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"Them Crooked Vultures" - John Paul Jones, steel
Posted: 15 Feb 2010 3:53 pm
by Brad Bechtel
I happened to catch the new supergroup Them Crooked Vultures (Josh Homme from Queen of the Stone Age, John Paul Jones on bass, Dave Grohl on drums) on Austin City Limits the other night. During one song John Paul Jones pulled out what appeared to be a modified eight string Melobar stand up steel guitar with a bass tuning.
The band is quite good if you like this sort of music. I look forward to hearing more of them.
Posted: 15 Feb 2010 4:04 pm
by Ron Whitfield
Heard some popish stuff from these guys that really turned me off, but their regular fare is unsurprisingly interesting. However, it's hard to dance to.
Posted: 15 Feb 2010 6:03 pm
by Ben Elder
I gave up three songs in.
Posted: 15 Feb 2010 6:20 pm
by AJ Azure
Brad, congrats for keeping your ear and mind open to new sounds
Posted: 15 Feb 2010 10:50 pm
by Charles Davidson
Just caught the last few minutes of them on ACL. did'nt see or hear enough to pass judgement. YOU BETCHA,DYK?BC.
Posted: 18 Feb 2010 4:45 pm
by Chris Lackner
Posted: 19 Feb 2010 4:47 am
by David Mason
You can hear his bass steel thing pretty "clearly" here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj9DtVI0 ... re=related
I dunno, it doesn't sound either very interesting
or very good to me. Rock and roll without danger or hunger is just elevator music for boomers.
Posted: 19 Feb 2010 9:16 am
by Jason Hull
JPJ's guitar is a custom Manson, with a Kaoss pad. Bringin' the rock!
Posted: 19 Feb 2010 3:54 pm
by Chris Lackner
He definitely indulges in odd instruments.
I really admire what he's doing in this clip that Brad posted once in another thread:
http://www.johnpauljones.com/video_NOSUMI2000live.html