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07-15-2021 06:14 PM
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Fun fact, my Gibson 175 used to belong to Gerry Rafferty (he had just sold a lot of his guitars to the shop where I bought it in 1982). I recently trawled through his videos on youtube to see if I could find it, and I think he is playing it here:
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Yeah right, Graham. Next thing you know you'll be claiming you watched Jim Mullen's guitar for him at a gig, and had drinks with Dick Morrissey at the Bull's head!
Sorry, I couldn't resist, mate...
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It’s my only claim to fame, I have to make the most of it!
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Originally Posted by grahambop
David
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Now I can reveal my claim to musical history.
I was the inspiration for Carly Simon’s You’re So Vain.
it was really hard keeping it secret all these years, especially considering the size of my, uh, ego.
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Great lyrics in that song.
I found myself gravitating to the line about "Just one more year and then you'll be happy..." Ha, ha, that year just does not seem to ever get here so I have learned to make due with the present.
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The lacquer on my 175 has always had a cloudy and worn patch, which is now flaking off, just where Gerry was putting his right arm in that video. I blame his sweaty armpits!
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Music That Changed Songs...Chuck Berry - Delaney Bramlett
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Originally Posted by Doctor Jeff
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Originally Posted by blackcat
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Originally Posted by wintermoon
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Originally Posted by grahambop
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Originally Posted by blackcat
Not knocking Gerry mind you, Baker Street is a great song.
I think I will have to do something about that flaky lacquer though...
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Originally Posted by blackcat
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Did Baker Street really change music? Does it have influence and imitators? It seems to me more the end of seventies AOR than the beginning of anything.
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I will have to watch the video to find out I guess. The song was incredibly popular when I was in high school—maybe THE most popular song of the year. Slick and well produced.
My only criticism is that it keeps you waiting…waiting…waiting for a real long solo break. It was sort of like heavy petting…enjoyable, but leaves you wanting more. (And man I was the expert on that back in the day.)
Maybe that was the end of solos in songs? Seems like we went from Sultans of Swing (also released 1978) to Don’t Bring Me Down in a millisecond.
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I remember telling my tenor sax friend, "you've got a few years to make things happen for you, your sound is it right now." That was then.
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Originally Posted by bleakanddivine
Innocent days/times.
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Originally Posted by Woody Sound
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Originally Posted by Doctor Jeff
He also said that when he plays Madison Square Garden, Bruce Willis is always there and they sing "Bruce!" and point at him. The actual word used is a German greeting pronounced groots (or something like that). He just needed a sound to fill that hole and used that word. He didn't even know what it meant at the time.
He said the drum track for that song came from another song (but he didn't say what the other song was.)
It's a dumb lyric but a fun song.
Fun is underrated.
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Hugh Burns played the solo on that one. Excellent jazz guitarist.
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Originally Posted by Christian Miller
”No, I didn’t play it, Burns did.”
“Yes that’s what I said.”
”No you didn’t, you said I played it.”
”No, it was Hugh.”
Ahem.
It was a very good solo and as I said it was very well produced song, but the solo was so short! We had such great, expressive guitar solos in the 70’s from Steely Dan, Dire Straits, Pink Floyd, and then they seemed to shrink and shrink to the point there were hardly any solos in the 80’s in mainstream rock, just little peeps and pips here and there.
Look at what Clapton used to play, then look at Wonderful Tonight. I think he throws in one little riff, but that’s it. From supposedly the greatest guitarist in the world.
And of course love the sax on Baker Street, it makes the song. (Reminiscent of INXS What You Need.) But why isn’t there a proper sax solo, ala Us and Them? Or Carole King’s Jazzman?
I guess my point is there is a decent melody and lyrics and good musicianship, but IMO need more instrumental oomph. That was missing element in the 80’s, with some notable exceptions like Stevie Ray Vaughn.Last edited by Doctor Jeff; 07-18-2021 at 06:04 PM.
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Speaking of nicely composed pop guitar solos, how about "Shadows in the Moonlight?"
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Originally Posted by Doctor Jeff
Blowin in the Wind
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