For the fifth episode of the Jim & Joe Show, we perform Jerry Goldsmith's theme from the 1966 spy movie spoof, Our Man Flint. Afterward we discuss the tune's wicked chromaticism, talk about memorization, and exchange scurrilous gossip.
Thanks for remembering that! I was a classical guitar kid who played electric with a pick when I was young. But I eventually started to play almost exclusively fingerstyle, and I've tried to incorporate those classical techniques on electric guitar particularly the use of counterpoint.
No, only down to D. (I play in drop-D 95% of the time.) But a lot of it is the amp: That magnificent Carr Telstar I use has both EL-84 and 6L6 power tubes. The former provides that cool small-amp harmonic distortion, while the 6L6 maintains strong, clear lows. That formula is perfect for accompanying Jim's Tele + Princeton recipe.
I’m from DC , used to hear Roy every week in the local joints. The way I always heard it was , he didn’t want to be part of their crazy scene, that he didn’t think he’d survive.
Gentlemen, so good to hear you playing together! And this brings back fond memories from my kidhood. I was a sucker for Flint and the Matt Helm movies.
High Ted! I didn't get to actually SEE those movies till a decade or two later, though I came to love them. But I'm 100% sincere when I state that this tune inalterably affected how I perceive distance and chromaticism (though I also didn't understand those words till many years later).
That's the plan! Right now Jim is focusing on two other albums-in-progress, so we're sort of slow-rolling our collaboration with these biweekly videos. But releasing and album and performing is definitely in our 2024 plans!
The third Rian Johnson movie needs to be "Jim and Joe". And a bunch of lovely musicians in the studio recording an album need to be surrounded by a bunch of crazy actors trying to kill each other for attention.
Joe, do you get double union pay for playing both guitar and bass at the same time, or are fined by the guy with a seafoam green Longhorn bass who would normally be playing all those parts? Awesome!
I 'm still a union member, and I only WISH I had dilemmas like that! I've always believed strongly in labor unions, and I hate how they've become so disempowered. But even from that perspective, the Musicians Union is spectacularly useless for music laborers. Worst union EVAR!
