Doctor Love 
Doctor Love
Registration Date: 08-24-2004
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I don't remember us doing Baby Elephant Walk into Money!! That's hilarious. When and where did we do that?
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I dig the Allman Bros/One Way Out riff. Nice surprise. It's right up there with Baby Elephant Walk/Money from the DVD. |
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01-19-2008 19:27 |
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Rod
Baby Elvis
Registration Date: 08-21-2005
Posts: 112
Favorite 77s album: When #s Get Serious
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It's on Pearls Before Swine at the Madison Cafe. That makes me laugh every time I see it.
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01-19-2008 21:54 |
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dennis
Happy Roy
Registration Date: 10-03-2004
Posts: 5,985
Favorite 77s album: "88"
Location: Way out on the outskirts of town.
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I'll have to check that out! 
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01-19-2008 23:51 |
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Rod
Baby Elvis
Registration Date: 08-21-2005
Posts: 112
Favorite 77s album: When #s Get Serious
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Who'd have thought, the 77s covering Henry Mancini. That's always the first one I play on the DVD. Mike, your facial expressions are great.
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01-20-2008 21:14 |
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dennis
Happy Roy
Registration Date: 10-03-2004
Posts: 5,985
Favorite 77s album: "88"
Location: Way out on the outskirts of town.
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I would have gussed " Moon River" before the Elephant Walk! 
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01-21-2008 03:37 |
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77 bc
Radioactive Hatchling
Registration Date: 11-17-2004
Posts: 9,890
Favorite 77s album: The one's Mike plays guitar on
Location: Springtown
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Originally posted by Doctor Love
I don't remember us doing Baby Elephant Walk into Money!! That's hilarious. When and where did we do that?
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Originally posted by Rod
I dig the Allman Bros/One Way Out riff. Nice surprise. It's right up there with Baby Elephant Walk/Money from the DVD. |
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Any talk of a "street date" yet? I would like to do a twofer when I cut loose with my Christmas money stash, and pick up 99 as the second.
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"tell me, what's worth more
what you'll lie for or
what you'll die for
i follow my heart
and it lies and it lies
and i don't understand it"
~ Roe/Harmon ~ "Woody"
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01-28-2008 21:54 |
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dennis
Happy Roy
Registration Date: 10-03-2004
Posts: 5,985
Favorite 77s album: "88"
Location: Way out on the outskirts of town.
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Originally posted by 77 bc
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Originally posted by Doctor Love
I don't remember us doing Baby Elephant Walk into Money!! That's hilarious. When and where did we do that?
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Originally posted by Rod
I dig the Allman Bros/One Way Out riff. Nice surprise. It's right up there with Baby Elephant Walk/Money from the DVD. |
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Any talk of a "street date" yet? I would like to do a twofer when I cut loose with my Christmas money stash, and pick up 99 as the second. |
To whom it may concern,
I too would like to do a "twofer", too. 
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01-29-2008 04:08 |
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Doctor Love
Doctor Love
Registration Date: 08-24-2004
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Location: on the moon Alice
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After endless delays due to illness and so many other things, we finally resumed work on the album yesterday, and rather than jumping back into more background or lead vocals as planned, we decided to record a song that I had on the list of hopefuls for the original basic tracking sessions nearly two years ago.
Along with the electric stuff, I really wanted to present a song or two done in the traditional format that most of these songs were originally cut in over seventy years ago. One of my favorites of these is the wonderful "Everybody Ought To Pray Sometime" done by the 'guitar evangelists' Dennis Crumpton & Robert Summers. I wanted to go for a backyard (as opposed to 'front porch') blues feel so the guys suggested that we cut totally live, which completely scared the crap outta me, but in the end it was totally the way to go.
Rather than the usual bass/drums/electric guitar configuration, Mark played an un-amplified electric guitar tuned to an open E chord while I strummed an acoustic 12-string with only 6 strings tuned to the same tuning. Bruce shocked us both by playing two tambourines with his feet while tapping on a small 8" drum head. It looked and sounded ridiculous while we were doing it, but when we heard the playback I was completely dumbfounded -- that slight tapping upon the drum head created a massive thump that sounded like one of John Bonham's gargantuan kick drums. It was completely scary and almost had me convinced that Bruce was secretly practicing some kind of voodoo on the side. In reality, it probably had more to do with the amazing microphones we are currently using, including the coveted Neumann U-47 -- these babies deliver so much more than we've gotten out of any other mics ever. This session proved it.
In the end, we got a complete track, vocals and all, in a few hours with only a couple of overdubs on electric slide (I forgot mine and Mark couldn't find his, so Mark's son Dylan suggested dipping into Mark's drill bits -- I had to lay the guitar on my lap but it worked! Any old port in a storm 
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This song will make a perfect album ender and we can't wait for you to hear it. The session went so well, in fact, that we're gonna leave all the mics up and maybe try a few more in this style. I LOVE recording like this -- learn the song on the fly, jump in at the deep end, and in two or three hours you're done. Just like the old days, and it sounds it. Most of my most treasured records of all time were done this way. It's my favorite way to work.
