MLT Club Member Chris Weber
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Hello Van. You joined before I did, but I’m definitely looking forward to any perspective you can add. Or already did, and I haven’t found it yet…
Edgar Winter and Stevie Ray are 2 of my all time favorites. That’s awesome.
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That bit about it being a day when people are encouraged to showcase their piano skills in a public place reminds me of a visit to Ludington, Michigan a few years ago. Ludington’s a small city and port on Lake Michigan.
They had upright pianos, outside, on the street and in parking lots, scattered around the city. Anyone who happened by could sit down and play for a while. Which I did.
Not sure if it was in March or not, March is not always great outside piano weather around here. lol.
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But he spent time rocking out too, which opened him up to a much bigger audience.
I think I need a hat and some shoes like that. Here he’s covering Rick Derringer.
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A lot of people would call Johnny Winter a bluesman
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In addition to the Cream song that Jung mentioned, they also covered Robert Johnson’s Crossroads. And Clapton played in the rock band Yardbirds, before playing with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers.
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and “You Shook Me”.
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The list of old time rockers who didn’t play a blues song is probably shorter than those who did. A lot of songs fell in both categories.
Led Zeppelin I had 2 Willie Dixon Songs on it. “I Can’t Quit You Baby”
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I’m guessing you’re right. I don’t think MLT does anything by accident. The way Pretty Little Thing comes in also reminds me of how Her Majesty on Abbey Road comes in too. Or maybe I’m just imagining that.
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This reply was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by Chris Weber.
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I play mp3s on my laptop with Music Bee. You can configure it to remove dead air between tracks, or you can go the other way and add dead air between tracks in 1 second increments.
I just tested it by playing the end of Why? and seeing when PLT starts. Why? Is 5:33 long; when I allow dead air, it runs the whole 5:33 and then PLT starts right up, but there’s no sound after 5:25 – for the last 8 seconds of Why?.
When I change it to eliminate dead air, it starts PLT after 5:21 of Why?. So you lose a little bit of the fadeout, but PLT starts 12 seconds sooner.
So you could change it on your player if you want, but I like it the way it is.
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Jung,
Maybe this is the kind of piano Jonny Hahn’s got. 64 key Melodigrand. This one’s for sale less than an hour from me for $600, or it was, the ad looks old. Kind of looks the same. A candidate for the unusual instrument thread.
https://reverb.com/item/14896069-rare-melodigrand-64-key-spinnet-piano-1960s-1980s-plays-great
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Speaking of busking, I’m reminded of Joshua Bell, who I’m fortunate to have seen play a couple times, although both of those were inside a concert hall, who was famous for busking in a Washington subway one morning. Presumably with his Stradivarius.
From that website you mentioned the other day,
https://www.classicfm.com/artists/joshua-bell/violin-busking-washington-subway/
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That’s funny. And a jaunty arrangement.
But that’s in London, not Liverpool.
I’ve been through that station a number of times, long ago — maybe I actually saw the Beatles and just don’t remember it(?).
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First thing I noticed when that vid started – is that a real piano? Doesn’t look wide enough. Sure enough, it’s short a couple octaves. Bet that makes it easier to roadie around though. But then I guess you did say “small” upright.
That used to drive me nuts, not having 88 keys. I bought my Rhodes 73 in 1976, and I’d be playing it and reach for that bass note, and hit plain wood. That note wasn’t there. Didn’t matter for popular music, but Chopin thought there should be a key there. And that Rhodes is only one octave short, not two.
I have never tried playing with gloves on. Not sure I’m gonna either. I think if the fingertips were cut off the gloves like you said, it’d be easier, but it doesn’t seem to slow him down. He’s good.
Maybe I should do that in my retirement – busking. I had never heard that word before until – today. I saw it on this site a couple hours ago; I saw pics of Mona and Lisa busking in Wein back in 2010. So I looked it up. And now you mention it too. What are the chances I never heard it before, then twice in the same day?
That’s a great video and story.
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You remind me of another one. There’s a club in the city where I live that has live music. Not a very big room, but they used to bring in some name acts to play there, I saw Terrance Simien, Dr. John, Buddy Guy there, guys like that.
I don’t remember who I was there to see that night, but they hadn’t opened the doors yet to let people in, so there were maybe 20 or so people waiting in the bar area, and there was an old upright piano there. 3 of us took turns playing tunes for 40 minutes or more while we were waiting, people were singing. We played all kinds of stuff. Those other 2 guys could really play too.
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Edgar was great. I have They Only Come Out at Night album that I got around when it was released in the early ’70s. That might have been his biggest album; all the local bands were covering tunes like Free Ride back then.
A musician friend of mine invited me to go see Edgar long ago; he had a backstage pass since he knew some people. My day gig was a ton of hours in those days so I didn’t go, but I wish I had.
I saw Johnny play around 1974 in a big basketball arena. James Cotton opened for him and then he came out blazing. Great stuff.
