Senor Weisberger: > His (Glen Duncan's) take on these matters pointed, first and > foremost (and IMO correctly) to the "really big drums," and he went on to > note that at most sessions, "the only guys from a country background are the > fiddle and steel players," which suggests that important differences reside > in the way that the guitars, drums and keyboards are *played*, not the > presence or absence of steel and fiddle. A lot of those instrumentalists > grew up on the Eagles *and* the Rolling Stones; > Important point. I guess that explains the amount of rock guitar I hear whenever I tune in to a "country" station down here in Florida. Also I am reminded of an interview with one of the Son Volt fellas (sorry don't remember which one - but his name was probably Boquist <G>). He mentioned that often the group members were using "country" instruments (specifically I think he named lap steel and mandolin) in the way they had heard them used on "rock" records growing up (he used Rod Stewart's "Gasoline Alley" as an example). It seems that the point of reference or influence may be as important as the actual choice of instruments in determining the amount of "rock" or "country" in the sound. -- J.C. Moretta mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "He who is not busy being born is busy dying" - Bob Dylan?