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02-03-2008 02:23 |
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dennis
Happy Roy
Registration Date: 10-03-2004
Posts: 5,985
Favorite 77s album: "88"
Location: Way out on the outskirts of town.
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Sounds great! I can't wait to hear it!
The simple things are almost always the best!
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02-03-2008 02:33 |
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77 bc
Radioactive Hatchling
Registration Date: 11-17-2004
Posts: 9,890
Favorite 77s album: The one's Mike plays guitar on
Location: Springtown
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Originally posted by Doctor Love
After endless delays due to illness and so many other things, we finally resumed work on the album yesterday, and rather than jumping back into more background or lead vocals as planned, we decided to record a song that I had on the list of hopefuls for the original basic tracking sessions nearly two years ago.
Along with the electric stuff, I really wanted to present a song or two done in the traditional format that most of these songs were originally cut in over seventy years ago. One of my favorites of these is the wonderful "Everybody Ought To Pray Sometime" done by the 'guitar evangelists' Dennis Crumpton & Robert Summers. I wanted to go for a backyard (as opposed to 'front porch') blues feel so the guys suggested that we cut totally live, which completely scared the crap outta me, but in the end it was totally the way to go.
Rather than the usual b***/drums/electric guitar configuration, Mark played an un-amplified electric guitar tuned to an open E chord while I strummed an acoustic 12-string with only 6 strings tuned to the same tuning. Bruce shocked us both by playing two tambourines with his feet while tapping on a small 8" drum head. It looked and sounded ridiculous while we were doing it, but when we heard the playback I was completely dumbfounded -- that slight tapping upon the drum head created a m***ive thump that sounded like one of John Bonham's gargantuan kick drums. It was completely scary and almost had me convinced that Bruce was secretly practicing some kind of voodoo on the side. In reality, it probably had more to do with the amazing microphones we are currently using, including the coveted Neumann U-47 -- these babies deliver so much more than we've gotten out of any other mics ever. This session proved it.
In the end, we got a complete track, vocals and all, in a few hours with only a couple of overdubs on electric slide (I forgot mine and Mark couldn't find his, so Mark's son Dylan suggested dipping into Mark's drill bits -- I had to lay the guitar on my lap but it worked! Any old port in a storm
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This song will make a perfect album ender and we can't wait for you to hear it. The session went so well, in fact, that we're gonna leave all the mics up and maybe try a few more in this style. I LOVE recording like this -- learn the song on the fly, jump in at the deep end, and in two or three hours you're done. Just like the old days, and it sounds it. Most of my most treasured records of all time were done this way. It's my favorite way to work. |
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS!!!!
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"tell me, what's worth more
what you'll lie for or
what you'll die for
i follow my heart
and it lies and it lies
and i don't understand it"
~ Roe/Harmon ~ "Woody"
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02-03-2008 06:14 |
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Marti
Radioactive Crow
Registration Date: 06-01-2004
Posts: 10,098
Favorite 77s album: Drowning with Land in Sight
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Originally posted by Doctor Love
After endless delays due to illness and so many other things, we finally resumed work on the album yesterday, and rather than jumping back into more background or lead vocals as planned, we decided to record a song that I had on the list of hopefuls for the original basic tracking sessions nearly two years ago.
Along with the electric stuff, I really wanted to present a song or two done in the traditional format that most of these songs were originally cut in over seventy years ago. One of my favorites of these is the wonderful "Everybody Ought To Pray Sometime" done by the 'guitar evangelists' Dennis Crumpton & Robert Summers. I really wanted to go for a backyard (as opposed to 'front porch') blues feel so the guys suggested that we cut totally live, which completely scared the crap outta me, but in the end it was totally the way to go.
Rather than the usual b***/drums/electric guitar configuration, Mark played an un-amplified electric guitar tuned to an open E chord while I strummed an acoustic 12-string with only 6 strings tuned to the same tuning. Bruce shocked us both by playing two tambourines with his feet while tapping on a small 8" drum head. It looked and sounded ridiculous while we were doing it, but when we heard the playback I was completely dumbfounded -- that slight tapping upon the drum head created a m***ive thump that sounded like one of John Bonham's gargantuan kick drums. It was completely scary and almost had me convinced that Bruce was secretly practicing some kind of voodoo on the side. In reality, it probably had more to do with the amazing microphones we are currently using, including the coveted Neumann U-47 -- these babies deliver so much more than we've gotten out of any other mics ever. This session proved it.
In the end, we got a complete track, vocals and all, in a few hours with only a couple of overdubs on electric slide (I forgot mine and Mark couldn't find his, so Mark's son Dylan suggested dipping into Mark's drill bits -- I had to lay the guitar on my lap but it worked! Any old port in a storm
)
This song will make a perfect album ender and we can't wait for you to hear it. The session went so well, in fact, that we're gonna leave all the mics up and maybe try a few more in this style. I LOVE recording like this -- learn the song on the fly, jump in at the deep end, and in two or three hours you're done. Just like the old days, and it sounds it. Most of my most treasured records of all time were done this way. It's my favorite way to work. |
Not only were they back in the studio, but back with serendipity unfolding. We have a thank you for the prayer thread already!
