tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881301417977354358.post7236043730459134013..comments2023-06-07T06:49:25.681-05:00Comments on The Singing Bones: She can do the jerk better than anyone else in town...ana-bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06918502866288050783noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881301417977354358.post-20379236546183731842011-01-30T21:20:31.256-06:002011-01-30T21:20:31.256-06:00I never thought Aretha's was the same backing ...I never thought Aretha's was the same backing track myself - I don't think there is a stereo version of the Owen Grey/Ray Sharpe/Instant Groove track, is there? Of course it could all be remixes from a multitrack session master, Tom Dowd was slick like that.Jer.Epshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03505967128773009552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881301417977354358.post-54046864226669935252011-01-30T13:06:13.835-06:002011-01-30T13:06:13.835-06:00Jer....that's very very interesting. I happen ...Jer....that's very very interesting. I happen to have the Owen Grey recording. To my ears it sounds like a second guitar playing the "Gloria" riff was added to the Ray Sharpe version in order to beef up the sound. Maybe that why there's confusion, because it could be that what you hear is actually two guitarist playing the same riff, one overdubbed over the other?<br /><br />Interesting also because I'm not sure that the backing on Aretha's "Save Me" isn't a totally re-cut track. Certainly I think the guitar was either re-dubbed or that one of the earlier guitar tracks was eliminated. It just sounds a lot sparer than either Sharpe's version or Instant Groove.<br /><br />Anyway, thanks a bunch for the info....and yeah it does sound like Jimi copped to playing on the track.ana-bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06918502866288050783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881301417977354358.post-82194739959411209392011-01-29T20:50:15.773-06:002011-01-29T20:50:15.773-06:00According to this, Jimi said it was Jimi:
http://...According to this, Jimi said it was Jimi:<br /><br />http://www.earlyhendrix.com/sharpe-recordings<br /><br />But it is a little complicated - this same backing track got used AGAIN with ANOTHER vocalist, and that's the one Jimi ID'ed. At least that's what that link says . . . . the session info given there credits both Dupree and Hendrix as playing in this. WTFDIK?Jer.Epshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03505967128773009552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881301417977354358.post-29697502012474134562011-01-28T16:32:58.144-06:002011-01-28T16:32:58.144-06:00Roy, thanks a bunch for the info. I generally take...Roy, thanks a bunch for the info. I generally take Hendrix "sightings" with a grain of salt, so I'm not at all surprised it's probably a myth. And yeah I definitely noticed Cornell Dupree's involvement.<br /><br />Funny thing is, I'm usually much more skeptical in general, but I was having trouble thinking of something to write so I thought, "what the hell, I'll just cough up some nonsense". I actually love it that you called me out, because it means my more usual jaundiced view is, in it's way, probably closer to the truth.ana-bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06918502866288050783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881301417977354358.post-62140008353937113382011-01-28T14:35:04.800-06:002011-01-28T14:35:04.800-06:00The presence of Hendrix has only ever been specula...The presence of Hendrix has only ever been speculation based on Ray Sharpe's memory. In fact Sharpe probably overdubbed his vocals on a band track. Its true that Hendrix was in NY, and had probably joined KCs band by the recording date (November 21, 1966) but note that long time guitarist Cornell Dupree is the co-writer....by the way Parts 1 & 2 are really one long continous track, with an overlap of 23 seconds. Cheers Roy Simonds (casasquirrels@aol.com)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881301417977354358.post-34023284232235754952011-01-28T07:42:39.668-06:002011-01-28T07:42:39.668-06:00C. Von Grumpy, indeed.
I really should have ment...C. Von Grumpy, indeed. <br /><br />I really should have mentioned Instant Groove in the post. I just like this version so much better that I think of it as definitive. And in a way, it is. This 45 was released in 1966, which is a couple of years before Instant Groove, right?<br /><br />It's also essentially the same song as Aretha's "Save Me" from 1967, which Curtis got co-writing credit for.<br /><br />In the end though, it all comes down to those three chords from "Gloria"ana-bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06918502866288050783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881301417977354358.post-8384644108163821642011-01-28T02:13:08.009-06:002011-01-28T02:13:08.009-06:00"INSTANT GROOVE" Oh yes!!! Thank you..."INSTANT GROOVE" Oh yes!!! Thank you...C. von Grumpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06842191319196347346noreply@blogger.com