Already Gone? By the original songwriter
If you've never heard how Robb Strandlund sounded on the song Already Gone... here he is live at a little club in San Diego County back in the 70's... Bob Warford plays some mean guitar on it... you might know Bob from his fine playing with Linda Ronstadt specifically on her version of "Willin'"
Willin, is a great song written by Lowell George (the love of Linda's life) and the song that prompted Frank Zappa to tell Lowell (upon hearing it) that it was time for him to go do his own thing and quit the Mothers of Invention.....
When Willin' was set to be cut for the first little feat record Lowell had hurt his hand and Ry Cooder came by and played the slide part.... (which is why it is the one slide song that doesn't sound like the others!)
Anyway... this version of Already Gone is funky and cool... I hope you enjoy it!
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Wow, that's very different indeed! The Eagles must have really played around with the arrangement to get what they got out of it, or he's mixing it up now himself.
He's played several places around that area - makes me wish I lived in California! ;)
Thanks for the link!
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sodascouts
Wow, that's very different indeed! The Eagles must have really played around with the arrangement to get what they got out of it, or he's mixing it up now himself.
He's played several places around that area - makes me wish I lived in California! ;)
Thanks for the link!
Oh yeah, his version was much 'funkier'... Glenn came up with the lick that I think made the song have a 'hook'... that and the very wild pick harmonics really made the song...
I've seen Jack probably 20 times over the years (of course I saw the Eagles at least 20 times or more in the 70's)... the recording is okay, but I can tell you that Jack's bands (especially when Bob played with him) were stormin' good nights!
Bob and Clarence White have a lot of the same 'sounds' on guitar... and Clarence was a huge influence on bernie (the whole bender thing came from Clarence's head) and Bob and Clarence were instrumental (ha, a pun!) in developing the whole 'country rock' sound... along with Eddie Black etc...
Some of Bobs best playing are on the Heart Like a Wheel record (I have an awesome KSAN live recording of Ronstadt too that has some great playing on it)
the Heart Like a Wheel record was produced by John Boylan who was also the producer of Ricky Nelsons comeback records that Randy was brought in on... kinda funny... Boylan pitched Meisner as legit to Nelson and RM is a HUGE Nelson fan... it is a small world after all....
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bernie's bender
If you've never heard how Jack Tempchin sounded on the song Already Gone... here he is live at a little club in San Diego County back in the 70's... Bob Warford plays some mean guitar on it... you might know Bob from his fine playing with Linda Ronstadt specifically on her version of "Willin'"
Willin, is a great song written by
Lowell George (the love of Linda's life) and the song that prompted Frank Zappa to tell Lowell (upon hearing it) that it was time for him to go do his own thing and quit the Mothers of Invention.....
When Willin' was set to be cut for the first little feat record Lowell had hurt his hand and Ry Cooder came by and played the slide part.... (which is why it is the one slide song that doesn't sound like the others!)
Anyway... this version of
Already Gone is funky and cool... I hope you enjoy it!
This is the first time I have ever heard that Lowell George & Linda Ronstadt were even involved, let alone that he was 'the love of her life'.
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Freypower
This is the first time I have ever heard that Lowell George & Linda Ronstadt were even involved, let alone that he was 'the love of her life'.
Here is a picture and cool little thing Boylan used to put on the studio wall...
http://homepage.mac.com/macmanager/.Pictures/roxy.jpg
If you can correctly name the people in the photo... I'll give you a prize!
http://homepage.mac.com/macmanager/.Pictures/boylan.gif
The internet is full of rumors and stuff... and anyone can make anything up... but, I think if you asked folks would be pretty forthright that Linda and Lowell's thing was fo'real... the fact that Lowell was married makes it complicated...
What is kind of interesting is how these people kind of swirled around each other... the maryland connection where Hillman found Emmylou and when some more folks went out there, the gang found George Massenburg and lots of Linda Ronstadt history (and many others too) was made with George as the magician....
and of course, gram was involved....