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Michael Lee Allen
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Earnest Bovine
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Posted 25 Apr 2017 8:36 am
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| I can confirm what you know about his setup but can't add much at all. I did visit him at a club in Dallas in summer 1974. I think I got there too late to hear the band but he did spend some time showing me the tuning. It was very re-entrant of course; in other words all the outside strings were pitched somewhere in the middle of the E A D G B E, and he was experimenting with various notes there. He demonstrated the tuning by playing Freedom Jazz Dance at a ridiculous tempo, not using the pedals at all. Since he didn't use the pedals I have no recollection of how they were set up. I would have one that lowers D to C#, but then I would never use that tuning. |
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Michael Lee Allen
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Posted 25 Apr 2017 10:50 am
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Mitchell Smithey
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Posted 26 Apr 2017 2:22 pm
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I used to sub for Tom at the Belle Starr in Dallas when he was out with Ray Price. He was playing a double 12 MSA with that tuning on top and Bflat 6 on the bottom. He had 4 pedals on it and 5 knees. One of the knees pulled the G string to an A and he would hold it in when he was playing E9 style. I assume he raised it to an A with a pedal also. He would have also have raised the B a whole tone because he definitely had the equivalent of the A and B pedals.
That is all I am sure about. He got a lot of very complex voicings out of that thing! I would also like to get the rest of the setup. |
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Michael Lee Allen
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Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 26 Apr 2017 9:48 pm
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Mitchell Smithey
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Dallas, USA
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Posted 27 Apr 2017 7:00 pm
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| I need to correct my post the knee lever raised the G to a G# not an A. that would give him an E7 based tuning on the middle strings with the knee engaged. |
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 28 Apr 2017 5:01 am
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This is new info to me. Thanks! Tom Morrell was an amazing musician.
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Michael Lee Allen
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Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 28 Apr 2017 7:51 am
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Jim Fogarty
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Phila, Pa, USA
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Posted 28 Apr 2017 2:06 pm
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| If you raised the A to a B, you'd get a nice big 6 string min7th chord. If I was using that tuning, it's something I'd want. |
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