Big Blue Sky
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16 hours ago, MaryJanes2ndLastDance said:Musically it sounded all right at first but the singing...those awful harmonies! It sounded like country music or bluegrass on steroids. Well, I realize it's mainly the band with Paul Butterfield so it's not a representation of his music.
That's The Band. I guess you had a typo.
- To your ears the vocals of Paul Butterfield, Levon Helm & Rick Danko sound "awful"? Levon?
- Well, if that's the case, we're in different universes & are coming at the whole genre of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' music in very different ways. Musical differences, indeed. I think the most gracious thing is for me to chose to say nothing more to you on the topic of Paul Butterfield or Mike Campbell's favorite record / musical influences. Nothing.
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...is fine to see other people in my community showing such good taste... creates a sense of shared appreciation for these guys & their music. At my city's main music shop (new & vintage, vinyl & CD) they show a top 10 list of what's selling. "Best Of Everything" is rock-steady on #2 spot ever since its release. (Who's on #1 comes & goes, different releases, influenced by in-store signings.)
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You would've heard Paul Butterfield singing & playing harp with The Band for Mystery Train.
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They're pretty fabulous.
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Girl On LSD - nope, not played on my areas radio stations either.
Hah! about Born In USA! One of those 30 squillion was bought by me. For the music, not because of cover art.
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Thanks!
Paul Butterfield Blues Band? Your second piece of info about them: they jammed with Bob Dylan in private during afternoon at Newport Folk Festival 1965. As they all got on great, Dylan he asked if they'd play with him for his festival gig. Or as it's more usually known: When Bob Dylan Went Electric.
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Hey thanks so much for your recommendation about speakers. Always nice to go with word-of-mouth recommendations. I've been exploring the website... Wow, what a product!
"My theories on audio and audio reproduction will be proven wrong only when the laws of physics change." Paul W. Klipsch
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- Regarding question at 3:00 about Michael J Fox / Johnny B Goode / Back To The Future, here's a tiny extract from interview in LA Times from August 1986. 💘 (I googled both names & this appeared!) ...they both met movie stars, partied & mingled...
Ask most young movie stars who their heroes are and they'll rattle off a list of names that begin with Robert De Niro and end with Harry Dean Stanton. Ask Michael J. Fox about his idols and he'll give you a totally different roster--Jimmy Page, Eddie Van Halen, Richie Blackmore, (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers guitarist) Mike Campbell--rock guitar wizards all.
"I dunno, I've met great actors, but there's no real mystery there to me," Fox said, sitting up in his room late one night, an acoustic guitar in his lap. "But I've always had this fascination with guitar heroes."
He grinned. "I remember I had Mike Campbell over at my house one night, at 3 a.m., playing 'Louisiana Rain' on my guitar. I called up one of my friends in Canada, put the phone up to the guitar for a while and shouted, 'Guess who's playing MY GUITAR!' "
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Request: your favourite drumming moments by legendary Hal Blaine?
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oh baby
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Q at 3:30 & then his A at 3:35
Holy smokes - I hear you on missing the blue silk scarf. I only noticed the layer under his pilot's jacket when you mentioned it. Some kind of down puffer layer? The man is badass, as you say, AND practical. Down is warm. Definitely good for staying warm despite cold winds in the wicker basket under one's zeppelin.
At risk of going on about his outfit, I thought he grew some new long thin dreads, only to realize the dangling cords are part of that hat. We salute you, Mr Campbell. Wear whatever you want. Pilot zeppelins, fly dragons, it's all good.
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who owns what across a whole career... the label thing is like herding cats sometimes
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oh gosh i am never confused by you. (& I am not being sarcastic.)
In this situation, I'm confused by labels & intellectual property (& anyway, love a good conspiracy): If all the BIG ones are still with Universal/Geffen.. Why on earth does it seem like WB been actively stalling "Wildflowers - All The Rest" for so long.. it's their by far biggest and most commercially interesting Petty record?
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when this was re-posted, Two Gunslingers said
22 hours ago, TwoGunslingers said:Boy, does he ever get older????
I don't know what to think of this hat... but I guess when you're the coolest guitar player on the planet you can get away with a lot. Clotheswise.
which helped me realize I'm maybe not the only one to think "Michael Wayne Campbell, what are you wearing? It's a bit weird - steampunk fighter pilot in a zeppelin in the rain - in a good way!!"
3 theories about Mike's Hat (so far).
If it has a brim.
- It has a turned-up brim --> shaped like a sou-wester that a fisherman / sailor might wear in a storm. In dark felt rather than in neon yellow vinyl. Because, style, obviously. While steam punk often rely on motif of top-hats & goggles, Heartbreakers already covered that ground in early 1980s. So that'd be too easy as it's, very literally, old hat for Mike.
If it has no brim.
- It's inspired by tall wool hats (bonnet rouge) that French revolutionaries wore (that were based on ancient caps from Mediterranean coast) . Anyway, main thing is - these symbolize freedom. Awesome!
- It's inspired by vintage toques & is actually very restrained & minimalist by comparison with other toques out there.
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Who's ready for some more Bathroom Jams? Here are ... drum-roll... #40 to #47.
Charlotte, Nashville, Chicago, Atlanta, Washington DC, Atlantic City & (most recently) Madison Square Garden in New York.
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3 hours ago, TwoGunslingers said:Ryan Ulyate is only mentioned as "overseeing" the mastering, or something to that effect, I don't recall the exact phrasing... but I thought that was a little strange.
Any insights on that?
- Ryan Ulyate does have his own website, so that might be a good place to start? On the home page, he writes this.
