Not sure where this goes, delete if necessary:
I have a new Myspace site, with some of my original stuff posted. I'm planning on updating it occasionally with songs you may not have heard, songs that haven't seen the light of day, including work demoes. There's also some old pics on there, with more on the way.
great myspace songsmith, really liked the slide playing on stoney lonesome. do you use standard tunings or open tunings when playing slide? my daughter got her groove on to "what i'd do" and then ripped a string of her ukelele. nice job songsmith.
Ah crap, that's not me on dobro on "Stoney Lonesome." It's a Nashville chick named Robin Ruddy. Doug Forshey and I wrote that song about a hunting camp in Huntingdon County a few years ago... I went down to his place in Nashville, we woke up the day after arriving, and Doug said, "Today we're going to write a song and record it." So we did. Robin happened to be at the studio (Parlor Studios, a real, live Music Row multi-million-dollar studio... I was waaaay outside my element), and asked if she could play on it. That's her on backing vocals, too. It was all strictly first-take stuff, and the harmonica part wasn't even supposed to be there... except for the solo, I was just warming up while the track played. Robin's recorded her own albums and has played with Shania Twain and lots of other top country names. Doug told me the other day that she's currently in LA rehearsing for a tour with Rod Stewart, of all people. Doug played acoustic on it and sang backing vox as well.
Incidentally, dobro tuning is open G, commonly called Nashville Dobro tuning. From top to bottom, it's G-B-D-G-B-D. Most soloing is done on the 3rd, 4th and 5th strings, as the "anchor point."----->JMS
Last edited by songsmith on Tuesday Jan 09, 2007, edited 1 time in total.
Thanks guys. There'll be different songs posted in a little while, so check back now and then. I want to post stuff nobody's really heard much, like demos and bootlegs.
Incidentally, my ass is both sweet and virgin. ------>JMS
lonewolf wrote:Those Thin Ice are cool and nostalgic.
Did Hazelnut studios have anything to do with John Hazel of Nitro fame?
Yes, that was John Hazel's studio. That's where Nitro's EP was recorded, and Bashful recorded the "Time Will Tell" album there also... probably many others.
I remember some country stuff being recorded there, and a band called Killer Elite did a record there, I think the main guy was from the Altoona area. Tom Brunner, Todd Brunner, something like that.
Hazelnut was very cool and laid-back. It was in a horse-barn, and from the outside, you'd never guess there was a studio inside or that John's quite well-to-do. He's maybe the most ego-less guy ever. Anyway, you opened the front garage door, navigated through some tractor parts and such to a small door, and whoops! You're in a 16-track studio. It was 1/2" tape, and had a fair amount of hiss, but they all did then. I had a hell of a time adjusting to digital, because there's no "r-r-re-e-e-e" sound when the tape starts rolling.
John's a hell of a guitarist, and had a big effect on my wanting to be in a band... he made it look so easy.----->JMS
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