[FairfieldLife] Re: More Wednesday Harmony
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > > > Not everybody's cuppa tea (or, given the singer, whiskey), > > > but definitely mine. As I said before, I'm a sucker for > > > what Gram Parsons used to call "high mountain harmony," > > > two or more voices taking old melodies and soaring into > > > the stratosphere with them. > > > > Still on my harmony kick, I'll pass along a different > > type of harmony, consisting of "parallel thirds," in > > which each melody line can stand on its own as a > > separate melody, not just in conjunction with the > > other melody. The masters of this were, of course, > > the Everly Brothers. > > > > Here are a couple of more modern performers who also > > love good harmony -- Jackson Browne and Timothy B. > > Schmit (of the Eagles) -- doing their tribute to the > > Everlys' style: > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaDYWCti5yY > > > > Now you've done it Barry! If Bob Dylan was the poet of the 60s, then Jackson > Browne gave him a run for his money in the 70s. Then there was Fogelberg...we > wore HomeFree out the summer of '72 when we needed a "smooth" finish to an > evening of hardy partying (if you get what I mean). The first cut off that > first album: > > http://youtu.be/-_9qixMYrOg > > RIP Danny Boy... > Couldn't resist closing out this Wednesday of Harmony with two more offerings from Dan Fogelberg, again from his first album: http://youtu.be/XdFqqJvL-2Q http://youtu.be/Fmbx4Y1UmbA He may have been the most underrated musical poet of the 70s...
[FairfieldLife] Re: More Wednesday Harmony
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > Not everybody's cuppa tea (or, given the singer, whiskey), > > but definitely mine. As I said before, I'm a sucker for > > what Gram Parsons used to call "high mountain harmony," > > two or more voices taking old melodies and soaring into > > the stratosphere with them. > > Still on my harmony kick, I'll pass along a different > type of harmony, consisting of "parallel thirds," in > which each melody line can stand on its own as a > separate melody, not just in conjunction with the > other melody. The masters of this were, of course, > the Everly Brothers. > > Here are a couple of more modern performers who also > love good harmony -- Jackson Browne and Timothy B. > Schmit (of the Eagles) -- doing their tribute to the > Everlys' style: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaDYWCti5yY > Now you've done it Barry! If Bob Dylan was the poet of the 60s, then Jackson Browne gave him a run for his money in the 70s. Then there was Fogelberg...we wore HomeFree out the summer of '72 when we needed a "smooth" finish to an evening of hardy partying (if you get what I mean). The first cut off that first album: http://youtu.be/-_9qixMYrOg RIP Danny Boy...
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Wednesday Harmony
On 12/05/2012 04:18 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 wrote: >> Couldn't agree more Barry. I'm a huge fan of both artists. >> Enjoy this one as my contribution to the Harmony that is >> Wednesday on FFL: >> >> http://youtu.be/_xX5XY49dSU > Lovely song, and lovely tribute to her mentor and > discoverer. Emmylou's talent, as commented on by so > many other artists she's worked with over the years, > such as Mark Knopfler, is that she's an "intuitive > harmonist." She doesn't need sheet music or a pre- > agreement about what type of harmony she's going to > add to a song, she just picks up the melody after > the first verse (even if she's never heard it before) > and adds the perfect harmony part. > > A number of musicians have this ability, including > David Crosby and Graham Nash and, supposedly, Art > Garfunkel, not to mention a number of Country stars. > I tend to respect this *spontaneous* ability to add > just the right harmony part more than I do the > ability to sit down and chart out the harmonies > in sheet music and then reproduce them vocally. > Maybe it's a facet of that area of the brain that > "lights up" when artists are improvising that I > posted some research about earlier. You can "feel" > it through the music. > > Gram was a hard-living dude whose lifestyle took > him out far too early. But his influence on pop > music was profound. He introduced the Byrds to his > brand of "high mountain harmonies," and then went > on to found the seminal country-rock band The Flying > Burrito Brothers, whose influence is still being felt. > When he met Emmylou in a club and heard her voice, he > knew immediately that he'd found his muse. > > I once owned an album -- very rare -- that Emmylou > put out on an obscure label before she ever met Gram, > and became famous in her own right. It was *terrible*. > What had happened was that some lame studio exec had > found her and tried to turn her into a Joni Mitchell > clone. > "Bahd idea." > > If you love her voice, and harmony, if you don't know > her work with Mark Knopfler, or the two "Trio" albums > she did in conjunction with Dolly Parton and Linda > Ronstadt, you should. There are some magical moments > in all of them. Here are a couple from these pairings: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFdxvi2rlTw > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_FLLz4UN2Q > > > Worked a gig opening for the Byrds when Gram was in it. He was a high energy guy who never seemed to stop playing even off stage. The rest of the band hung out with Gram while I hung out with Mike Clark talking drums because he had gotten a set of Leedy's after using my Leedy set on an previous gig we did with them. Saw the Burrito Brothers a couple times and Gram's own band once. Saw EmmyLou at BumberShoot sometime in the 1990s. That was quite a show. I also have her DVD with her Spyboy band which is fusion jazz country.
