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Post by MDfan aka The MD Well Man on Aug 14, 2019 2:26:29 GMT -5
Who does it better Lynyrd Skynyrd or gary's skinnerd or
Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Post by JerseyGirl on Aug 15, 2019 17:37:18 GMT -5
As for "Things Goin' On"-
I like the Pronounced version best. Johnny's version second. And the early Muscle Shoals sessions least.
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Post by MDfan aka The MD Well Man on Aug 16, 2019 2:31:36 GMT -5
me I am a Muscle Shoals Things going on guy
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Post by Col on Aug 27, 2019 16:50:48 GMT -5
I like the Smashing Pumpkins but that's just awful. JG, I know you're younger than me so you probably didn't know that when that song came out by the Ozark Mountain Daredevils - it was on the radio constantly. I liked it but it was one of those songs that the repetition killed it for me.
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Post by Col on Aug 27, 2019 16:53:47 GMT -5
Things 'Goin On, definitely Pronounced (sorry MD 😋).
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Post by Col on Aug 27, 2019 16:56:04 GMT -5
Definitely Mungo Jerry's version of "in the Summertime". Although I really like Billy Idol's version too.
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Post by Col on Aug 27, 2019 17:01:14 GMT -5
She Has Funny Cars, I love Jefferson Airplane/Starship and I definitely love The Allman Brothers but I don't like either version. But perhaps if I listened while enjoying a beer, who knows. 😁🍻
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Post by heathinvader on Aug 27, 2019 21:30:15 GMT -5
me I am a Muscle Shoals Things going on guy I agree. I read that the sound engineer of the Muscle Shoals sessions, Jimmie Johnson, would have the band tune their instruments down half a step on the songs that he thought Ronnie struggled to hit the intended notes on during those sessions (such as on Things Going On, Simple Man, Gimmie Three Steps, and Trust). Al Kooper did not do this with the band for Pronounced (they did do it with Simple Man, though, which was the song they cut after Ronnie sent Al for a trip to New York so they could od the song because Al didn't like the song). The Muscle Shoals version of Things Going On shows how Ronnie originally intended for the vocals to sound, where on Pronounced he found an alternate way of singing it that didn't seem to have as much energy put into it because it was apparently a bit high for the intended notes to be hit by Ronnie's voice. Also, Gary's guitar sounds a bit stronger in the Muscle Shoals version too, particularly in the intro. Now if they had Billy Powell to record a piano track over the Muscle Shoals version (just like the piano playing he did on Pronounced, but half a step lower in key, like the rest of the instruments in the Muscle Shoals version), then (in my opinion) we would have the perfect version of the song!
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Post by MDfan aka The MD Well Man on Aug 29, 2019 3:13:21 GMT -5
I dig it without the piano
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Post by JerseyGirl on Aug 30, 2019 22:52:43 GMT -5
"For Your Love"
Original Version The Yardbirds
Herman's Hermits
Fleetwood Mac
Led Zeppelin Live At Whisky A Go-Go!! 1969
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Post by Forum Lord on Aug 31, 2019 15:51:05 GMT -5
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Post by JerseyGirl on Aug 31, 2019 17:26:34 GMT -5
Cagey, the versions you posted remind me of elevator music. At least the arrangements could appeal to a group of music listeners unfamiliar with Skynyrd's music. For me I think "That Smell" should be a faster song. The real question is would Allen be happy with this version of "Freebird".
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Post by Forum Lord on Aug 31, 2019 17:37:32 GMT -5
JG those cover versions were recorded by some of the best Nashville session players around. There is an entire series of similar albums called "Pickin' On" and then name your band for the album.
I listen to this album all the time. It is a fantastic album. Great sound quality. Great musicianship. New arrangements, switched up instrumentation. Really an exceptional album... give it some time to grow on you. That Smell is awesome!
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Post by JerseyGirl on Aug 31, 2019 17:56:05 GMT -5
"Tuesday's Gone" acoustic versions.
