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Topic: 8-string lap steel- "Town without Pity" |
Jerry Gleason
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Eugene, Oregon, USA
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Posted 6 Mar 2012 12:09 am |
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Also posted in Steel Without Pedals, sorry for the cross-posting.
I thought this this Gene Pitney classic would suit the sound of the steel guitar, so I made a short instrumental recording of it.
It's a bit of a departure from most of the stuff I do, especially in the production of the background tracks. I was going for a mood piece here, so I had some fun with the software and the lap steel. This song is very evocative, dark and moody.
I used my homemade 8-string lap, now fitted with an Alumitone pickup. C6th tuning.
Town Without Pity |
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Roger Shackelton
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MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 6 Mar 2012 1:09 am
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HI JERRY,
I enjoyed listening to this tune, especially since it isn't a tune that is usually heard on steel guitar.
I saw a pic of your wood fry pan guitar on your website. Does the concentric volume/tone control work well on a lap guitar?
Roger |
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Jerry Gleason
From:
Eugene, Oregon, USA
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Posted 6 Mar 2012 1:19 am
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| Thanks, Roger. The concentric pots on the wood Frypan (not the guitar I played on this song) are not volume/tone. The two pickups are wired like a Stringmaster, so that the upper pot is volume, and the lower one is a blend control for the pickups. No tone control. |
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Don McClellan
From:
California/Thailand
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Posted 6 Mar 2012 4:25 am
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| Loved it. I forgot what cool chords that song has. Don |
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Chuck S. Lettes
From:
Denver, Colorado
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Posted 6 Mar 2012 7:48 am
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Hi Jerry,
Well done. Great song selection, and I especially like how the organ adds to your arrangement. Viva film noir!
Chuck |
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Jerry Gleason
From:
Eugene, Oregon, USA
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Posted 6 Mar 2012 11:50 am
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Thanks, guys! I wasn't sure if I should post this or not. It's just something I couldn't get out of my head. Usually, I do more jazz oriented material, but this doesn't really lend itself to much improvisation. The backing tracks are deliberately a little cheesy, but I was trying to capture the mood of the original as much as I could.
Don, yes, the chord changes are very interesting and not what you'd expect, but you have to stick pretty closely to the original harmonies, or it loses it's "flavor". |
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Rick Schmidt
From:
Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 7 Mar 2012 10:41 am
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Love it Gerry! Love the "Space Age Bachelor Pad" backing track too!  |
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Jerry Gleason
From:
Eugene, Oregon, USA
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Posted 7 Mar 2012 1:49 pm
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Yeah, that's it. " Space Age Bachelor Pad" is exactly the genre I was going for. Kind of a reverb drenched moody feel... Thanks, Rick!
That was fun, but I think I need to fight the urge to share every little thing I do for my own amusement....  |
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Don Drummer
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 11 Mar 2012 8:09 am
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| By all means, keep sharing. |
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Chris Gabriel
From:
Oregon, USA
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