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“This Jesus that the Christians speak of, he sounds like a good man. Why don’t they follow his teachings?” - Crazy Horse
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02-03-2008 06:55 |
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77sfan
Registration Date: 06-08-2007
Posts: 2,367
Favorite 77s album: The Island Album
Location: Idaho
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Originally posted by Doctor Love
After endless delays due to illness and so many other things, we finally resumed work on the album yesterday, and rather than jumping back into more background or lead vocals as planned, we decided to record a song that I had on the list of hopefuls for the original basic tracking sessions nearly two years ago.
Along with the electric stuff, I really wanted to present a song or two done in the traditional format that most of these songs were originally cut in over seventy years ago. One of my favorites of these is the wonderful "Everybody Ought To Pray Sometime" done by the 'guitar evangelists' Dennis Crumpton & Robert Summers. I really wanted to go for a backyard (as opposed to 'front porch') blues feel so the guys suggested that we cut totally live, which completely scared the crap outta me, but in the end it was totally the way to go.
Rather than the usual b***/drums/electric guitar configuration, Mark played an un-amplified electric guitar tuned to an open E chord while I strummed an acoustic 12-string with only 6 strings tuned to the same tuning. Bruce shocked us both by playing two tambourines with his feet while tapping on a small 8" drum head. It looked and sounded ridiculous while we were doing it, but when we heard the playback I was completely dumbfounded -- that slight tapping upon the drum head created a m***ive thump that sounded like one of John Bonham's gargantuan kick drums. It was completely scary and almost had me convinced that Bruce was secretly practicing some kind of voodoo on the side. In reality, it probably had more to do with the amazing microphones we are currently using, including the coveted Neumann U-47 -- these babies deliver so much more than we've gotten out of any other mics ever. This session proved it.
In the end, we got a complete track, vocals and all, in a few hours with only a couple of overdubs on electric slide (I forgot mine and Mark couldn't find his, so Mark's son Dylan suggested dipping into Mark's drill bits -- I had to lay the guitar on my lap but it worked! Any old port in a storm
)
This song will make a perfect album ender and we can't wait for you to hear it. The session went so well, in fact, that we're gonna leave all the mics up and maybe try a few more in this style. I LOVE recording like this -- learn the song on the fly, jump in at the deep end, and in two or three hours you're done. Just like the old days, and it sounds it. Most of my most treasured records of all time were done this way. It's my favorite way to work. |
Okay, so next time you're gonna cut a whole album this way right? A ton of my musical heros are those old blues guys from the 20s-40s. I can listen to that stuff all day long.
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02-03-2008 07:34 |
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Gur
Mezzo
Registration Date: 01-14-2008
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Location: And into this chasm God would let a million Jacob Bayers float down like sparkling dust on a dry wind.
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Sounds wonderful Doc. Thanks for the report!
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02-03-2008 07:52 |
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dennis
Happy Roy
Registration Date: 10-03-2004
Posts: 5,985
Favorite 77s album: "88"
Location: Way out on the outskirts of town.
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02-03-2008 08:05 |
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dennis
Happy Roy
Registration Date: 10-03-2004
Posts: 5,985
Favorite 77s album: "88"
Location: Way out on the outskirts of town.
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This song will make a perfect album ender and we can't wait for you to hear it. The session went so well, in fact, that we're gonna leave all the mics up and maybe try a few more in this style. I LOVE recording like this -- learn the song on the fly, jump in at the deep end, and in two or three hours you're done. Just like the old days, and it sounds it. Most of my most treasured records of all time were done this way. It's my favorite way to work. |
Okay, so next time you're gonna cut a whole album this way right? A ton of my musical heros are those old blues guys from the 20s-40s. I can listen to that stuff all day long. |
That would be pretty sweet!
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02-03-2008 08:06 |
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Gur
Mezzo
Registration Date: 01-14-2008
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Are you suggesting that Mike has 3 buttocks, Dennis?
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02-03-2008 08:11 |
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dennis
Happy Roy
Registration Date: 10-03-2004
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Favorite 77s album: "88"
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02-03-2008 08:11 |
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dennis
Happy Roy
Registration Date: 10-03-2004
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Favorite 77s album: "88"
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02-03-2008 08:14 |
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Marti
Radioactive Crow
Registration Date: 06-01-2004
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Favorite 77s album: Drowning with Land in Sight
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I've had it with the bloody sheds! I wish somebody'd ask me about the drill bits! 
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“This Jesus that the Christians speak of, he sounds like a good man. Why don’t they follow his teachings?” - Crazy Horse
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02-03-2008 11:52 |
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dennis
Happy Roy
Registration Date: 10-03-2004
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