G.B. solos
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G.B. solos
Hello Mr Dunaway,
Thank You for all the answers to the many questions, quite a few I have wondered about myself.
Remember reading in Your book and TLACOAC Box Set how You felt the solo in "Ballad of Dwight Fry" was Your favorite by Glen. I'm rather fond of it as well, so eerie!
Any other solos that come close to "BODF"?
I really like the ones in "Reflected", "Laughing at Me " (the final bit towards the end is so melancholy), "Caught in a Dream", "Be My Lover", "Halo of Flies", "Blue Turk" and "I can only give Her Me".
Thanks Very Much
Thank You for all the answers to the many questions, quite a few I have wondered about myself.
Remember reading in Your book and TLACOAC Box Set how You felt the solo in "Ballad of Dwight Fry" was Your favorite by Glen. I'm rather fond of it as well, so eerie!
Any other solos that come close to "BODF"?
I really like the ones in "Reflected", "Laughing at Me " (the final bit towards the end is so melancholy), "Caught in a Dream", "Be My Lover", "Halo of Flies", "Blue Turk" and "I can only give Her Me".
Thanks Very Much
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There are so many great GB solos. I love "Living".
I agree with all of the songs that you listed, but I'm not familiar with "I can only give Her Me". Is that from Virgin?
I also like things that GB played that weren't solos, like the final note on "Is It My Body" where he plays a low note that creeps up to pitch in a nice resolve. He worked that out with me.
Killer is another favorite, for both GB & Michael, especially the intro (best enjoyed with headphones).
I agree with all of the songs that you listed, but I'm not familiar with "I can only give Her Me". Is that from Virgin?
I also like things that GB played that weren't solos, like the final note on "Is It My Body" where he plays a low note that creeps up to pitch in a nice resolve. He worked that out with me.
Killer is another favorite, for both GB & Michael, especially the intro (best enjoyed with headphones).
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Actually, I was thinking of "I Wonder Who's Loving Her Now". Not paying attention.
"I need everything the world owes me..."
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We recorded "Wonder Who's Loving Her Now" at a tiny studio in Phoenix. The walls were covered with burlap so we called it Gunny Sack Studios. Toodie and some other girls showed up with some beer. We thought it would be a good idea to drink it before we recorded, but the tempo fluctuation on the song says different.
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I think we even tried to record it again because of the tempo speed-up, but the beer made that attempt even worse. Ironically, the beer drinking rock stars were cheap dates at the time.
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I always felt that the solo on “Teenage Lament” was very “Glenish.” The note bending and feel always reminded me of the playing on “Dwight Frye.” Also, “Living” should be considered a psychedelic nugget, up there with The Chocolate Watchband, Bubble Puppy, The Electric Prunes, etc.
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I think that solo was Mick Mashbir. Michael complained about too many " creamy " solos on Muscle Of Love in his book.Mr.Bluelegs wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 1:46 amI always felt that the solo on “Teenage Lament” was very “Glenish.” The note bending and feel always reminded me of the playing on “Dwight Frye.” Also, “Living” should be considered a psychedelic nugget, up there with The Chocolate Watchband, Bubble Puppy, The Electric Prunes, etc.
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“I think that solo was Mick Mashbir. Michael complained about too many " creamy " solos on Muscle Of Love in his book.”
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I always assumed it wasn’t Glen due to his condition at the time, but it reminded me of his style. I wonder what other solos on the album Michael considered “creamy.”
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I always assumed it wasn’t Glen due to his condition at the time, but it reminded me of his style. I wonder what other solos on the album Michael considered “creamy.”
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pitkin88 wrote: “I think that solo was Mick Mashbir. Michael complained about too many " creamy " solos on Muscle Of Love in his book.”
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Michael Bruce played the guitar solo on Teenage Lament '74. In his book, MB referred to Working Up a Sweat as having a lot of creamy guitar parts, or solos.Mr.Bluelegs wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 2:00 pmI always assumed it wasn’t Glen due to his condition at the time, but it reminded me of his style. I wonder what other solos on the album Michael considered “creamy.”
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Ted Sallis wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 2:27 pmpitkin88 wrote: “I think that solo was Mick Mashbir. Michael complained about too many " creamy " solos on Muscle Of Love in his book.”
Thanks, I didn’t know it was Michael who did that cool solo on TL ‘74. Didn’t he also solo (along with Mick M) on Hard Hearted Alice? Great playing on that one, too.Mr.Bluelegs wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 2:00 pmI always assumed it wasn’t Glen due to his condition at the time, but it reminded me of his style. I wonder what other solos on the album Michael considered “creamy.”
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Michael Bruce played the guitar solo on Teenage Lament '74. In his book, MB referred to Working Up a Sweat as having a lot of creamy guitar parts, or solos.
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The Working Up a Sweat and Big Apple Dreamin solos were played by Dick Wagner.
Mick Mashbir traded solos with Michael on Hard Hearted Alice.
Mick Mashbir also played the solos on Never Been Sold Before and Woman Machine.
Teenage Lament as has been mentioned was played by Michael Bruce, he even plays it in the promo film which you can see here
https://youtu.be/mTUrDGcJQUo
Mick Mashbir traded solos with Michael on Hard Hearted Alice.
Mick Mashbir also played the solos on Never Been Sold Before and Woman Machine.
Teenage Lament as has been mentioned was played by Michael Bruce, he even plays it in the promo film which you can see here
https://youtu.be/mTUrDGcJQUo
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Great. Thankssteven_crayn wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 4:32 pmThe Working Up a Sweat and Big Apple Dreamin solos were played by Dick Wagner.
Mick Mashbir traded solos with Michael on Hard Hearted Alice.
Mick Mashbir also played the solos on Never Been Sold Before and Woman Machine.
Teenage Lament as has been mentioned was played
by Michael Bruce, he even plays it in the promo film which you can see here
https://youtu.be/mTUrDGcJQUo