Spotniks "Orange Blossom Special"

[roger bayliss]

This is Mark Knoplers Train Chord for info

http://www.mk-guitar.com/blog/2008/09/2 ... ain-chord/

I finger some of these as say 5th Fret on top E string then next 6th fret up on both B and G strings then next 7th fret up on D string and if you drop the fingerings up a string using the B - A strings its a bit of a train sound too aided of course with a bit of volume swell. Ain't sure what chords they are but probably m6 and M6ths at a guess whereas MK's is a Sixth added 9th I think

[ecca]

Here's the proper job what I recorded in the USA.

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[Didier]

Here is our very own Abel proving it can be played fast

I remember I suggested to Abel to play this tune back in 2005, I knew he could do it !
The main problem has been to find a BT...

Didier

[JimN]

As Ecca said some way above, the speeded-up multi-track guitar was Les Paul's stock-in-trade for many years, from the late 1940s right through until the late 60s.

But other players, influenced by Les, did the same sort of thing. One immediately thinks of Wout Steenhuis and of Buddy Merrill, but what about... Perry Botkin?

Never heard of him? You've heard him if you ever saw any of the first few seasons of USA sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies". No, he was nothing to do with the Lester Flatt / Earl Scruggs theme song over the credits, but he did all the relaxed electric guitar incidental music, especially the up-tempo piece to "signpost" the bank scenes and in particular, a catchy little Les Paul-type ditty known as Ellie May's Theme. By chance, I found it on the web the other day. It's here:

http://ukulelian.blogspot.com/2010/06/perry-botkin-dean-of-orchestral.html at 3:05

or

http://bakeyandbetty.com/botkin.html

(right at the top of the page).

The piece is legendary among American guitarists - do a Google search on "Perry Botkin" and "Elly May"...

Have fun.

JN

[RayL]

Hi Jim

Remember that track Black Is The Colour Of My True Love's Hair by John Buck & The Blazers that I played to you at the last Secrets rehearsal? Recorded at Gold Star on April 20 1961, the leader of the musicians was . . . Perry Botkin. Surely worth another listen . . . . .?

Ray
(sorry for going off off topic)

[ecca]

Well I've done a backing track being as I can't find one , I suppose I really ought to play the bloody tune now.

[ecca]

I'll put a sniperooney of the BT up tomorrow. I have a bit of a problem with the bass track, the bottom of the wavefile seems to be flattened, distorted, and I don't quite know why,
The bit is now firmly between my teeth.

[ecca]

Here's a tiddle of the BT.

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[roger bayliss]

Sounds good Ecca looking forwards to you playing this a the club when you have it all together mate

[ecca]

Soundfile is now complete, only the video to do.