Hey Starship Trooper please pass along to the other band members that we all appreciate them getting involved in some of your videos. Some of that interaction between you guys is priceless! And congratulations on 70,000 it’s happening as I type! 🤘🏻❤️
Her voice fades as she walks away, leaving us to talk about where the dead dudes are buried. Story of my life. Ha! What a beautiful studio and sweet people!
Hey Tommy. Big day today - my Trip The Witch box arrived! Proudly sporting the Tee and sorting a frame for the artwork. So nice to hold the physical product of the record. CD for convenience, vinyl for quiet nights in. Huge thanks to you and Dean. What an album. Fumbling about with Sails of Charon tonight. Big love from Scotland. Cheers!
Uncle Larry, what a treat. You let me day dream about being a session man (not happening!). We get to see inside all these storied places and meet the storied players that make the music. Thank you again and again.
We can only hope that the demand for the vinyl will bring some of the pros out of retirement. Although I don't mind waiting a bit longer for the vinyl version being many of the top notch machines aren't available everywhere either..🕊
We were recording at Ocean Way 5 or 6 years ago for a Pandora show I was hosting. I was supposed to interview someone in there and do some voice over stuff. We had a whole camera crew, lights, catering, musicians and lord knows who else. A sweet little sparrow flew in and landed somewhere up in the rafters and started chirping up a storm. We tried to record, but the sparrow was bleeding into everything. We finally had to tap out and go home. A lot of folks lost a lot of money and were pissed off, but I saw it as a sign of hope. That tiny little frightened sparrow shut the whole thing down.
It's no surprise that even a RU-vid video comment from you is so poetic Otis. I'm a big fan of yours sir. Thanks for continuing to find and tell the stories.
@@davidpepper442 Thank ya kindly, David. I'm grateful that Uncle Larry is letting us peak through this window into a world most of us will never get to witness.
Ocean Way is the old Tony Alamo Church. He was a cultish religious guy and was buried there awhile. It was a dumpy place in early 90’s. Always a cool hang with Uncle Larry!!
Nice. You said something that caught my ear though. The Nashville studios are "slowly going away." I researched that and I should not have been surprised that it's been happening for a while.
Oh my God, that Buck Owens paint job on the Bass! When I was a kid I would have been a total sucker for a cheapie red white and blue acoustic guitar like Buck's on Hee Haw. I loved that guitar paint job so much when I was a kid I had my dad paint my fishing tackle box to match it. It's clear that as I got older my sense of personal style became much less cool.
That Hammond organ add-on at 6:10 is made by my buddy and former band mate Scott Hampton. His company, Hamptone, also makes tube mic pres and compressors.. I have his two channel tube mic pre and it’s FANTASTIC. Go look him up, classmates!
I'm definitely not schooled well in all of the equipment BUT the minute I heard you mutter "Neve" while scanning the board I started anticipating what was coming next even more than I already was! Rather than bore everyone to death as I'd love to blab 'analog' I'll simply say if you get a chance.. look up the documentary about Sound City studio. 'You' (as in whoever bothers to read what I write) They sadly had to close their doors awhile back but the docu. is *so* worth the time! So many big name bands happily recorded their best-selling albums there. The reason the Neve perked my ears is because Dave Grohl ended up with that ol' reliable beast when the studio closed and I believe he may have had it installed in the studio he had built, "Studio 606" Thank you so much for the guided tour Tom, that was quite kind and impeccably timed for me personally..🕊
...and I can safely say we love you Tommy ...and I'll just hafta endure being dizzy with you're f*cking 360 sweeps MISTER camera man (If I wanna gander at the so cool B3) Thanx mang I do dig these
Thanks for another skool trip bud. Dwindling studios sad. Too many electronic gizmos? This will be another regret on the music room floor, are we loosing authenticity and honesty? 👍🥃Respect to the fellas and lassie for sharing.
Jimmie Lee Sloas is one of my biggest influences. Singer for gospel group The Imperials, legendary session bassist, and even played on a Megadeth album. What an incredible player.
So THAT'S where The Raconteurs filmed 2008 Old Enough [featuring Ricky Skaggs and Ashley Monroe]. I heard that song in my head as soon as you walked in there.
Thanks a lot Tom @501chorusecho for doing all those road life / gig & classic studio session videos; such a fantastic opportunity to have those insights of the life of a world-class pro musician. I sincerely hope all those big great studios will keep on going. Quick side gear question, being curious on that Marshall Jubilee cab: what speakers are you running it it? Thanks again!
Why are the studios going away Tom? Are ppl making music elsewhere, or are bigger studios hoovering up work, or is there just less and less music needing full bands being produced?
"that's legal now" LOL I remember when a keys player buddy of mine started running a drive and a delay pedal on his rig and people thought he was an alien
What plays in Memphis stays in Memphis, those P basses were awesome, was slow hand there at one time, what a cool place,definitely need to hear more stories about Ocean Way, that was exciting Tom.
Hey Tom, love these behind the scenes videos. I always pick up micing tips too so please slow down a little on the drum kits and show a few more shots, ha. Would have loved to see the mics and positioning on your cabs and any preamp details. Would be great to hear from the engineers a little too.
@@501chorusecho I didn't think it was. I'm a big Jerry Reed fan. I was watching that video thinking about how cool it was that it spent some time in his hands.
I would guess all the DAW stuff that’s available. Everyone thinks they can be an engineer in their living room. It’s like Home Depot makes people think they can be a contractor. Be interested to see what Tommy thinks though
You can tell the old well used Fenders, lots of them have the "cig burn" behind the nut on the bass side. That's where you park your cig while you're playing! The filter squeezes under the string, burning end in the air. The song goes long, or you forget about it and it makes that little burn on the headstock just behind the nut! I've got a 60's fretless P_bass just like the rosewood one! I bought it at a lawn sale in a small town for $200. I still have the guys name and phone number. If/when I sell it I'm going to split everything over the $200 with him. He doesn't know that yet though. LOL 8) Thanks Tommy!! --gary
Tom, do you see a correlation between all the studios going away, and the emotional quality of the music we are left with today?Meaning, that, when musicians don't play together in the same room, then something is missing.
