Jon Weisberger wrote:
>Nashville studios rarely spend an hour trying to get
> one lick from anybody, never mind the rhythm guitarist; the guys who do most
> of the work there don't *need* an hour to get a lick right, which is why
> they're in such demand. A lot more of that stuff than you'd think is cut in
> pretty short order, which is how they're able to work multiple sessions in a
> day.
If any session person had to spend an hour trying to get a lick right,
he'd have to spend 49 minutes of it out on the street by himself.
In spite of the often weirdly lame commercial cuts coming out of
Nashville these days, it is not the pickers' fault. Them boys are hot
shit, and having a roomfull of those guys is like getting into a Porsche
and stepping on the gas- it goes as fast as you ask it to, and quickly
too. We have a group of them that we have learned to know and love
through demo sessions and we brought them down to Willie's studio here
by our house to do a Kimmie record, and it was pure joy. It is such
pleasure to get a group of creative, competitive, exquisitely able
players assembled and then make a fun, loose record with them.
--
Joe Gracey
President-For-Life, Jackalope Records
http://www.kimmierhodes.com
