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Here's the real story...Brian ALWAYS uses a hollowbody, usually a vintage or
reissue Gretsch, although lately he has been using the reissue version of the
Gibson Scotty Moore played. Brian used to use a Vox AC30, he now plays through a
reissue Standell. His tank is a reissue Fender.
Reid Diamond, the old bass player from Shadowy Men ( who passed on a few years
ago ) played a Gibson Firebird through a Traynor bass amp, probably a Mono
Block. I recall one night back in 1979 when Reid's band Crash Kills Five was
playing at a punk bar called the Edge in Toronto, he reached that long Firebird
neck off the stage and flung the ashtray on my table across the room like it was
a hockey puck! The singer in that band, Don Pyle, became the drummer for
Shadowy Men.
I have had the pleasure of playing on stage with Brian Connelly on many
occaisions. Atomic 7 has opened for my rock'billy band The Royal Crowns a few
times as well. My brother did a stint on drums for Atomic 7 for a year or so. As
a matter of fact, Brian's going to be rehearsing with me on the 16th of this
month. I'm playing lead for a country tribute show the next day and Brian is
going to get up and do an instrumental version( of course! ) of Hello Walls. If
there's anything you want me to ask him let me know. I'm serious. I understand
that he's well known and respected in the U.S. He's very humble and would be
tickled to know we're talking about him. I'm sure his ears are burning now...in
a nice way.
Cheers
Dan
DP <> wrote:
Being that the SMFASP are Canadian...I would guess that
they use either Premier or Traynor amplification and
reverberage...but, of course it's only a hunch...
I know that The Blue Stingrays (aka the Heartbreakers of
Tom Petty fame) favour Premier equipment, and they have a
very similar "Sadowy Men" sound ...also old Love Tractor
had several pieces of Premier equipment in their line up,
and they too possess a "Shadowy Men" sound charachter
If anyone knows the real story, I'd love to hear it...
DP
--- Patrick <> wrote:
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> Being a big Shadowy Men fan (they were the band that
> orginally got me
> into instro music in the first place - being a youngin' I
> didn't get
> into the original innovators until much later), I was
> wondering if
> you guys might have any idea what kind of gear Brian
> Conelly is using
> on the Shadowy stuff and/or the newer Atomic 7 releases.
> I know he
> seems to favor Gretsch guitars (seen pics with him
> playing a 6120 and
> a White Falcon) and in an episode or two of the Kids in
> the Hall he's
> playing a white Jazzmaster, but I'm more curious about
> the
> amp/reverb/echo setup. Any ideas?
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