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Posted: 9 Jun 2010 2:09 pm
by Dan Tyack
I think he tuned it straight up to E. All strings.
Beautiful, ain't it?
Posted: 9 Jun 2010 3:12 pm
by Skip Edwards
Hey Dan...
I think he might have had a string tuned to B in there...5th string maybe.
In the middle of a SHIAB set, they would break into "Yellow Bird" instrumental. It was very surreal.
btw, I was at that gig in the pic...at the Bla Bla.
Posted: 9 Jun 2010 3:23 pm
by Earnest Bovine
Yes, correct; the key of the band was E, and due to ambiguity of mode I eliminated modal degrees from the guitar by loosening strings until each was a tonal degree.
Posted: 9 Jun 2010 3:54 pm
by Mike Perlowin
Dan Tyack wrote:Unfortunately, I believe the band (Seered head in a bag) hasn't played for quite a while. But this clip
Doug playing earnestly proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that Doug was the best steel player to play in that band.
It's time for you guys to get back together. Mabne you could play at the convention, or Dallas or Phoenix.
Posted: 10 Jun 2010 4:46 am
by Herb Steiner
He even plays bassoon...with a special mute.
Bassoon? Isn't that the "Ill Wind that No One Blows Good?"
Seriously, my feeling is that Doug is probably the most knowledgeable musician on the Forum, certainly the most literate. An awesome player and quite a personable young man as well.
Posted: 10 Jun 2010 6:16 am
by Danny Bates
I never realized it before, but I wear the same exact outfit as his "Severed Head" stage outfit while here at home. On stage I simply add my Beatle Boots.
Posted: 10 Jun 2010 7:17 am
by Mike Perlowin
Herb Steiner wrote:
Seriously, my feeling is that Doug is probably the most knowledgeable musician on the Forum, certainly the most literate. An awesome player and quite a personable young man as well.
I agree. Doug is special.
Posted: 10 Jun 2010 10:21 am
by Frank Freniere
Whoa, whoa, time out.
Carbondale, IL? Sounds like a lot of Forumites came from the Prairie State back in the day.
Was the photo that Chas posted photo-shopped? What is that thing on the steel player's head? Is that the Severed Heads band? The guitar player looks like the guy from Blue Cheer.
Is that a jockstrap on the steel player? Tighty-whities?
WTF?
Posted: 10 Jun 2010 10:30 am
by Skip Edwards
No, it's not Photoshopped. That pic was taken years before Photoshop existed.
I don't know what Doug/Earnest called that thing, but I sure he came up with good name for it...
And they might have been tighty, but I'm not so sure about the whitey...
And I agree...Doug is a unique individual. He may be from another planet. And I mean that in a good way...
My hat's always been off to him.
Posted: 10 Jun 2010 12:36 pm
by Dan Tyack
When I played with Severed Head in a Bag, I wore an outfit that completely freaked the audience out on the 'New Wave Theatre' (a low budget TV show where I made my debut and final performance with the band):
I wore a cowboy shirt with pearly snaps, black pants, and white patent leather cowbow boots (a remnant from my gig with Jean Shepard). The folks there looked at my like I was a freak.
Posted: 10 Jun 2010 12:57 pm
by Herb Steiner
Dan Tyack wrote:When I played with Severed Head in a Bag, ... (t)he folks there looked at my like I was a freak.
Dan, how they ever pegged you as a
freak is completely beyond the realm of comprehension!! What... and I repeat WHAT... could they have been thinking?
Posted: 10 Jun 2010 1:23 pm
by Stu Schulman
Bad Influences!
Posted: 13 Jun 2010 12:23 pm
by Ransom Beers
As a youngster I lived in Pekin,So.Pekin,Gorman addition,Midway,Mapleton,Xena,Peoria,Belview,several places in Ill..Even went to skool in Pekin & So.Pekin & some of the other places I don't remember,hell I don't remember what I had for lunch.
Posted: 6 Jul 2010 6:38 pm
by Tim Heidner
you guys sure must have had access to some freaky substances
I became a steel player because of this song -
Posted: 9 Nov 2010 1:24 pm
by Brian Tong
Posted: 9 Nov 2010 2:18 pm
by Jay Hudson
Is that "Fools Gold" record availiable anywhere?
Posted: 9 Nov 2010 3:50 pm
by Chip Fossa
Here's Doug
Fools Gold - "I Will Run".
I got more, too. Doug, Earnest, whatever - he's brilliant.
IWR -
http://picosong.com/YTD
...is this great? or what? you tell me!
Posted: 10 Nov 2010 6:22 am
by Jay Hudson
Chip, do you have a copy of "Coming Out Of Hiding"?
Posted: 10 Nov 2010 6:37 am
by Chip Fossa
Yes Jay,
I have "Coming Out Of Hiding". I got to cut it from the rest of the songs on that side and then upload to Picosong, so hang around and I should have it here pretty soon.
...another great FG song.
Posted: 10 Nov 2010 7:37 am
by Chip Fossa
More Fools Gold...(ala DL/EB)
"Coming Out Of Hiding"
http://picosong.com/YHt
"Rain, Oh, Rain"
http://picosong.com/YHd
"Choices"
http://picosong.com/YUJ
"Sailing To Monterey"
http://picosong.com/YUE
...just great stuff...
Posted: 10 Nov 2010 8:50 am
by Jay Hudson
Thanks Chip.
I used to have the album but it disappeared.
How about those harmonies, pre-auto-tune.
Posted: 11 Nov 2010 4:32 am
by Chip Fossa
Yeah Jay,
Super vocals&harmony; arranging; lyrics; instrumentals - I don't think you could say there is even 1 filler song on the entire album.
Well-composed songs.
...and of course DL/EB leading the charge.
Re: I became a steel player because of this song -
Posted: 11 Nov 2010 10:18 am
by Joachim Kettner
Is it Doug Livingston playing? Is this the reason you posted it?
I'm asking because on "Captured Angel" it is Al Perkins.
Posted: 11 Nov 2010 10:52 am
by Chip Fossa
Jay,
Yes, the original Fool's Gold [bluish; red; gold cover with 4 dudes] is available on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Fools-Gold/dp/B00 ... 244&sr=1-7
Posted: 25 May 2011 4:42 pm
by chris ivey
wow...is it really ok to say 'Jigger" on the forum?