ElMonstroPorFavor
Joined: Sep 01, 2006
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New Orleans, LA
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Posted on Feb 18 2016 11:17 PM
I had no idea about this. Thanks!
revhank wrote:
Up here in Canada we had our own Duane Eddy. His name was Kenny Hepburn and he released an album called Twangy Guitar. I'm not aure if this was released in the pre-surf era, but the sound certainly is.
Collector records released 4 volumes of early Canadian Rockers that are mostly pre-surf. There are a lot of cool tracks on those releases.
Ken Davidson (who settled in Nova Scotia) also released some pretty cool instros including Teenage Walk, and Twist Man Easy.
http://nsclassicrock.8m.com/kendavidson.html
Rev
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matt
Joined: Oct 18, 2010
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Boston, MA
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Posted on Feb 19 2016 10:00 AM
There's a great DJ here in Boston named Easy Ed who does a weekly show of early rock & roll. He doesn't play a lot of instrumental stuff, but he does some, and his theme music is amazing. he has a podcast here.
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pjmoto
Joined: Jan 04, 2012
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Los Angeles CA
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Posted on Feb 23 2016 12:02 AM
Some of my favorite early intros (very influential in my growing sense of what this music was about) were obscurities, often found on the "B" side of certain late-'50s vocal records I had bought. Such as:
"Cross Ties" by Dale Hawkins (the "B" side of his "La Do Da Da.") The guitar work has been attributed somewhere to Roy Buchanan, but I am of the opinion that it was in fact a young (pre-Ricky Nelson) James Burton, who did play on a number of Hawkins' records (including, I think, "Susie Q" — his biggest hit).
"Thunder" by the Storms (the "B" side of Jody Reynolds' "Endless Sleep"). This was the name of Reynolds' back-up group on the "A" side (which is attributed to "Jody Reynolds and the Storms"); the guitarist was Al Casey, sounding as usual a lot like Duane Eddy (as he often did).
Casey was in on the Duane Eddy sessions too, and it is rumored that he may have played some of the leads on Duane's records; this is a case of the producer, Lee Hazelwood, having a bead on their new "twangy guitar" sound... I sometimes think that he used either Duane or Al for the leads, but it was Duane, with his "good looks" and star quality, that was the public face of this inventively creative studio ensemble... with this in mind, check out an early release under Al Casey's name entitled "The Stinger," and then tell me that this couldn't have been recorded in the same session as Eddy's hit, "Ramrod" (which I also suspect has Casey on lead as well)! AND I suspect that's Steve Douglas (also from Duane's band) on sax on "Thunder" — ...
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arny
Joined: Aug 22, 2010
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Netherlands, Europe
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Posted on Feb 23 2016 01:09 AM
Like mentioned before, there are some good compilations on the market. One of the better low budget options is Surf's Comin'. It has Stamped by the Scarlets but also Cross-Ties by Dale Hawkins as mentioned by Paul above.
Other artists are Link Wray, Duane Eddy, Wailers, Shadows and Fireballs. 3CD's for under 10$!
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Badger
Joined: Nov 16, 2013
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Wisconsin
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Posted on Feb 23 2016 06:38 AM
pjmoto wrote:
Some of my favorite early intros (very influential in my growing sense of what this music was about) were obscurities, often found on the "B" side of certain late-'50s vocal records I had bought. Such as:
Thanks for that Paul. Amazing listening to those in that context.
— Wes
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aqualadius
Joined: Aug 30, 2010
Posts: 415
Charlotte, NC
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Posted on Feb 23 2016 08:38 AM
Not sure if anyone has mentioned Freddie King yet, but "Hideaway" was recorded in 1960, though probably released in 1961 and of course has a bit of "Dragnet" in it. It's a very interesting history to this song, which includes Magic Sam who was another amazing instrumental blues guitarist in the late 50's-60's. But ultimately it was "San Ho Zay" that would go on to be recorded by a few artists in the First Wave.
— Jeremy
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aqualadius
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Charlotte, NC
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Posted on Feb 23 2016 02:33 PM
And then there's always Chet Atkins. You can definitely hear Eddie's Signature Dark Eyes run in this rendition by Chet from the 50's.
— Jeremy
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stevel
Joined: Oct 12, 2012
Posts: 219
Hampton Roads, Virginia
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Posted on Feb 23 2016 08:24 PM
pjmoto wrote:
Some of my favorite early intros (very influential in my growing sense of what this music was about) were obscurities, often found on the "B" side
Thanks Paul, these are very cool!
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stevel
Joined: Oct 12, 2012
Posts: 219
Hampton Roads, Virginia
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Posted on Feb 23 2016 08:28 PM
aqualadius wrote:
Not sure if anyone has mentioned Freddie King yet, but "Hideaway" was recorded in 1960, though probably released in 1961 and of course has a bit of "Dragnet" in it. It's a very interesting history
I think someone did, although I always think of the "hideaway and dance away" album as "more bluesy". So I wasn't really including it - also because I see him as more of an influence on Clapton and the later 60s heavy rockers, and not so much the surf crowd - though obviously there's some crossover.
That's Peter Gunnin Hideaway though, no? Unless Dragnet used the Peter Gunn theme (or vice versa). When Clapton re-did it they used a different riff in that section and I bet it was because of licensing concerns...
I love that Freddy King album, but I interpret it as quite different - maybe a different "stream" of influences.
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stevel
Joined: Oct 12, 2012
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Hampton Roads, Virginia
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Posted on Feb 23 2016 08:36 PM
aqualadius wrote:
And then there's always Chet Atkins.
Chet is an interesting anomaly to me. He sort of lived in the "Country" music industry, but he was almost more of a jazz guitarist, playing more classical-sounding versions of popular melodies in really interesting arrangements.
Virtuosically!
I'm sure he influenced many, but there again I consider him in a different "stream" - as someone else mentioned ealier - not quite what I was looking for.
I play classical guitar too so I'm familiar with a whole body of literature that's "instrumental" but obviously we don't think of it that same way.
So, I mean, I don't want to include Segovia or Williams here!
Likewise, Les Paul did a lot of "folksier" arrangements of pop songs in much the same vein as Chet, though Paul also did the rounds as a jazz man - which opens up another can of worms - so I'm sure people hear Les Paul, Chet, and Tal Farlow, and Wes, and George Benson, and Django - and I'm sure players heard that stuff and were influenced by it - but it seems like there's a more direct thread from the "non-Jazz" and even "non-virtuoso" crowd that rock and roll brought in, that made it OK to play simple melodies over simple chord progressions, but with an interesting new way of presenting the whole thing...
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aqualadius
Joined: Aug 30, 2010
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Charlotte, NC
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Posted on Feb 23 2016 10:12 PM
stevel wrote:
That's Peter Gunnin Hideaway though, no? Unless Dragnet used the Peter Gunn theme (or vice versa). When Clapton re-did it they used a different riff in that section and I bet it was because of licensing concerns...
Yes Peter Gun! Somehow I always screw those up.
— Jeremy
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