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Topic: Essential Greg Leisz? |
Marc Jenkins
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 13 Jan 2009 9:44 pm |
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I've been curious to hear more of Greg Leisz lately, especially pedal stuff. Can anyone recommend some essential listening?
I'm already familiar with Bill Frisell's Intercontinentals and Good Dog, Happy Man, and his work on the Mark Olson, Teddy Thompson and Plant/Krauss albums. |
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Chris Reesor
From:
British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 14 Jan 2009 1:53 am
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Don't miss K.D Lang's "Absolute Torch and Twang", which is where Mr. Leisz first came on to my radar screen... we thought she was country then, and she said Patsy Cline was her hero so... you might dig the vocals and fiddles too, BTW, she called her band the "Reclines" in those days.
CR.
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Marc Jenkins
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 15 Jan 2009 6:48 pm
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Thanks, Chris! Any other suggestions, anyone?
I gave a listen to Eleni Mandell's 'Country For True Lovers' today. It's a nice album, and Greg's steel playing is STUNNING. Big surprise, of course. |
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Dave Mudgett
From:
Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Marc Jenkins
From:
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 15 Jan 2009 7:54 pm
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| Thanks Dave! |
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Jim Palenscar
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Oceanside, Calif, USA
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Posted 15 Jan 2009 8:05 pm
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| Mary Gauthier as well as the "new" Eagles CD. Greg will be here tomorrow and I'll query him about new projects. |
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Per Berner
From:
Skovde, Sweden
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Posted 15 Jan 2009 11:23 pm
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Anything with Rosie Flores! Especially her untitled late eighties album, and "Once more with feeling" ("Honky tonk moon" really rocks, no pedals though).
Heather Myles's "Just like old times" and "Untamed".
"Sweethearts dance" by Pam Tillis. Most stuff by Jim Lauderdale.
And not forgetting the weird but wonderful song "Curious soul astray" from k d lang's "Even cowgirls get the blues". And most other lang albums as well. |
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Joe A. Camacho
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Posted 15 Jan 2009 11:44 pm
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| I really like his playing and producing skills on Dave Alvin's records. |
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Chris Reesor
From:
British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 16 Jan 2009 10:50 am
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Here's another; GL is front & center on "I Make the Dough, You Get the Glory" by Ottawa's own Kathleen Edwards, which I've been hearing on CBC & Sirius 63. Don't know the album title, or whether there is any more of Greg's tasty playing on there.... Anybody out there got the album?
Just checked out the Ryan & Emmylou clip Dave M. linked us to...  Anybody recognize the other steeler? BTW that sure looks like Buddy Miller playing bass. I would guess this is a blend of the two singer's bands, no?
CR.
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Jonathan Shacklock
From:
London, UK
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Posted 16 Jan 2009 12:53 pm
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| The song that springs to mind is Velvet Crush's cover of Gene Clark's "Why Not Your Baby". The end solo will knock your socks off every time. |
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Tim Walker
From:
Marin County, CA (originally U.K)
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Posted 16 Jan 2009 2:25 pm
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| What Jonathan said ! |
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Jon Light (deceased)
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 16 Jan 2009 3:15 pm
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| Chris Reesor wrote: |
Anybody recognize the other steeler? BTW that sure looks like Buddy Miller playing bass. I would guess this is a blend of the two singer's bands, no?
CR. |
Yes, Buddy Miller on bass and that's Bernie Leadon on guitar, I believe. This show was a companion piece to the Gram tribute album Emmylou did with all sorts of duet pairings. Chris Hillman, who was on the show, may or may not have partnered in the project---not sure.
I wasn't sure what you were saying about the 'other steeler' until I gave it some thought---would that, by any chance, be Skip Edwards on keyboards? Trick question? |
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 16 Jan 2009 4:31 pm
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I was there because I loaned Greg some gear. Mike Daly who was Ryan's steel player at the played a little keyboards on camera.
