tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post6896919341739034843..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRĂNMARK BLOG: Scotty Moore, the modest genius whose guitar still echoes around the globeScott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-60124570246033879272014-12-08T16:08:10.759+00:002014-12-08T16:08:10.759+00:00You're both right I think - the lawnmower inci...You're both right I think - the lawnmower incident happened, but it certainly wasn't the only time Jones was arrested for DUI - as this video shows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7UpO2yamtIScott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-43617302713805517072014-12-07T18:14:08.698+00:002014-12-07T18:14:08.698+00:00I stand corrected. It was indeed a lawnmower. Than...I stand corrected. It was indeed a lawnmower. Thank you for the correction.Colin G Finlaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-34043415331253053442014-12-07T08:55:22.383+00:002014-12-07T08:55:22.383+00:00There are several different versions. They offered...There are several different versions. They offered the job to Jeff Beck who found the loose structures of the band out of kilter with his perfectionism and thought he would be tempted into a way of life he didn't want. Mick apparently wanted Ry Cooder, who had played some excellent guitar on Memo to Turner (from some film or other) but Keef couldn't stand him. I suspect he vetoed any one who was a better guitarist than himself, which limited the choice of replacement a bit. Ron and Keef are fairly similar in style and I think something went missing when he joined. George Thorogood would have been an interesting experiment but his style doesn't leave much room for a second guitarist, which was no doubt on Mr Rock n' Roll's mind during those few brief moments when he was not totally off his gourd.<br /><br />While I am at it Mr Finlay, I thought that it was a lawnmower that George Jones drove to the local bar when his family impounded the car.ex-KCSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-10571817435714934192014-12-03T22:03:06.170+00:002014-12-03T22:03:06.170+00:00Yes, Scott, I remember the Rolling Stones book but...Yes, Scott, I remember the Rolling Stones book but can't recall the Beatles one. <br /><br />In one later book about the Rolling Stones I think I read that when Mick Taylor left the band, the proposal by Mick Jagger to recruit George Thorogood as replacement was vetoed (under the pals act) by Keith Richards whose choice of Ronnie Wood prevailed. Or is my memory playing tricks on me.Colin G Finlaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-41969297028165734552014-12-03T18:58:55.343+00:002014-12-03T18:58:55.343+00:00Thank you, Colin - and thanks for the Russ Barenbe...Thank you, Colin - and thanks for the Russ Barenberg/Jerry Douglas link. Lovely stuff. I've got a Jerry Douglas CD somewhere, but hadn't heard Barenberg before.<br /><br />Scotty Moore said he never felt at home with Fenders, though he tried them out - I suspect that's because he'd spent years learning on acoustics. Back then, before the invention of effects pedals, he would probably have found a Telecaster unsatisfactory for producing that jazz/Western Swing sound he used at Sun, and, later, the Gibson produced a really rich tone on the sort of big, biting, slightly mad solos he created on songs like Hound Dog and Too Much. For a crude, rudimentary player such as myself, the Telecaster is perfect - though, if we ever move to a bigger house and I get the music room I've always dreamed of, I've earmarked a classic rockabilly Gretsch for my delight. <br /><br />I don't remember the Presley book, but NEL produced two superb music books by the NME writer Roy Carr while I was there - The Rolling Stones: An Illustrated Record and ditto for The Beatles - LP-sized chronological discographies. Do you remember them? I read my copies so often, they eventually fell to bits - mind you, a lot of NEL books tended to fall apart after a while!. Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-36090070735718508932014-12-03T11:15:35.991+00:002014-12-03T11:15:35.991+00:00What a super post. Scotty really was the master of...What a super post. Scotty really was the master of rock n roll played on a jazz guitar. Chuck Berry also played rock on a jazz guitar , a Gibson of that ilk having been the instrument on which he was taught.<br /><br /> When I worked for NEL we published an Elvis biography authored by, I think, Dee Presley.<br /><br /> No match for the later Albert Goldmann effort which ended - "Elvis got everything he ever wanted but probably deserved better."<br /><br /> As you like guitar music, Scott, here's a neat piece of picking :<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arVCrd4ih-YColin G Finlaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-31263922842460688192014-12-01T18:20:56.694+00:002014-12-01T18:20:56.694+00:00I'm not a huge jazz fan, mahlerman - but I enj...I'm not a huge jazz fan, mahlerman - but I enjoyed "The Train and the River": interesting sound and well cool! It's available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-4ZqhHOFsM Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-5856241824571963212014-12-01T13:41:59.829+00:002014-12-01T13:41:59.829+00:00If you grew-up with Scotty SG, you may also rememb...If you grew-up with Scotty SG, you may also remember the Texan clarinetist Jimmy Giuffre, one of the great experimenters in jazz. He created a kind-of 'chamber-jazz' in the mid 1950's by dropping the drummer, and utilising the trio of clarinet, guitar and bass, and being rewarded, in 1957, with a minor hit (almost unheard-of in jazz) when he released 'The Train and The River'. I just played it again after many years, and it could have been minted yesterday.mahlermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14469854614938507153noreply@blogger.com