Tom Wilson, RIP

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Thank you for going down this rabbit hole with me, guys.

Here Comes a Slightly Irregular (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 18 October 2020 18:47 (three years ago) link

The other thing is, most of the studios were pretty close together so one might not have to go far from one gig to another. Not only that, the guitarists banded together into something called the Manhattan Guitar Club so that they could share amps and keep them in locked rooms at each studio that they all had the keys to.

https://wallyrichardson.com/2014/02/10/manhattan-guitar-club-1969/

Here Comes a Slightly Irregular (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 18 October 2020 21:54 (three years ago) link

I’d like to poll that roster

Here Comes a Slightly Irregular (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 18 October 2020 22:00 (three years ago) link

Or maybe the keys were in the amp!

Here Comes a Slightly Irregular (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 18 October 2020 22:07 (three years ago) link

What to do if you didn’t have a key.
https://www.vintageguitar.com/24625/buzz-feiten/

Here Comes a Slightly Irregular (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 18 October 2020 22:12 (three years ago) link

Anyway, if that story in Homeward Bound is true, then because of the timing of when Tom Wilson was producing Dylan and the presence of Al Gorgoni, then that is the only date and session it could be. But that story doesn’t have to be true.

Here Comes a Slightly Irregular (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 18 October 2020 22:17 (three years ago) link

I’d like to poll that roster

Or at least create a dedicated page for them.

Here Comes a Slightly Irregular (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 18 October 2020 22:34 (three years ago) link

If you weren’t a member of The Manhattan Guitar Club, you’d have to slip the second engineer a joint. He’d unlock the amp, and you’d do the session. Those amps sounded fantastic.

fantastic

error prone wolf syndicate (Hadrian VIII), Sunday, 18 October 2020 22:48 (three years ago) link

Okay this is particularly good for at least two, no three, reasons.
https://njjs.org/files/2018/4604%20web%20archive%20files/4604_JerseyJazzFullIssue.pdf

1) There is discussion about a present day gig of MGC member Gene Bertoncini.
2) Bill Crow tells the "jazz guitar famous" episode involving Segovia.
3) At the bottom of the roster the text says

Emergency Ignition Key Available At Jim and Andys.

Do you guys know what Jim and Andy's was?

Here Comes a Slightly Irregular (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 18 October 2020 23:03 (three years ago) link

I just quit

error prone wolf syndicate (Hadrian VIII), Sunday, 18 October 2020 23:10 (three years ago) link

What happened?

Bill Crow's column also mentions Bill Wurtzel, who I consider an honorary member of that club. Which I will get into on the new thread, if I ever start it!

Here Comes a Slightly Irregular (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 18 October 2020 23:19 (three years ago) link

Oh, I see. No, not that.

Here Comes a Slightly Irregular (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 18 October 2020 23:20 (three years ago) link

Somebody else gave me a citation on the SoS/LaRS connection saying it didn’t go down that way.

Here Comes a Slightly Irregular (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 20 October 2020 04:23 (three years ago) link

Check this out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKFejT3wLTE

Here Comes a Slightly Irregular (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 21 October 2020 19:59 (three years ago) link

DO U SEE?

Here Comes a Slightly Irregular (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 22 October 2020 17:53 (three years ago) link


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