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Topic: The “tag†|
Tony Palmer
From: St Augustine,FL
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Posted 4 Sep 2019 5:18 pm
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Like many of us here who have Sirius radio, I keep mine on Willie’s Roadhouse all the time. Once in awhile, actually quite often, they’ll play the real old stuff from the 50’s or even late 40’s and I notice those songs just plain old END! No tag, no clue song’s over, they just hit that last chord and let it ring.
Then when the hardcore classic country era got established, it seemed every song had a tag on the ending. Try and think of just one Haggard, Jones, Willie, etc withOUT a tag!
Curiously, the new country has abandoned the tag in favor of a repetitive vamp/fade of sorts for their endings,
I’d say very few rock songs tag their endings.
So what is it with classic country? Did it “invent†tagging the very last phrase for endings?
I know...not exactly an earth shattering topic (!) but I got to wondering..... _________________ Sierra S10 (three!), Peavey 112 and 115, Benoit dobro, Beard Model E dobro, Beard Roadophonic, MSA Superslide, Dean Nickless custom dobro |
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Dom Franco
From: Beaverton, OR, 97007
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b0b
From: Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Donny Hinson
From: Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 7 Sep 2019 10:19 am
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Blame Ernest and Hank. |
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Bill Cunningham
From: Atlanta, Ga. USA
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Posted 7 Sep 2019 10:51 am
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I worked a show with Charlie Walker one time and he said that the first time he knew of a tag being used was his original recording of “It All Depends On Who Will Buy The Wine†Ray Price was in the studio and it was Ray’s idea. _________________ Bill Cunningham
Atlanta, GA |
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John De Maille
From: On a Mountain in Upstate Halcottsville, N.Y.
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Posted 7 Sep 2019 12:15 pm
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The tag, to me, is a nice compliment to a song. I never knew of a "tag" until I started playing country music was back in the 70's. I suppose I played them in R&R, but, never realized it. It just seems like a definitively way to end a song instead of ending with a vocal phrase. Of course, a tag can't be used in every song and probably shouldn't. Redundancy has its limits. |
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Charles Kurck
From: Living in Arkansas but Heaven is home
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Posted 15 Sep 2019 11:26 am Tag & Outro
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Vocal tag and instrumental outro has been the thinking and labeling for my DAW arranger tracks. Â
Some of my songs have both a tag and a outro. |
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