Its Harvest Moon time: Video

Kay Das · Post by **Kay Das** » 19 Aug 2010 11:52 pm

Sometimes a tune does not get out of your head so I did have to do something about it so I recorded it. Neil Young's cross-over song, recently also featured in the movie "Eat, Pray, Love".

Played on West Coast Steelocaster A6 and MSA Classic XL pedal steel using the E9 neck, key of D. The backing consists of two custom backing tracks (bass, keyboard, percussion) layered with two rhythm guitar tracks ( Martin custom X), two keyboard tracks for a total of sixteen tracks. All layers by me.

http://soundcloud.com/kay-das/01-harvest-moon

Enjoy!

Kay

Chuck S. Lettes · Post by **Chuck S. Lettes** » 20 Aug 2010 6:27 am

Well done, Kay! I love your choice of material-keep 'em coming.
Chuck

David Soreff · Post by **David Soreff** » 20 Aug 2010 8:07 am

Very nice Kay!!! This has always been one of my favorite Neil Young songs. Great choice!!!

Steve Hamill · Post by **Steve Hamill** » 20 Aug 2010 1:43 pm

Just lovely Kay. That's my wife and I's favorite Neil tune.

Paul Bostic · Post by **Paul Bostic** » 21 Aug 2010 3:33 pm

Kay, that is super cool! Very well done!

Gary Stevenson · Post by **Gary Stevenson** » 21 Aug 2010 5:11 pm

Very smooth-Kay. Just shows you don't have to pick fast to get great tone!

Bill Leff · Post by **Bill Leff** » 22 Aug 2010 7:37 am

Excellent Kay! Great playing and arrangement.

Kay Das · Post by **Kay Das** » 23 Aug 2010 8:23 pm

Just got back, grateful for the appreciation from all you great steelers, your responses make me feel very humble....

A steel guitar lead for "Harvest Moon" had been suggested by an Australian member of a guitar forum about a year ago. Then recently saw the movie "Eat, Pray, Love" and this tune kept running in my head. I had a lot of fun trying to portray a dialogue between the steels and the other instruments and I hope this came through a bit. Not a difficult tune at all.

Here is the detail of this first mix:

Track 1/2: Bass, Rhythm/Leads, Harmonica ( backing track #1)
Track 3/4: Pedal Steel
Track 5/6: Lap Steel
Track 7: Acoustic Rhythm Guitar 1
Track 8: Acoustic Rhythm Guitar 2
Track 9/10: Male Voices (sampled)
Track 11/12: Female Voices ( sampled)
Track 13/14: (sub-mix)
Track 15/16: Percussion, Organ ( backing track #2)

Long live the steel guitar!

Kay

Rickey Mitchell · Post by **Rickey Mitchell** » 24 Aug 2010 6:04 am

Dat's a pretty GOOD!

Sasha Kostadinov · Post by **Sasha Kostadinov** » 27 Aug 2010 7:03 pm

That's one of my favorites and you did it right. Thanks for sharing.

Jason Anderson · Post by **Jason Anderson** » 28 Aug 2010 8:29 am

Very well done, I like it a lot!

Kay Das · Post by **Kay Das** » 11 Sep 2010 11:15 pm

thanks, guys, apologies for not acknowledging earlier. this tune sits well on steel, i thought.....any others?

kay

Kay Das · Post by **Kay Das** » 20 Sep 2010 9:29 pm

Driving home from Los Angeles in the sunset this evening I saw what appeared to be a larger than usual moon. I wiki'd "Harvest Moon" to find the following...

" The harvest moon is the moon at or about the period of fullness that is nearest to the autumnal equinox around the 21st of September.

All full moons rise around the time of sunset. However, although in general the moon rises about 50 minutes later each day, as it moves in orbit around Earth, the Harvest Moon and Hunter's Moon are special, because around the time of these full moons, the time difference between moonrise on successive evenings is shorter than usual which means that the moon rises approximately 30 minutes later, from one night to the next, as seen from about 40 degrees N. or S. latitude, for several evenings around the full Hunter's or Harvest Moons. Thus there is no long period of darkness between sunset and moonrise around the time following these full moons. In times past this feature of these autumn moons was said to help farmers working to bring in their crops (or, in the case of the Hunter's Moon, hunters tracking their prey). They could continue being productive by moonlight even after the sun had set. Hence the name Harvest Moon...."

Steel guitar takes you places...

Kay

Andrea Tazzini · Post by **Andrea Tazzini** » 20 Sep 2010 11:18 pm

Good rendition and thanks for the "harvest moon" definition!

Kay Das · Post by **Kay Das** » 23 Sep 2010 7:36 pm

These very beautiful shots turned up today on the BBC site.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11398102

Enjoy!

Kay

PS Andrea: grazie dei complimenti!

Mark Lavelle · Post by **Mark Lavelle** » 23 Sep 2010 8:13 pm

very sweet!

Bill Connet · Post by **Bill Connet** » 4 Oct 2010 3:25 pm

Just got around to listening--a great, full rich sound! beautifully played, nice variations in instrumentation.

Kay Das · Post by **Kay Das** » 3 Nov 2010 5:46 pm

Bill, Mark,

Apologies for this late acknowledgement, this string had slipped below the horizon; grateful for the appreciation,

Kay

Kay Das · Post by **Kay Das** » 5 Sep 2014 9:43 pm

Itâ€™s an early Harvest Moon this year for the Northern Hemisphere. Look for the Harvest Moon to shine on the night of September 8-9, 2014. Folks in the Southern Hemisphere will need to wait six more months.

Steel guitar version of Neil Young's famous tune, posted on this site four years ago, from CD "Moods and Moments"

http://soundcloud.com/kay-das/01-harvest-moon

And if you do wish to know more about Harvest Moons and supermoons:

http://earthsky.org/space/harvest-moon-2

Enjoy!

Kay

Wally Pfeifer · Post by **Wally Pfeifer** » 6 Sep 2014 9:16 am

Great tune and beautiful sound.
You haven't seen a real Harvest Moon until you've
seen it in the Midwest. Stop by sometime. Harvest
Days Festival in 2 weeks here in Dwight IL.
Mahalo for the delightful music.
Wally & Peg Pfeifer

Kay Das · Post by **Kay Das** » 7 Sep 2014 10:37 am

Mahalo, Wally and Peg, great to hear from you. A little too busy to visit the Harvest
Days Festival, but maybe another time! Hope to see you in Fort Collins, though..

Kay

Kay Das · Post by **Kay Das** » 11 Sep 2014 5:27 pm

Youtube video added... you will recognize some familiar landmarks...

BTW, this past Tuesday was the "official" night of the Harvest Moon, a little early this year..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjKF0hAF7Qo

Enjoy!

Kay

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