Metallica
Someone gave Artimus Pyle Band members a guitar to sign on a Rock Legends Cruise. They decided to try the guitar out and sing. At the end of the song Artimus is whistling. APB has included an acoustic version in their current shows. In concert the song is beautifully done.
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Post by JerseyGirl on Aug 31, 2019 18:14:46 GMT -5
Out of the Skynyrd songs you posted Cagey, I like "Tuesday's Gone" the best. At the beginning of "That Smell" it was not that bad. However, as song continued to me it did not sound like the same song. Allen was always protective of "Freebird" which is why I said would he like this version. With these arrangements a music listener unfamiliar with the music might enjoy Skynyrd songs. At another time I will listen to these songs again.
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Post by Forum Lord on Aug 31, 2019 19:08:45 GMT -5
If you go to youtube and look up this album you can listen to all the tracks on the album. Just type in "pickin on skynyrd"
I think this pickin on series is an excellent musical project perfect for Nashville's best session players. I can not count all the artists they have covered. Some of my favorites are Pickin on Santana, pickin on Creedence. Really cool project to dig into!
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Post by MDfan aka The MD Well Man on Sept 1, 2019 2:54:07 GMT -5
Hey a Frynd of mine, not a frynd of ours, but this guy I know who plays the stand up bass in a blue grass band give me this c d I dig the pickin on Skynyrd . Give me Tuesdays Gone I dig that guitar playing and the whole feel of it that is not elevator music not to me. Give me A P B over those nobody's metalli who ?
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Post by Col on Sept 5, 2019 17:05:37 GMT -5
I'm in agreement with MD. And although I like Metallica, that was just awful (no offense to the lovely JG). I liked the acoustic version better than I thought I would.
As for renditions that Cagey posted, I only disliked "That Smell". I respect the effort but it did remind me of elevator music (no offense). But who knows, I remember the first time I heard Jerry Garcia's Bluegrass band, Old & in The Ways - I freaking hated it. Fast forward a few years and now I love it!! And when I hear "Midnight Moonlight", you'd swear this New Yawk-er Yankee was born a hillbilly, I can't sit still when I hear it. So, some music does grow on you!
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Post by Forum Lord on Sept 5, 2019 17:20:07 GMT -5
I'm in agreement with MD. And although I like Metallica, that was just awful (no offense to the lovely JG). I liked the acoustic version better than I thought I would. As for renditions that Cagey posted, I only disliked "That Smell". I respect the effort but it did remind me of elevator music (no offense). But who knows, I remember the first time I heard Jerry Garcia's Bluegrass band, Old & in The Ways - I freaking hated it. Fast forward a few years and now I love it!! And when I hear "Midnight Moonlight", you'd swear this New Yawk-er Yankee was born a hillbilly, I can't sit still when I hear it. So, some music does grow on you! No offense taken at all. But let my clarify something... Jerry Garcia never played bluegrass just like he could never play Southern rock or Cherokee Indian music. Jerry Garcia was born in California and he died in California. What Jerry was, was a copy cat artist, but whatever it was he played through instrumentation of Southern heritage and Southern music legacy was his interpretation of Southern bluegrass music, but was merely a copy cat form and not truly to be considered as bluegrass since he had zero connection to the South and zero connection to the source of bluegrass music. If you ever want to listen to real bluegrass music then don't listen to someone who did not grow up in it like Jerry. He merely listened to bluegrass and then tried to imitate it and emulate it, but could never get the true feel or connection to it Southerners do by growing up in it surrounded by it from birth. Saying Jerry played bluegrass is no different than saying Lynyrd Skynyrd could play the Grateful Dead's music. Or Skynyrd could play KISS or something they knew nothing about. Real bluegrass comes from the Great Smokey Mountain range. Not the left coast! Just sayin'...
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Post by JerseyGirl on Sept 5, 2019 17:27:38 GMT -5
Real bluegrass comes from the Great Smokey Mountain range. Not the left coast! Just sayin'... In college one of my friends had a radio show where he played bluegrass music. I used sit in while he was on the air to listen to the music and talk with him. I would do the same thing with a guy playing big band music and my favorite guy playing rock music.
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