The Steel Guitar Forum

Hi Ricky –
This will be uncharacteristically brief…for me. Trying to get out of Nashville for some Blackjack this week-end.
“Day For Decision” on Little Darlin’ Records 1966. “Panic” was included.
It was Summertime and folks were walking into RCA B just to see the recording action. I insisted Aubrey have the doors locked or I wouldn’t continue the project. He did.
It was the most uneasy, uncomfortable instrumental album and tune (“Panic”) I ever cut.
I had just a few months earlier, in 1965, recorded instrumentally the James Bond theme “Goldfinger” for United Artist’s Records on a released single with Kelso Herston’s name being used instead of mine. That was surreal enough.
“Panic”, the single, single released same year (1966) on Big A Records with the reverse side a total plagiarizing of a “Beatles” tune idea which was recorded backwards. We did the same with “Panic”. We even have the label information printed backwards on the ‘B’ side.
Neither Aubrey Mayhew nor I used drugs or psychedelics so we were sober, (maybe a little crazy).
Steel used – Sho-Bud ‘Lightning Bolt’ Fingertip
Amp used (never again after this album) – Baldwin Custom solid state
Effects – lots of reverb, distortion and anything else Al Pachucki (RCA recording engineer) could find to give it that ‘effect’ in 1966.
Picture of the Baldwin amp and keyboard used are pictured on the flip side of the album.
Picture of me with the heart Sho-Bud Permanent and Standel amp was shot in 1965, over a year earlier, at the very first session ever recorded in Bradley’s Barn by Hubert Long. In return for 10 “The Hit Sounds” albums he gave us permission to use that photo.
Probably raising more questions for the historically inquisitive than this answers, I’m outta here and off to Tunica for some good Blackjack!

Lloyd Green -