[FairfieldLife] Re: More Wednesday Harmony
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > Not everybody's cuppa tea (or, given the singer, whiskey), > but definitely mine. As I said before, I'm a sucker for > what Gram Parsons used to call "high mountain harmony," > two or more voices taking old melodies and soaring into > the stratosphere with them. Still on my harmony kick, I'll pass along a different type of harmony, consisting of "parallel thirds," in which each melody line can stand on its own as a separate melody, not just in conjunction with the other melody. The masters of this were, of course, the Everly Brothers. Here are a couple of more modern performers who also love good harmony -- Jackson Browne and Timothy B. Schmit (of the Eagles) -- doing their tribute to the Everlys' style: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaDYWCti5yY
[FairfieldLife] Re: More Wednesday Harmony
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > Here is a cut from the aforementioned (and unknown to most > people) folkie Steve Gillette, *much* later in life. He > and his wife (I think) Cindy perform his most famous song, > originally made famous by Ian & Sylvia Tyson. I knew him > from college, so I know the story of this song. He was a > music major (Duh!), and wrote this song based on place > names he'd found while hiking up in the Lake Tahoe area. > He wanted to create his version of a real folk song. He > submitted it to his professor as having been found in a > book of old Wild West era songs, and got an "A" on the > project. He only revealed the truth to the prof when he > found he was about to submit the song to a folklore > society as a "new find." :-) > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioKodbNTljg Sorry. Bad link earlier. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJkB-dBj-HY
[FairfieldLife] Re: More Wednesday Harmony
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 wrote: > > Thanks Barry for the background...I could listen all day to > the stories you must have hidden in that brain of yours. > (Ever thought of writing a book in that vein?) Now you've > got me going! Consider this my last contribution for today > (at least 'til I get home from work) for the Wednesday that > is Harmony on FFL. > > http://youtu.be/B9Ihxi6d1qw LOL. I don't have all that many stories, and have already told many of the ones I do have here already. I was never a musician myself, only on the periphery of the scene back in the late 60s when some friends and I put on light shows and promoted concerts and thus hired a lot of the bands of that era. It was a really FUN time, and something that one could not easily do today -- we were hippies, after all, without any money and without insurance. We'd just scrape together enough money to hire the bands and hire a hall and hope for the best. But we got to party with the bands, and experience "trickle down" groupie status, so it was all worth it. I only saw Gram perform with the Byrds and the Burrito Bros, never with Emmylou. THAT would have been a pairing I'd have loved to see live. I *did* see Linda Ronstadt early, back when she was still with a group called the Stone Poneys, and occasionally dueting with a folkie friend of mine named Steve Gillette. Then of course I saw her later, after she'd become famous. She had (and seems to still have, despite the added weight) a golden set of pipes, and was seemingly incapable of missing a note. This was important, because during many of those years she was so coked up that her mind was a sieve. You know how some artists have big "cheat sheets" of their set lists taped to the floor of the stage? Linda had big sheets containing the *lyrics*, because she could no longer remember them. But she survived, which is a lot more than a lot of artists of her generation did. Since I woke up in "harmony mode" and you've gotten me thinking about those days, here's a cut from a group that had a lot of talent but a fairly short "shelf life," Moby Grape: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioKodbNTljg Here is a cut from the aforementioned (and unknown to most people) folkie Steve Gillette, *much* later in life. He and his wife (I think) Cindy perform his most famous song, originally made famous by Ian & Sylvia Tyson. I knew him from college, so I know the story of this song. He was a music major (Duh!), and wrote this song based on place names he'd found while hiking up in the Lake Tahoe area. He wanted to create his version of a real folk song. He submitted it to his professor as having been found in a book of old Wild West era songs, and got an "A" on the project. He only revealed the truth to the prof when he found he was about to submit the song to a folklore society as a "new find." :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioKodbNTljg > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 wrote: > > > > > > Couldn't agree more Barry. I'm a huge fan of both artists. > > > Enjoy this one as my contribution to the Harmony that is > > > Wednesday on