like a steel guitar, because I can't play like that and never will. I find it thrilling to watch such guitar players fly along on the fretboard. But I like the slow ones, too.
Maybe Bill just doesn't like chicken pickin'?
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Post by billhammond on Aug 29, 2024 21:46:57 GMT -5
I was surprised Skaggs was just the rhythm guy. He is one fine picker, guitar & mandolin, so he could have added something interesting. I believe it was an episode of "American Music Shop." Skaggs was the featured performer and Lee was a special guest. So, Skaggs stepped back and let Albert rip. I like guitarists of all stripes, and find great enjoyment in Bill's recordings, for example, two of which I have here and spin every so often. It's just that once in a while I like to listen to a barn burner and marvel at the speed and accuracy of certain guitarists, the way they can interlace single-note leads with triads, or make a six-string sound like a steel guitar, because I can't play like that and never will. I find it thrilling to watch such guitar players fly along on the fretboard. But I like the slow ones, too.
Maybe Bill just doesn't like chicken pickin'?
Nope, I love chicken pickin' -- who better than Vince -- and I like to watch barns burn, just give me a little variance in the flame colors once in a while. Love ya, thanks for the kind words about my Muzak. |
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Post by John B on Aug 29, 2024 21:58:15 GMT -5
I like chickens gettin' picked. B-benders, too.
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Post by drlj on Aug 30, 2024 6:44:10 GMT -5
Playing fast is just like playing slow only it’s faster.
And the original Parsons version sounds like the Monkees to me.
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