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I second that notion - thanks a million! I've been a Shadowy Men fan
since I was 13 watching the Kids in the Hall on HBO, and I've
envied "that sound" for that long too. (in regards to the
hollowbodies...I swear there are pics of him playing a white
Jazzmaster on occasion, though).
Thanks!
Pat
>
> --- Dan Bartley <bigtwangguy@y...> wrote:
>
> >
> > 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 <noetical1@y...> 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 <reverb_10000@y...> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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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