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lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq
Post Number: 771 Registered: 7-2004
| Posted on Sunday, November 20, 2005 - 11:36 am: | |
Given all the Deadheads lurking about, I suspect there are at least a few who, like me, also have a soft spot for The Band. If you do, you should check the new boxed set that came out recently. A hardcover book on the history of the group, 5 CDs covering the old Ronnie Hawkins & the Hawks/ Levon & the Hawks days (many of these in the old mono), through times with Dylan, and across the whole gamut of their career. A lot of previously unreleased and alternate takes - not just the same old previously released tracks repackaged. In addition there is a DVD with numerous live takes from '70-'76, including Robbie's studio, the Festival Express Tour, NYC, London, and Saturday Night Live. Right now I'm listening to Dylan and the boys (with Mickey Jones instead of Levon on drums) do "Tell Me Momma" from 1966. (My wife is complaining about Bob's whining - LOL). About $75 from deepdiscountcd.com. A MUST for fans of the Band. Bill, tgo |
tom_z
Advanced Member Username: tom_z
Post Number: 217 Registered: 7-2004
| Posted on Sunday, November 20, 2005 - 12:21 pm: | |
Thanks for the heads up Bill. Something to put on my Christmas wish list. It seems like The Band was one of the earliest bands to bring instruments like the fiddle, mandolin, etc. to the world of big-time rock and roll. They brought a great wealth of musical influences to their music. And I can never get enough of Rick Danko's singing - he has one of the most soulful, haunting voices in modern music. Plus, he sings so beautifully while playing fairly sophisticated bass lines, often on his fretless Ampeg bass. Hmmm . . . not sure I can wait for Christmas . . . =) I'll have to pull out Rock of Ages. Tom |
pace
Intermediate Member Username: pace
Post Number: 188 Registered: 4-2004
| Posted on Monday, November 21, 2005 - 2:33 pm: | |
Rick supposedly had two Alembics~ anyone know the details?!? |
flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack
Post Number: 718 Registered: 4-2004
| Posted on Monday, November 21, 2005 - 4:07 pm: | |
yes first there was the first then there was the second.... lmao |
jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko
Post Number: 419 Registered: 10-2002
| Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 - 2:10 am: | |
Mike. Are you sure you're not thinking about Ampeg? Rick played a fretless Ampeg for some time. I've never heard of him playing an Alembic but I guess he was around at the right time. Graeme |
davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck
Post Number: 2625 Registered: 5-2002
| Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 - 7:22 am: | |
Mike; I ran a google search and came up empty. |
chuckc
Junior Username: chuckc
Post Number: 25 Registered: 7-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 - 10:19 am: | |
Didn't he play one of those gosh awful Gibson Ripper basses for awhile as well??? |
keith_h
Advanced Member Username: keith_h
Post Number: 258 Registered: 2-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 - 10:20 am: | |
I found these on the net. Keith from a 1976 Guitar Player interview: Rick, what basses do you have? I've got an Ampeg standup bass, an Ampeg fretless, and an Ampeg fretted. I also have a Gibson Ripper, a Fender fretless and a Fender fretted--both Precisions. And I have some instruments that I left in Canada. I have a Czechoslovakian bass that has as much glue as wood--it's terrific. A guy came by and gave it to me in pieces, and I had this old violin maker in Woodstock put it together. It's well over a hundred years old. And I have some Telecaster guitars with the same humbucking pickups as Robbie's Strats. In fact, he decided to have that feature after I'd done it. I've got a Guild 6-string acoustic that's fabulous. It has that big body. Tommy Smothers plays one just like it. From a 1994 Bass Player interview: Though he still has the Gibson Ripper and the old Ampeg fretless visible in The Last Waltz - and present throughout Ringo Starr's All-Starr Band tour and disc in 1989 - Danko now relies on two new basses. One, built by New York guitar maker Mark Dann, features a custom semi-hollow Strat-sized body, an ebony fingerboard, and active Alembic JJ pickups. The other is a Norwegian-made Guitar Workshop bass with active Alembic PJ pickups and a rosewood board. |
davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck
Post Number: 2626 Registered: 5-2002
| Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 - 5:53 pm: | |
Thanks Keith!! |
edwin
Intermediate Member Username: edwin
Post Number: 105 Registered: 5-2002
| Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 - 6:16 pm: | |
Some friends of mine are recreating the Last Waltz at Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom in Denver tomorrow night (11/23). I am very curious to see how it goes! Should be a great time. I remember when the original was happening and trying to figure out how to get my teenage self out to CA to see it. I guess this is as close as I will come. Edwin |