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I'm sad I lost my copy of dim the lights! miller
-- In , "Marty Tippens" <mctippens@e...>
wrote:
> Yeah Jeff,
> "Dim the Lights" was their "Sgt. Pepper" if ya ask me.
> -Marty
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jeff
> To:
> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 2:32 PM
> Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: That Shadowy/Atomic sound...
>
>
>
> 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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