Marty Robbins : Don't worry about me

Chuck McGill · Post by **Chuck McGill** » 18 Dec 2008 12:25 pm

Who played the distorted solo. Does anyone know the
cirumstances around that session?

Jussi Huhtakangas · Post by **Jussi Huhtakangas** » 18 Dec 2008 12:28 pm

Grady Martin, plugged directly to the channel which had a short/bad tube. Purely accidental!

Chuck McGill · Post by **Chuck McGill** » 18 Dec 2008 1:10 pm

I was having a chat with a customer about the tune
and he asked so I went to the all knowing forum.
Thanks Jussi.

Ray McCarthy · Post by **Ray McCarthy** » 18 Dec 2008 1:43 pm

Here's a whole thread about it.
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=144515

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 18 Dec 2008 3:34 pm

Uffe Edefuhr:
First time I seen this video. It look´s like the steel player switch on something and after the solo he switch it of! And it sure sounds as it was made by purpose!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XtbEipkP_o

I have to agree. The video appears to contradict the story about the console malfunctioning. Marty Robbins himself appears to be surprised, and can clearly be heard to say "Please get that thing fixed."

Bob Knight · Post by **Bob Knight** » 18 Dec 2008 3:37 pm

Steve Alcott · Post by **Steve Alcott** » 18 Dec 2008 7:05 pm

Tongue in cheek, kids; everybody is having a good chuckle about the whole thing.

Terry Wood · Post by **Terry Wood** » 19 Dec 2008 5:46 am

It was an accident or malfunction Houston on Grady's guitar, and it worked. It sold in the millions and is consider one of Marty's biggest hits.

It was never one of my favorite songs by Marty. And yes, he happens to be one of my top three favorite singers of all time. Of course they didn't need my opinion, nor any of ours for that matter.

One other thing, I saw a movie years ago with Marty doing it and it was one of those hokey Hollywood takes on Country Music. Anyhow, they showed the steel player playing it on the break in middle of the song and he was using one of the original Boss tones on his steel. That was really cool to see that. I can't remember the steel player but it was not Katz Kobayshi, or Jim Farmer. It might have been Jimmy Crawford, Hal Rugg or someone else. This movie came out sometime during the 1960s.

Marty sold a ton on this one. I would say the new, unique sound or screw-up was worth it to him.

Terry

Bill Hatcher · Post by **Bill Hatcher** » 19 Dec 2008 7:19 am

Mike Perlowin wrote:
Uffe Edefuhr:
First time I seen this video. It look´s like the steel player switch on something and after the solo he switch it of! And it sure sounds as it was made by purpose!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XtbEipkP_o
I have to agree. The video appears to contradict the story about the console malfunctioning. Marty Robbins himself appears to be surprised, and can clearly be heard to say "Please get that thing fixed."

Perlowin....can't you tell that he is just joshing around with that??? You need to get your funny bone checked out!!!

Roy Ayres · Post by **Roy Ayres** » 19 Dec 2008 8:05 am

This thread is posted under "Steel Players." For any of the younger set who don't know it, the "fuzz" chorus was played by Grady Martin on a standard electric bass guitar. It was not a steel guitar.
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Kelso Herston, Nashville guitarist, headed up Capitol Records in the 60's and also used to do a lot of sessions in those days. Here's what he says:

That was definitely Grady Martin on the 6 String Bass Guitar. I wasn't on that Date, however I've talked to all the parties involved on the Session. Grady was playing ,and all of a sudden the speaker became distorted. They rushed to get this on tape! They were afraid the speaker might clear up before they committed to tape.. Glenn Snoddy, Chief Engineer at Columbia, went out, figured out what had happened, and built the first Fuzz Tone. Glenn sold his invention to Gibson and I understand he still receives royalties. Grady also used this sound on a hit instrumental by Bill Purcell titled "OUR WINTER LOVE."

Fred Burkett · Post by **Fred Burkett** » 21 Dec 2008 8:22 am

It's funny, I always thought Red Rhoads did that because he had that sound... Guess all these years I was wrong.

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 21 Dec 2008 11:01 am

Terry Wood wrote: I saw a movie years ago with Marty doing it and it was one of those hokey Hollywood takes on Country Music. Anyhow, they showed the steel player playing it on the break in middle of the song and he was using one of the original Boss tones on his steel. That was really cool to see that.

What was the name of the movie?

Roy Ayres · Post by **Roy Ayres** » 21 Dec 2008 2:36 pm

At one time Marty had a movie-length DVD out entitled "Marty Robbins Anthology." Could that be the movie mentioned above?

That DVD is still available on line at: Marty DVD at Amazon

(Sorry for drifting off topic.)

Roy Ayres · Post by **Roy Ayres** » 21 Dec 2008 2:47 pm

Terry,

I wouldn't put too much stock in the instruments you see being played in movies.

Examples:
(1) When I made a "Durango Kid" movie, I used my Fender triple-neck on the sound track. But when we started filming, the film director said my triple-neck Fender looked too far out for an old-time cowboy setting. So they handed me an instrument from their prop room: A single necked steel with 32 strings.
(2) Years ago I saw an Ernest Tubb movie where E.T. was playing clarinet.