FFL: > > > > > > http://youtu.be/_xX5XY49dSU > > > > Lovely song, and lovely tribute to her mentor and > > discoverer. Emmylou's talent, as commented on by so > > many other artists she's worked with over the years, > > such as Mark Knopfler, is that she's an "intuitive > > harmonist." She doesn't need sheet music or a pre- > > agreement about what type of harmony she's going to > > add to a song, she just picks up the melody after > > the first verse (even if she's never heard it before) > > and adds the perfect harmony part. > > > > A number of musicians have this ability, including > > David Crosby and Graham Nash and, supposedly, Art > > Garfunkel, not to mention a number of Country stars. > > I tend to respect this *spontaneous* ability to add > > just the right harmony part more than I do the > > ability to sit down and chart out the harmonies > > in sheet music and then reproduce them vocally. > > Maybe it's a facet of that area of the brain that > > "lights up" when artists are improvising that I > > posted some research about earlier. You can "feel" > > it through the music. > > > > Gram was a hard-living dude whose lifestyle took > > him out far too early. But his influence on pop > > music was profound. He introduced the Byrds to his > > brand of "high mountain harmonies," and then went > > on to found the seminal country-rock band The Flying > > Burrito Brothers, whose influence is still being felt. > > When he met Emmylou in a club and heard her voice, he > > knew immediately that he'd found his muse. > > > > I once owned an album -- very rare -- that Emmylou > > put out on an obscure label before she ever met Gram, > > and became famous in her own right. It was *terrible*. > > What had happened was that some lame
[FairfieldLife] Re: More Wednesday Harmony
Thanks Barry for the background...I could listen all day to the stories you must have hidden in that brain of yours. (Ever thought of writing a book in that vein?) Now you've got me going! Consider this my last contribution for today (at least 'til I get home from work) for the Wednesday that is Harmony on FFL. http://youtu.be/B9Ihxi6d1qw --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 wrote: > > > > Couldn't agree more Barry. I'm a huge fan of both artists. > > Enjoy this one as my contribution to the Harmony that is > > Wednesday on FFL: > > > > http://youtu.be/_xX5XY49dSU > > Lovely song, and lovely tribute to her mentor and > discoverer. Emmylou's talent, as commented on by so > many other artists she's worked with over the years, > such as Mark Knopfler, is that she's an "intuitive > harmonist." She doesn't need sheet music or a pre- > agreement about what type of harmony she's going to > add to a song, she just picks up the melody after > the first verse (even if she's never heard it before) > and adds the perfect harmony part. > > A number of musicians have this ability, including > David Crosby and Graham Nash and, supposedly, Art > Garfunkel, not to mention a number of Country stars. > I tend to respect this *spontaneous* ability to add > just the right harmony part more than I do the > ability to sit down and chart out the harmonies > in sheet music and then reproduce them vocally. > Maybe it's a facet of that area of the brain that > "lights up" when artists are improvising that I > posted some research about earlier. You can "feel" > it through the music. > > Gram was a hard-living dude whose lifestyle took > him out far too early. But his influence on pop > music was profound. He introduced the Byrds to his > brand of "high mountain harmonies," and then went > on to found the seminal country-rock band The Flying > Burrito Brothers, whose influence is still being felt. > When he met Emmylou in a club and heard her voice, he > knew immediately that he'd found his muse. > > I once owned an album -- very rare -- that Emmylou > put out on an obscure label before she ever met Gram, > and became famous in her own right. It was *terrible*. > What had happened was that some lame studio exec had > found her and tried to turn her into a Joni Mitchell > clone. > "Bahd idea." > > If you love her voice, and harmony, if you don't know > her work with Mark Knopfler, or the two "Trio" albums > she did in conjunction with Dolly Parton and Linda > Ronstadt, you should. There are some magical moments > in all of them. Here are a couple from these pairings: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFdxvi2rlTw > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_FLLz4UN2Q > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > > > Not everybody's cuppa tea (or, given the singer, whiskey), > > > but definitely mine. As I said before, I'm a sucker for > > > what Gram Parsons used to call "high mountain harmony," > > > two or more voices taking old melodies and soaring into > > > the stratosphere with them. Few have ever done this as > > > well as Gram did on his album "Grievous Angel," singing > > > with the then-unknown Emmylou Harris. > > > > > > I'm a Roy Orbison fan, but even he admitted that this > > > is the best version of his song ever recorded: > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLUPWHTaceE&feature=fvsr > > > > > > The classic "road song,"...I just love Emmylou's rise > > > at the end: > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PytxPaU6k4 > > > > > > A prayer, of sorts...with the ultimate Prodigal Son > > > singing in the choir alongside the angel: > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERhhkjqDGsA&feature=BFa&list=AL94UKMTqg-9AndbSIHNuXsqW0DsVuIK3H > > > > > >
