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Topic: Johnny A. playing a Johnny A. |
Darryl Hattenhauer
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Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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Richard Sevigny
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Salmon Arm, BC, Canada
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Posted 7 Oct 2006 8:42 pm |
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Never heard of him until now.
Simply amazing. The guy never overplays. He plays to the song, period.
Great taste and tone.
Thanks for the heads up!! 
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Stephan Miller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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Posted 7 Oct 2006 9:23 pm
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| Darryl, thanks! I like Johnny A. a lot & have two of his CDs. Now that I've seen the videos, I realize how much I dig his rhythm section as well. |
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Stephan Miller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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Posted 7 Oct 2006 9:24 pm
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| double double [This message was edited by Stephan Miller on 07 October 2006 at 10:26 PM.] |
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Darryl Hattenhauer
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Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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Posted 7 Oct 2006 11:11 pm
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Thanks, fellers. I find out a lot on this forum and download many good vids, so I'm glad to return the favor.
"He plays to the song...." A perfect way to put it.
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"And if we obey God, we must disobey ourselves." --Father Mapple
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Tony Prior
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Charlotte NC
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Posted 8 Oct 2006 1:08 am
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Guitar Music ! A TRIO ! Great.
I never heard of Johnny A..but I am a fan now...
Great Gibson Guitars !
When I watched and listened I can see he pays attention to Eric Johnson and Robben Ford..he has brought a bit if each into his own style which is awesome. Also the use of the Bigsby for phrase sustains is nice to see.
Fine player, thanks for posting the links
t[This message was edited by Tony Prior on 08 October 2006 at 02:11 AM.] |
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Jack Stoner
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Kansas City, MO
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Posted 8 Oct 2006 4:19 am
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| Not bad, except for the "distortion". Being from the "old school" where the only time you had distortion is if you had a problem with the equipment. |
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Darryl Hattenhauer
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Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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Posted 8 Oct 2006 10:33 am
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I don't like the distortion much either. I sure like the bigsby, though. I have one on all of my starchtops. I'd like to figure out how to put them on my banjos and mandos. Even my car. Everything's better with a bigsby on it. Except Emmylou Harris.
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"And if we obey God, we must disobey ourselves." --Father Mapple
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Richard Sevigny
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Salmon Arm, BC, Canada
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Posted 8 Oct 2006 11:01 am
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| I don't like the distortion much either. |
I think he's being quite restrained with the distortion. Rather than going all out like a Vai or Satriani, he's using for emphasis and colour. But then, my "old school" is more rooted in the blues 
I agree that Bigsby's rule... |
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Keith Poteat
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North Carolina, USA
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Posted 10 Oct 2006 6:50 am
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Back in the early 60's, it wasn't called
distortion. It was called a busted speaker.
And don't come back till you get it fixed! |
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Steinar Gregertsen
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Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 10 Oct 2006 7:12 am
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Back in the early 60's, it wasn't called
distortion. It was called a busted speaker.
Which is what the engineers reportedly told Hendrix the first time he recorded for BBC. Somehow I'm glad he didn't listen to them....
Steinar
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"Play to express, not to impress"
www.gregertsen.com
Southern Moon Northern Lights
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Jim Phelps
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Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 10 Oct 2006 4:29 pm
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Nice playing from Johnny A and some really nice tones from that guitar of his.
Distortion.... not that I'm a big distortion head, I hate it when people can't use it with a good tone and sound like an electric kazoo, but it works in the right places, and doesn't it crack you up that here we have people saying things like, "back in the '60's", and "I'm old school", etc., typing at their personal computers.... ha! |
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Keith Poteat
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North Carolina, USA
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Posted 10 Oct 2006 5:01 pm
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We didn't have personal computers back in the 60's and now we do. That's progress!
We had distortion. It was called a busted
speaker. Distortion was a bad word. I guess
it took the younger generation to teach us
what "real music" sounded like. |
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Jim Phelps
From:
Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 10 Oct 2006 5:10 pm
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Don't have to get all defensive, Keith.
I don't care who doesn't like distortion or anything else. I just think it's amusing when people talk about "in the old days...." while taking full advantage of the things from the present days that they like, while bitching about the things they don't like. I'm even guilty of that myself, who isn't.
So who do you consider "the younger generation" that "taught us what real music sounds like"?
You consider Marty Robbins "the younger generation"? Marty Robbins did what is considered by many to be the first recorded use of distortion on "Don't Worry About Me". Yes it was due to an equipment malfunction but they liked it and kept it so they must have believed it had some musical value. If you don't think so, you're certainly welcome to your opinion.
