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A hollowbody through a vox wow I've always wondered how he got that
sound on having an average weekend.We play that song (sometimes its
the only song to get the twenteysomethings to perk up)with a strat
and it really doesn't sound the same. miller
--- In , "Patrick" <reverb_10000@y...>
wrote:
>
> 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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