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Topic: Dave Easley question |
Cliff Kane
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the late great golden state
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Posted 6 Oct 2006 10:07 pm |
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I've just gotten Dave Easleys "3now4" CD and I really like it. It's the first time I've had a chance to hear him, although I've heard his name for awhile. It's a good record, the trumpet led tunes remind me a bit of Miles's early fusion stuff, but there's a good mix of material. Dave Easley's tone and style are very nice, and for the most part sound like a standard guitar in the post hardbop, melodic fusion style, with some steel touches. Very nice comping and rythm playing, too. It really is an intriguing style and sound. The tone sounds to me like warm tube overdrive and digital delay.
Now, does anyone know what neck and tuning Dave Easley plays? Also, where is he based? Is he in New Orleans now?
Thanks!
[This message was edited by Cliff Kane on 06 October 2006 at 11:09 PM.] |
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 6 Oct 2006 11:37 pm
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Last time I was hanging out with Dave he was playing his C6 neck with a high G string. The only non standard change on his steel was a home made string lever he uses to raise his lower E string up a half step. He is one of the greatest (and one of the only for that matter) true pedal steel jazz players ever. A real sweetheart also.
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Bob
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Cliff Kane
From:
the late great golden state
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Posted 7 Oct 2006 7:45 am
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| Thank you, Bob! |
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Shane Reilly
From:
Melbourne, Australia
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Posted 7 Oct 2006 12:30 pm
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Hey Cliff,Check out Brian Blade's group Fellowship to hear how Dave sounds in the pit with the lions.Great composistions, arrangements and he plays with great passion and fire when let off the leash.Say,I wonder how many other steelers have played on Blue Note Records?Gib Wharton is on two Cassandra Wilson albums.Just a thought.
Cheers ,Shane. |
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Mike Hoover
From:
Franklin, TN, USA
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Posted 7 Oct 2006 2:34 pm
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I am in a motel, and my pictures of David are on my computer at home, if I can remember this until I get home I will post a few pictures of David playing at the DSSGA.
Mike
PS Fantastic player, does an incredible E9 also[This message was edited by Mike Hoover on 07 October 2006 at 03:35 PM.] |
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Cliff Kane
From:
the late great golden state
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Posted 7 Oct 2006 2:43 pm
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| Cool, I've got to check that Brain Blade stuff out.....I've got a Wayne Shorter record that Brian Blade plays on, as well as that Emmylou Spyboy stuff. I saw him with Emmylou and Spyboy (with Buddy Miller) at the Filmore in S.F. a few years back.....he's an awesome drummer. |
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 8 Oct 2006 4:28 am
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Dave is still in New Orleans, though he is looking for any and all gig possibilities. He's still playing in Coco Robicheaux's blues band, his own songwriting band Heartifacts, and doing solo gigs with loop pedals and whatever duo, trio and other gigs he can to get by - a lot of the New Orleans musicians are really hurting. He's really hesitant to leap to New York or somewhere because if he doesn't get paying gigs immediately, he'd starve.
3now4 is C6th, played on an old Emmons push/pull through a Mesa/Boogie (!) amp, definately cranked up a bit. He's got some stompboxes, but I don't know if he used any on that album - it sounds like some kind of reverb to me, but it might be a studio addition. And yes, his playing is pretty scary, there's nobody else playing anything like that - "steel players all sound the same", bah. In a way, his playing all the rhythm parts - no piano, no guitar - is more radical than his Coltraney tone clusters and Indian-influenced soloing, though that's plenty scary too. |
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Howard Tate
From:
Leesville, Louisiana, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 9 Oct 2006 3:48 am
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When I first saw David and his gear I wasn't prepared for what I heard, just awesome jazz steel. The second time I saw him in Gulfport he played an old Marlen. He's just an exceptional player.
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Gabriel Stutz
From:
Chicago, USA
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Posted 9 Oct 2006 7:15 am
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I saw Dave play here about a year or so ago, and I was completely knocked out! As I recall he played c6 all night, and he did have that string tied from his knee to the changer, but I didn't know what the change was until this thread. Beautiful playing, and he was playing a borrowed p/p. My teacher Brian Wilkie and him are good friends, so every once in a while I get some inside information on the way Dave thinks about steel from Brian, and it's fascinating. I will also recommend the 3now4 and the Brian Blade recordings...
Gabriel |
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Shane Reilly
From:
Melbourne, Australia
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Posted 9 Oct 2006 9:44 am
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That's very interesting what Bob said about Dave using a high G string.I've read a lot of posts saying that the D sounds more "modern" but I can't think of anyone that sounds more modern than Dave.Hey Gabriel,If you'd be kind enough to share some of that inside information I'm sure we could all learn a thing or two.Like what's his favourite brand of rope? Would a half hitch be more secure than a good ole' Granny knot?
Cheers, Shane. |
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