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Loved it. I knew Jorma Kaukonen back in the mid 1960's when he was lead guitar player for the Jefferson Airplane before they were that well known. He bought a 12 string Rickenbacker guitar from my father's music store in San Jose and came by the store regularly. Really nice guy. In those days he never sang so I am surprised to see that he sings so well.
The guy playing the lap steel guitar is interesting. My mom taught hundreds of students to play lap steel using a cheap wooden guitar like the one the guy is playing here. Sounds great, though,amplified with a sound system instead of an amplifier.
The Jefferson Airplane had Paul Kantner on rhythm guitar, Marty Balin and Signe Andersen (later replaced by Grace Slick)as lead singers, and Jack Casady on Fender bass. I forget the name of the drummer.
That was 40+ years ago. Jorma still sounds great though he has changed his emphasis from lead to singing and self-accompaniment.
Jorma, and the rest of the Airplane made the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame some years back. Their most famous hit had to be "White Rabbit."
Thanks for this. I will definitely look for some CDs of his current music.
The gent playing the lap steel is Jerry Douglas, legendary Dobroist if you follow country and bluegrass at all. Not so much if you don't. Played long and often with Allison Kraus and Union Station.
Sam Bush on the fiddle, also legendary in the Bluegrass circles but mostly for mandolin.
Midnight, if that's a dobro then the lap steel isn't cheap as I assumed. Dobro guitars were popular before guitars were amplified. The round metal plate on the surface of the guitar apparently amplified the sound to a greater degree. I never played one but older musicians I spoke to had and they explained it.
I noticed that the bass player appears to be playing a five string bass. I'm a traditionalist -- I only play a four string bass. As for six string basses, don't even go there! :)
Stogie -- no no. That's not a Dobro that's just a guitar played Dobro style. I do play Dobro (poorly) one of my favorite sounds in the whole world. What you were told is correct. The metal plate -- The Resonator -- was created by the Dopyera brothers (thus the name) to amplify the sound before there was electric amplification widely available.
The guitars are actually properly called Resonators or Resonator Guitar. Dobro was a brand name that stuck. The other big maker was National Steel. Dobro the brand is now made by Gibson.
Jerry Douglas is a huge dobro player but that isn't a dobro he's playing.
I have a friend who plays electric 6 string bass. You'r right. We won't go there :)
Kooper was a founder of BST but didn't stay with them all that long, quit the group before they really made it big.
I know him mostly as a producer (including the first 3 Skynyrd albums) and especially for pulling together hiself, blues guitarist Mike Bloomfield (another tragic loss of talent way too soon because of his demons) and Stephen Stills which spawned the Super Sessions. A friggin' amazing album.
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Loved it. I knew Jorma Kaukonen back in the mid 1960's when he was lead guitar player for the Jefferson Airplane before they were that well known. He bought a 12 string Rickenbacker guitar from my father's music store in San Jose and came by the store regularly. Really nice guy. In those days he never sang so I am surprised to see that he sings so well.
The guy playing the lap steel guitar is interesting. My mom taught hundreds of students to play lap steel using a cheap wooden guitar like the one the guy is playing here. Sounds great, though,amplified with a sound system instead of an amplifier.
The Jefferson Airplane had Paul Kantner on rhythm guitar, Marty Balin and Signe Andersen (later replaced by Grace Slick)as lead singers, and Jack Casady on Fender bass. I forget the name of the drummer.
That was 40+ years ago. Jorma still sounds great though he has changed his emphasis from lead to singing and self-accompaniment.
Jorma, and the rest of the Airplane made the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame some years back. Their most famous hit had to be "White Rabbit."
Thanks for this. I will definitely look for some CDs of his current music.
The gent playing the lap steel is Jerry Douglas, legendary Dobroist if you follow country and bluegrass at all. Not so much if you don't. Played long and often with Allison Kraus and Union Station.
Sam Bush on the fiddle, also legendary in the Bluegrass circles but mostly for mandolin.
Can't remember the bass player.
Glad you liked it. Happy hunting.
AWESOME!
And now....in our continuing tour of 67-71, we see.....
AL KOOPER?
Al Kooper?
Was he the singer for Blood, Sweat, and Tears?
Al Kooper up by the banner now
(yes he was, Pasto, among many other things along the way)
Midnight, if that's a dobro then the lap steel isn't cheap as I assumed. Dobro guitars were popular before guitars were amplified. The round metal plate on the surface of the guitar apparently amplified the sound to a greater degree. I never played one but older musicians I spoke to had and they explained it.
I noticed that the bass player appears to be playing a five string bass. I'm a traditionalist -- I only play a four string bass. As for six string basses, don't even go there! :)
Stogie -- no no. That's not a Dobro that's just a guitar played Dobro style. I do play Dobro (poorly) one of my favorite sounds in the whole world. What you were told is correct. The metal plate -- The Resonator -- was created by the Dopyera brothers (thus the name) to amplify the sound before there was electric amplification widely available.
The guitars are actually properly called Resonators or Resonator Guitar. Dobro was a brand name that stuck. The other big maker was National Steel. Dobro the brand is now made by Gibson.
Jerry Douglas is a huge dobro player but that isn't a dobro he's playing.
I have a friend who plays electric 6 string bass. You'r right. We won't go there :)
Al Kooper produced one of my favorite albums of all time; Electric Bath by the Don Ellis Big Band.
That's how I know Al Kooper.
Don Ellis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFf_190Vnr4
Kooper was a founder of BST but didn't stay with them all that long, quit the group before they really made it big.
I know him mostly as a producer (including the first 3 Skynyrd albums) and especially for pulling together hiself, blues guitarist Mike Bloomfield (another tragic loss of talent way too soon because of his demons) and Stephen Stills which spawned the Super Sessions. A friggin' amazing album.
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