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Jim Palenscar
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Oceanside, Calif, USA
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Posted 16 Jan 2009 5:18 pm
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The latest stuff that Greg is on is the latest Rodney Crowell and EmmyLou Harris recordings as well as the Allison Krause/Robert Plant collaboration recording of "Killing the Blues". Also not yet released is a live project with Bill Frisell by the name of "Disfarmer". Also on that project is Jenny Scheinman and Viktor Krauss. He is also on Sara Watkins' newest yet to be released CD.
From Wikipedia- "In January 2008, it was reported by Billboard that a new supergroup octet tentatively named The Scrolls (now renamed WPA) had formed. The octet is comprised of Leisz, Sean Watkins (guitar), his sister Sara Watkins (fiddle), Glen Phillips (guitar, vocals), Benmont Tench (piano), Luke Bulla (fiddle), Pete Thomas (drums), and Davey Faragher (bass). The group plans to have an album out by fall of this year.
Greg is off to Europe with Ray LaMontagne next week. |
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Marc Jenkins
From:
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 16 Jan 2009 5:41 pm
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| Thanks Jim! |
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Joshua Grange
From:
Los Angeles, California
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Posted 17 Jan 2009 3:20 pm
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Hi Marc,
You probably know that Greg plays on only one track on the Country for True Lovers album, ( I think" Just Another Lonely Heart") and that Dave Pearlman plays on the rest but I thought it was worth mentioning.
As Jim said, the track "Killing the Blues" on the Plant/Krause record is great, and so is the track "Through the Morning, Through the Night". Real nice.
There's an older live version of kd's "Lock Stock and Teardrop" from the album Women Live from Mountain Stage that has a pretty cool solo section. I didn't think it was Greg but she told me it was!
And let's not forget a ton of Matthew Sweet records. There is some outstanding steel work on a lot of it but I can't remember exactly what tracks right now.
Also heres a little known gem. A girl named Amelia June has a really beautiful album with some great steel in a style that is distinctly Greg.
Oh! Also Victoria Williams! |
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Marc Jenkins
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 17 Jan 2009 3:54 pm
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| Thanks Josh, I'll look that up. |
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Marc Stone
From:
Louisiana, USA
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Posted 21 May 2009 7:41 am
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| Nice pedal, lap and Weissenborn work by GL on "Geronimo" Cd by Shannon McNally, as well as a co-write, I think on the title track. Great Lap and acoustic guitar on Holmes Brothers "Simple truths" |
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Jan Jonsson
From:
Gothenburg, Sweden
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Posted 21 May 2009 11:18 am
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Greg plays some really good steel on Joni Mitchell's "Turbulent Indigo" and "Taming the Tiger" CDs, and can also be seen and heard on Joni's "Painting with Words and Music" DVD.
-- Jan
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Chris LeDrew
From:
Canada
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Posted 21 May 2009 1:13 pm
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| I believe that's Greg on the Jayhawks' Rainy Day Music, but I can't be 100% sure. Josh, do you know for sure? Either way, I believe it's only a few songs. |
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Jim Palenscar
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Oceanside, Calif, USA
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Posted 21 May 2009 1:21 pm
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| I think that it is member Steve McCarthy doing the pedal and lap steel honors on that but will check with Greg. |
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Joshua Grange
From:
Los Angeles, California
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Posted 21 May 2009 2:17 pm
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I dooooont know if thats greg on rainy day music chris.
I doooooo know that its larry campbell on steel on the kd lang live at Mountain Stage, not Greg as I had said.
Has anyone mentioned the Dave Alvin record Greg produced called King of California....? |
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Roger Palmer
From:
Rossendale, UK
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Posted 22 May 2009 1:06 pm
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| Any idea what tuning Greg uses on Absolute Torch and Twang? |
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Keith Junot
From:
Alaska, USA
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Posted 22 May 2009 7:33 pm
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| i had the pleasure of meeting Greg up here in Anchorage a few years back , he is one of my favorite Musicians on the planet ,nice cool and collected guy , so creative and entertaining , lots of tricks , killer tone and fun to listen to... my favorite studio work of his is on KD Lang's single Trail of Broken Hearts ... Keith |
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 22 May 2009 11:42 pm
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| Any idea what tuning Greg uses on Absolute Torch and Twang? |
Standard E9 tuning and a 66 Emmons bolt on D10.
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