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Dan,
Does Brian know about the Tribute cd to SMOASP that came out a few
years back from Deep Eddy Records? I belive it was called
"Better Than an Average Weekend". And has The Deoras,Insect Surfers,
The Fabulous Planktones,The Coacktail Preachers and many more..
What did he think about it?
After I got that I went out and got all their cd's. I have a
few singles of theirs, but some are hard to find, like the old Man Or
Astroman singles(who also had a semi hollwbody guitar as well if I
recall corectly).
Dim the lights and chill the Ham is my fav. of thiers.
Jeff(bigtikidude)
--- In , 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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