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Bruce Welch of the Shadows on rhythm guitar techniques
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan 
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Posted on Sep 21 2011 11:28 AM
This interview has a ton of close-up videos of Bruce Welch playing rhythm and explaining some of his techniques - really REALLY cool stuff!!!! —Ivan Last edited: Sep 21, 2011 11:29:29 |
Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 11057 Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Sep 21 2011 08:09 PM
Awesome I'll be studying this when I get back from Seattle. —Danny Snyder Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF |
Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19302 Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Sep 21 2011 10:03 PM
Bookmarked. Thanks Ivan. —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 2839 Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Posted on Sep 22 2011 12:43 AM
One of the best interviews I've ever seen of a guitarist! Thanks for posting this! I don't know what I enjoyed more, the interview segments, or the guitar playing at the end. Seriously, though, all through the first 4 interview parts, I kept wondering when they were going to go down to the guitars. Then when they did at the end, it was the icing on the cake. Awesome! And bookmarked as well! This is a must for any Shad's fan. Matt "tha Kat" Lentz |
Joined: Mar 07, 2010 Posts: 2265 North Carolina
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Posted on Sep 22 2011 10:34 AM
Just read through the e-pages and started the very first interview video. Clearly, I'll need to make a lot more time to watch them all. Great find! Thanks, Ivan!!! —Fady El Mirage @ ReverbNation |
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Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 2839 Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Posted on Sep 22 2011 10:49 AM
Onslow_Beach wrote:
Do make the time for it. It's VERY very good! I watched them all and it seemed to me like it only took about a half-hour. It was actually like 2 hours. I watched segments over again too. I guess I'm either a huge Shads nut or I just found it incredibly interesting. I think it's both! Matt "tha Kat" Lentz |
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Joined: Mar 07, 2010 Posts: 2265 North Carolina
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Posted on Sep 22 2011 10:50 AM
Yeah - I realized I was going to need A LOT more time when that first video started up and had a play length of like 20'ish minutes. Will definitely find/make it sooner or later. —Fady El Mirage @ ReverbNation |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan
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Posted on Sep 22 2011 11:17 AM
You're very welcome, guys! I found it on the Shadows music discussion forum, and still havent' watched it all myself. Hopefully today. Bruce is THE BEST!! My Shadows tribute band the Troubadours played Shadowmania North America events in Toronto in 2001 and 2003, with Bruce present at both. I had a chance to talk to him for a long time both times, and he was just as down to earth and nice and friendly as could be!! I actually get the warm fuzzies just thinking about it now.
my dad and Bruce chatting behind me in the above photo. In the below photo, they're to my side:
Here's the guitar - estimated to be worth half a million British Pounds!!
Speaking of my dad, he's a HUGE Bruce fan. He's studied Bruce's style as closely as anybody, and does an amazing job replicating it. And he even looks like Bruce!! http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL53B3F426A4F9CEEB Anyway, long live Bruce Welch!! One of the all-time masters! —Ivan |
Joined: Jun 21, 2007 Posts: 3909 San Diego, CA
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Posted on Sep 22 2011 11:43 AM
Awesome stuff, Ivan. Thanks for posting! —Ryan |
Joined: May 30, 2006 Posts: 746 Cool, CA
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Posted on Sep 22 2011 12:19 PM
Man, what a great interview...thanks for posting! Yeah, you need about an hour and a half to get through the whole thing. Ivan, I like that picture of you with the Strat and the huge grin. Don |
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Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 2839 Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Posted on Sep 22 2011 12:23 PM
Ivan, you are a lucky man! I am so happy for you that you got to experience that. And it's awesome that it still gives you the warm fuzzies talking about it. Matt "tha Kat" Lentz |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan
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Posted on Sep 22 2011 12:29 PM
Thanks, Don and Matt! The huge grin seemed the only appropriate response to the circumstances. It should be said that Bruce is always extremely generous with his time, and makes himself available to the fans frequently and completely unselfishlly. Anybody that's attended the Shadowmania festivals in the UK (organized and produced by Bruce himself) knows this very well. I believe one was held just last weekend! —Ivan |
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Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 2839 Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Posted on Sep 22 2011 12:45 PM
You're quite welcome, Ivan! I'm just really happy for you. Bruce IS such a great guy. It really shows in the interview too and the interviewer did such a great job of it. I feel he really gets into an informal-type chat and really warms up to him and comes across as genuine. EXCELLENT job! I must say, being the huge Shadows fan that I am, I would MUCH rather meet Bruce than Hank. I think Bruce made the band more than Hank did and this interview is solid proof of that. And, A-minor is one of my favorite chords as well...lol. I'd have had the same expression next to that Stratocaster too. MTK —Matt "tha Kat" Lentz |
Joined: Jun 27, 2008 Posts: 576 Marlboro, New Jersey
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Posted on Sep 22 2011 12:47 PM
very insightful and interesting interview by Bruce. I've only watched half of it. It was very enjoyable.I absolutely love the Shadows music. Hank and company have written some of the greatest melodies on guitar I think. Thanks for sharing Ivan. I've watched the videos that were shot of you just and the Troubadours recently and enjoyed them immensely. |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan
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Posted on Sep 22 2011 12:52 PM
Thanks again, Matt! You're totally right about Bruce. I highly recommend his autobiography, which was fascinating - warts and all!! He really doesn't hold back at all. (I think it actually played a role in damaging his and Hank's relationship for quite a while in the '90s into the past decade.)
Ivan |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan
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Posted on Sep 22 2011 12:53 PM
hlieboff59 wrote:
Thanks very much! Ivan |
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Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 2839 Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Posted on Sep 22 2011 01:07 PM
IvanP wrote:
I just bought the book from Amazon. Funny, I bought it for $0.51 and the others available were all for $188 and above! Thanks for the tip and recommendation! —Matt "tha Kat" Lentz |
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Joined: Jun 21, 2007 Posts: 3909 San Diego, CA
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Posted on Sep 22 2011 04:54 PM
Cool article on Roy Buchanan as well! Ryan |
Joined: Dec 12, 2006 Posts: 2684 Ventura, CA
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Posted on Sep 22 2011 05:06 PM
I just finished watching and reading, excellent! We need more like Bruce in this world. Another big thanks to Ivan. The Roy Buchanan also caught my eye and the video shows how he made some of those amazing sounds from a plain Tele plugged straight into the amp. |
Joined: Mar 06, 2006 Posts: 1898 Wear gloves - I'm in the Rockies
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Posted on Sep 22 2011 11:01 PM
Wow! fantastic - I've loved the Shadows , and I've loved Bruce Welch since I first learned the lead to Apache and thought "you know, that rhythm guitar part is cool too, I should try to learn that", only to realize that he is a fantastic player with way more to offer than simple rhythm guitar parts. - a great interview, with tons of great info. Bruce's guitar drives the Shadows songs, and it wouldn't be the same group if he wasn't there. I also love the fact that he absolutely idolizes Buddy Holly! I've always thought that surf music owes a bit to Buddy, and Surf owes a bit to the Shads. —"You can't tell where you're going if you don't know where you've been" |
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After the 2003 show finished at 11 pm or something, a small group of us went to the hotel bar and stayed there until about 3-4 am, just chatting away. I was fortunate to be able to get a seat next to Bruce, and continued to pick his brain for most of that time. Poor man! But he was a great sport, and didn't seem to mind at all. Here are a couple of photos from the night before, as we were getting the stage ready for the show the next day, with Bruce letting me playing that famous first Strat in the UK, used by Hank from '59 until '61, on all those early hits: 