By the way, if I'm a "younger generation" kid to you, at age 51, that's fine with me. [This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 10 October 2006 at 06:14 PM.] |
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Keith Poteat
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North Carolina, USA
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Posted 10 Oct 2006 5:53 pm
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Who's getting "all defensive" now Jim?
At 63, I've just got you a few years. My
wife is closer to your age and we've had a
happy marriage playing music together
for 20 years. She dislikes distortion more
than I do. I must admit I throw it in
occassionally. I'm only allowed to use it
twice in one session(and she keeps close
score). I still think it's a gosh-awful
racket! |
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Jim Phelps
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Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 10 Oct 2006 9:04 pm
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Forget it.
OK, you 63+ guys are right.
Distortion is bad. Only bad people like it.
[This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 11 October 2006 at 03:12 AM.] |
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Cliff Kane
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the late great golden state
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Posted 10 Oct 2006 9:18 pm
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| Busted speakers and distortion: I've heard that Link Wray used to cut holes in the cones of his speakers to get the distorted tone that he liked (back in the day!). |
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Jim Phelps
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Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 10 Oct 2006 9:24 pm
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| . [This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 11 October 2006 at 02:47 AM.] |
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Tony Prior
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Charlotte NC
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Posted 11 Oct 2006 3:59 am
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we turned a nice thread about a fine player into something else.
I've heard a lot of CLEAN music which I couldn't stand.
Years back a NY Jazz session Horn guy, forgot his name, Don something or other, lived in our town. He used to come out to the clubs to hear bands. He came out to see us, liked what he heard ( a few originals) then invited us back to his home studio to record a few tracks. He had a pretty elaborate studio. Well we set up and started to practice a few things before he hit the record button..he comes over to me and says..
You are not using a FUZZ box, Not here....
I was playing a Strat with a Twin and I think a Hendrix Fuzz Face, something like that...we were a loud R+R/Blues band...
He started all this nonesense that he had a multi thousand dollar studio and he wasn't gonna let any Guitar Player with a Fuzz box record on his gear.
We recorded, it didn't sound like us..it was ok..just different.
After a few takes, one of the guys in the band spoke up...he didn't really like what I was playing, he said I sounded like a County player rather than a Blues player. He looked over at the Horn guy and just layed it on the line..
He basically said, you came to hear us, you invited us to come here, now you are dictating what we should do ? It doesn't even sound like the same band anymore ...
he was right...
We packed up and left, we never went back, he kept calling us asking if we wanted a TAPE of what we did..he wanted us to pay $150.
that was his motive.
In this case, NO OVERDRIVE didn't work
we did get the tapes months later and although they were ok, it was not the same.
it's all my fault..Strat, Twin, Fuzz face...
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Jesse Pearson
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San Diego , CA
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Posted 11 Oct 2006 7:56 am
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| Me and my girlfriend play Johnny A's "Oh Yea", great swing feel for a 3 piece setup. He has two tab books out and we picked up the one with the song we were doing, it has the bass lines in there as well. The bass is only written out in notation but the guitar tab is right on. Johnny does a great version OF "Witchata lineman". I would never have thought of doing that song, but his version is very moving. For you guitar players out there, "sometime tuesday morning" is a great CD and the tab book is like taking private lessons from him. Johnny does'nt play as complicated as Eric Johnson etc. He has a real nice jazz blues edge to his style. [This message was edited by Jesse Pearson on 11 October 2006 at 08:58 AM.] |
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Papa Joe Pollick
From:
Swanton, Ohio
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Posted 11 Oct 2006 8:32 am
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What Jesse said about Johnny A not being as coplicated as Eric..Agreed.I'm a big EJ fan,but his playing sometimes gets a little deep for my poorly educated ear.I have both of JA's CDs,and they are played more than anything else I have,Except for Jerry Byrds.
Have you heard his arrangment of "Wind Crys Mary"?Best I've heard,to date.Check it out.
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Craig Stock
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Westfield, NJ USA
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Posted 12 Oct 2006 5:39 pm
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Man, I missed out on seeing him open this past Tuesday in Red Band NJ at the Count Basie Theatre for Peter Frampton. Parents were in town and did the family thing.
I will check out his CD's\, the You tube stuff was great. He also reminds me of the Aussie guitarist Tommy Emanuel.
Great Stuff, Thanks!!
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Regards, Craig
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Savell
From:
Slocomb, AL
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Posted 13 Oct 2006 4:59 am
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Marty Robbins just read this thread on his golden laptop and sent an email. It says "Don't worry bout me!" |
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