I've been recording, mixing and producing music professionally, ever since I got my foot in the door of a “real” 24 track studio 1978. In 2005 I started doing lots of great work with Tom Petty. Working with Tom was It was an experience that I will be forever grateful for. He was my friend -a very talented and very cool guy.
The Best Of Everything
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ The Best of Everything was released on March 1st 2019. “As a supplement to last year’s critically lauded box set An American Treasure, The Best Of Everything was born from Petty’s long-term desire to release what he believed to be his strongest material across his four decades of songwriting. Petty’s family and band-mates rallied together once again to fulfill his dream. Rather than in chronological order, the special cross-label collection was sequenced as a hard-hitting playlist giving the entire catalog equal prominence.”
This was put together around the same time we were finishing An American Treasure (see below), so the mastering is pretty consistent between both projects. They do work well together!
- Then, in the section about An American Treasure he says:
And for the audio geek, here’s a more in-depth article from the November 2018 edition of Mix Magazine that talks about the mixing and mastering of the project.
- & in that article in Mix Magazine, there's this photo Ryan Ulyate in his backyard studio with Tom Petty in August 2015Photo by Chase Simpson.
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Hello to The Refugees, so, hey, how did your gig go?
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10 hours ago, Ben said:When was "For Real" recorded?
Hi Ben, there's a recent thread about For Real where people were asking just this question. We found this answer & discovered images of the studio & that there are llamas (or alpacas) next door - though whether that was case back then is anyone's guess. Hope this helps you!
"On Benmont Tench's Twitter. Just to focus, I won't copy in whoever on Twitter asked questions etc. Shall just say Q (for question), okay? Obviously, pop over to Twitter & explore further if you're interested beyond the snippets quoted below.❤️🎹🎹🎹
16 Feb
Q:"For Real" is beautiful. Is it from The Last DJ sessions?
Benmont: No, we went to Mendocino in 2000, I think, to cut a version of "Surrender" for "Anthology: Through the Years. It was done the same day.
Q: Thank you. It has a great sound. "
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Not long now until your Benmont show, TPfan1000.
Hope you enjoy yourself. Here's Benmont recorded in New York 5 years ago. I appreciate how the camera gets in nice & close on his hands!
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1 hour ago, Shelter said:Or like I like to put it, what is the idea? Is it better with a something for everyone kinda approach, or an everything for a few? And whatever you find to be your personal answer, where on the scale did Playback sit. That's my level of operation here.
😀 something for everyone? (to me)
- for people who are relatively new listeners (eg coming in via Wilburys or Greatest Hits) Playback = a retrospective overview of 4-6 songs off each album plus B-sides plus bonus of mixed bag of out-takes, demos, unreleased etc.
- But equally for people who've followed for a while, Playback's a treasure trove of new material (out-takes, demos, unreleased etc) plus most of available B-sides gathered in one place... and, why not, let's throw in a reminder of some of those best songs across all their albums.
Seems kinda fair to have songs from all albums, now you mention that, especially in comparison to Greatest Hits.
👀 hah, so we have a 6 hour road trip next week. Opportunity for a solid uninterrupted listen to a box-set. (Ooo how to choose between Playback, American Treasure or All The Best?)However, not sure how thrilled other people in vehicle might be. They might provide interruptions. I guess I can pack ear phones. Oh no: music versus being sociable?
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And how on earth did they evolve from Mudcrutch sound 1974 & 1975 to iconic sound of "American Girl" (middle of 1976)?
Would you recognise them as the same musicians (with just a few lineup changes) - or has some major change happened?
Mike Campbell's fav records
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Ok. If you want to explain my own message back to me, go ahead.
Look, main point. So have you tracked down & listened to the musician / albums Mike Campbell mentioned yet? YouTube. Spotify. You'll hear "Born In Chicago" (that TPATH covers) track 1 on debut album. That might be interesting for you.
You want my opinion? I included the "Mystery Train" clip as well as albums mentioned. I did this because it's an example of Paul Butterfield live on stage. Also, in my opinion, a) they are smokin' hot in that collaboration & b) PB shows us all what a gun (ie excellent) harp player he is, using it as a main instrument for solos & c) they all slay that song.
In my opinion, if you don't like my musical recommendation, so what, you don't like it. I'm not losing sleep over your musical taste. But it's a bit brutally honest of you to say you think they're awful, when it's likely I think they are awesome. I'm saying, graciously, well, in that case, it's the end of road for me on that topic with you.
Broader point. Have you perhaps ever watched the 1976 concert documentary "The Last Waltz" directed by Martin Scorsese? (The interview technique directly influenced Rob Reiner when making "Spinal Tap".) "Last Waltz" is where the "Mystery Train" clip came from. As it seems that song's new for you, it's possible you've not seen the concert yet. As my own recommendation, for what it's worth, everyone should see "Last Waltz", as it's fantastic.
In my opinion, the music they create that night draws from the same mountain stream that TPATH drunk deeply from. You know how at "Concert For George" there's a whole crowd of creative people who're George Harrison's musical peers? Well, it's the same for "Last Waltz". So for us, it's a rich sampler of musicians including Paul Butterfield, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Dr John, Eric Clapton, Staple family, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Ronnie Hawk Hawkins and more. Not TPATH, but not a million miles away. These are people TPATH collaborated with, praised, dedicated songs to &/or covered songs by. Whether you personally respond to that music - or not - is up to you. In my opinion, it is self-evident that something special was created by a loose collaboration of people whose musical taste is matched by their skills & ability. And maybe that special, elusive, something somehow influenced TPATH.