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Topic: Julie London - no steel guitar |
Donny Hinson
From: Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 8 Feb 2020 4:48 pm
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Here's a very old recording (1957) by Julie London; just her smoky/sexy voice and a guitar. Sometimes, I just like to listen to something simple and sparse, and I've often wondered what this song might have sounded like if it had been just Curly Chalker behind her (in the style of Stan Hitchcock's "Shadow of Your Smile).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v83H1m4faXw |
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Chris Reesor
From: British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 8 Feb 2020 9:37 pm
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That is very fine. She is the epitome of the torch singer for me.
The guitarist I couldn't identify, but it doesn't sound like Kessel to me. She made some wonderful recordings with just Barney on guitar, or Barney and standup bass. These recordings are a master class in backing up a singer.
On backing up a singer with pedal steel, there is a recording of Gib Wharton behind Cassandra Wilson on a Gershwin tune out there that someone pointed out to me, here on the forum I believe. It was great stuff, but I lost the bookmark in a computer snafu and was never able to find it again. It is a compilation/tribute album that doesn't appear on any C.W. discog I've seen.
Anybody know where/ how to find that? _________________ Excel Superb U12, MIJ Squier tele, modified Deluxe Reverb RI, Cube 80XL, self built acoustics & mandolins |
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K Maul
From: Hadley, NY/Hobe Sound, FL
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Posted 9 Feb 2020 6:09 am
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One of my favorites! The embodiment of the word “intimateâ€.
It’s been said “Some singers sing as though they are addressing a crowd; some sing as though they are in a bar with a lot of people—[London] sings as though she's in one room, with you—and that's the difference."
A little closer that just in “one roomâ€, if you ask me!
She smoked up to 3 packs a day since age 16. She was a very solitary person and never gave interviews. Married Jack Webb and Bobby Troup (who wrote ROUTE 66).
Here’s an amusing blooper. The highly sensitive or prudish should avoid it.
https://youtu.be/RqcIYzsmQYo _________________ Kevin Maul: Airline, Beard, Clinesmith, Decophonic, Evans, Excel, Fender, Fluger, Gibson, Hilton, Ibanez, Justice, K+K, Live Strings, MOYO, National, Oahu, Peterson, Quilter, Rickenbacher, Sho~Bud, Supro, TC, Ultimate, VHT, Webb, X-otic, Yamaha, ZKing. |
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Erv Niehaus
From: Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 9 Feb 2020 6:57 am
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She's still doing commercials on the radio.
Erv |
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Dave Mudgett
From: Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 9 Feb 2020 10:55 am
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The guitar player was the great Al Viola, who is probably most famously associated with Frank Sinatra, but was also a prolific session musician. He could play anything, and frequently did. He also played the mandolin on The Godfather. He remains one of the best, and not sufficiently well-known, guitarists to ever play the instrument, IMO.
I don't think there has ever been a better torch singer than Julie London. That outtakes clip is hilarious. |
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Lee Baucum
From: McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 9 Feb 2020 11:07 am
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Erv Niehaus wrote: |
She's still doing commercials on the radio.
Erv |
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K Maul
From: Hadley, NY/Hobe Sound, FL
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Posted 9 Feb 2020 11:09 am
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I still cary a torch for that torch singer! _________________ Kevin Maul: Airline, Beard, Clinesmith, Decophonic, Evans, Excel, Fender, Fluger, Gibson, Hilton, Ibanez, Justice, K+K, Live Strings, MOYO, National, Oahu, Peterson, Quilter, Rickenbacher, Sho~Bud, Supro, TC, Ultimate, VHT, Webb, X-otic, Yamaha, ZKing. |
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Ken Pippus
From: Langford, BC, Canada
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Craig Stock
From: Westfield, NJ USA
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Posted 9 Feb 2020 2:34 pm
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I initially was introduced to Julie and Bobby Troup on the popular 70's Tv show 'Emergency', only to learn later that she was a singer and he, a great song writer. Yes, Bobby did 'Route 66', but just this last year, Michael Bourne of WBGO, the Newark, NJ jazz station did a great suite of songs that Julie sang and Bobby wrote, it was very impressive and made me respect their many talents.
Good thread! _________________ Regards, Craig
I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no feet.
Today is tomorrow's Good ol' days |
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Jim Cohen
From: Philadelphia, PA
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Donny Hinson
From: Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Joachim Kettner
From: Germany
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Posted 10 Feb 2020 9:33 pm
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Thanks for posting this, Donny Hinson. What a steel player and singer! _________________ Fender Kingman, Sierra Crown D-10, Evans Amplifier, Soup Cube. |
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Larry Lenhart
From: Ponca City, Oklahoma
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Posted 16 Feb 2020 2:32 pm
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I absolutely love Julie London ! In the 70s my guitar teacher in Arizona led me on to her because of Barney Kessel and "Cry me a River" fame, but once I discovered her voice I fell in lust ! She did another recording with Howard Roberts on guitar...I love her singing "No Moon at All" and "Round Midnight" is another favorite of mine. I could go on and on about her, but I better stop ! _________________ Zum Encore, Remington D8 non pedal, Hallmark Mosrite clone, Gretsch 6120 DSW, Gretsch G5210T-P90 Electromatic Jet Two 90,1976 Ibanez L5, Eastman archtop, Taylor Dreadnaught, Telonics pedal, Squire Tele, Squire Strat, Fender Tonemaster, Gold Tone 5 string banjo, Little Wonder tenor banjo, 3 Roland cubes 30s and 80, Carvin combo bass amp |
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Ron Shalita
From: California, USA
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Posted 16 Feb 2020 6:51 pm
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Man CC is still the best in my eyes... he had it all! _________________ Been playing all of my life, Lead Guitar, and Pedal Steel, sing Lead and Harmony.. play other Instruments also but I hate to admit to it.. |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 17 Feb 2020 9:51 am
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Quote: |
She did another recording with Howard Roberts on guitar... |
Oh, I'd love to hear that one! |
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Steve Hinson
From: Hendersonville Tn USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2020 10:42 am
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John Collins on guitar on the"blooper"clip... |
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Barry Blackwood
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Erv Niehaus
From: Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 20 Feb 2020 10:13 am
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Lovely, just lovely!
Erv |
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Dave Hopping
From: Aurora, Colorado
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Posted 28 Feb 2020 3:46 pm
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But now every time I think of Julie London I can't UN-hear Joe Cocker! |
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George Rout
From: St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 8 Apr 2020 5:27 pm
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Definitely a favourite of mine. I have 36 CD's of her. I can never understand why she picked Jack Webb over me!!!! Great music back then.
Geo _________________ http://georgerout.com
"I play in the A Major tuning. It's fun to learn and so easy to play. It's as old as the hills....like me" |
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Dave Mudgett
From: Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Dave Magram
From: San Jose, California, USA
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