[FairfieldLife] Re: More Wednesday Harmony
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 wrote: > > Couldn't agree more Barry. I'm a huge fan of both artists. > Enjoy this one as my contribution to the Harmony that is > Wednesday on FFL: > > http://youtu.be/_xX5XY49dSU Lovely song, and lovely tribute to her mentor and discoverer. Emmylou's talent, as commented on by so many other artists she's worked with over the years, such as Mark Knopfler, is that she's an "intuitive harmonist." She doesn't need sheet music or a pre- agreement about what type of harmony she's going to add to a song, she just picks up the melody after the first verse (even if she's never heard it before) and adds the perfect harmony part. A number of musicians have this ability, including David Crosby and Graham Nash and, supposedly, Art Garfunkel, not to mention a number of Country stars. I tend to respect this *spontaneous* ability to add just the right harmony part more than I do the ability to sit down and chart out the harmonies in sheet music and then reproduce them vocally. Maybe it's a facet of that area of the brain that "lights up" when artists are improvising that I posted some research about earlier. You can "feel" it through the music. Gram was a hard-living dude whose lifestyle took him out far too early. But his influence on pop music was profound. He introduced the Byrds to his brand of "high mountain harmonies," and then went on to found the seminal country-rock band The Flying Burrito Brothers, whose influence is still being felt. When he met Emmylou in a club and heard her voice, he knew immediately that he'd found his muse. I once owned an album -- very rare -- that Emmylou put out on an obscure label before she ever met Gram, and became famous in her own right. It was *terrible*. What had happened was that some lame studio exec had found her and tried to turn her into a Joni Mitchell clone. "Bahd idea." If you love her voice, and harmony, if you don't know her work with Mark Knopfler, or the two "Trio" albums she did in conjunction with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt, you should. There are some magical moments in all of them. Here are a couple from these pairings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFdxvi2rlTw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_FLLz4UN2Q > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > Not everybody's cuppa tea (or, given the singer, whiskey), > > but definitely mine. As I said before, I'm a sucker for > > what Gram Parsons used to call "high mountain harmony," > > two or more voices taking old melodies and soaring into > > the stratosphere with them. Few have ever done this as > > well as Gram did on his album "Grievous Angel," singing > > with the then-unknown Emmylou Harris. > > > > I'm a Roy Orbison fan, but even he admitted that this > > is the best version of his song ever recorded: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLUPWHTaceE&feature=fvsr > > > > The classic "road song,"...I just love Emmylou's rise > > at the end: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PytxPaU6k4 > > > > A prayer, of sorts...with the ultimate Prodigal Son > > singing in the choir alongside the angel: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERhhkjqDGsA&feature=BFa&list=AL94UKMTqg-9AndbSIHNuXsqW0DsVuIK3H > > >
[FairfieldLife] Re: More Wednesday Harmony
Couldn't agree more Barry. I'm a huge fan of both artists. Enjoy this one as my contribution to the Harmony that is Wednesday on FFL: http://youtu.be/_xX5XY49dSU --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > Not everybody's cuppa tea (or, given the singer, whiskey), > but definitely mine. As I said before, I'm a sucker for > what Gram Parsons used to call "high mountain harmony," > two or more voices taking old melodies and soaring into > the stratosphere with them. Few have ever done this as > well as Gram did on his album "Grievous Angel," singing > with the then-unknown Emmylou Harris. > > I'm a Roy Orbison fan, but even he admitted that this > is the best version of his song ever recorded: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLUPWHTaceE&feature=fvsr > > The classic "road song,"...I just love Emmylou's rise > at the end: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PytxPaU6k4 > > A prayer, of sorts...with the ultimate Prodigal Son > singing in the choir alongside the angel: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERhhkjqDGsA&feature=BFa&list=AL94UKMTqg-9AndbSIHNuXsqW0DsVuIK3H >
