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I saw this live in Detroit and the video does not do it justice. That thing creates A LOT of sound.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)the song will never be the same for me after Zodiac;;;;fucking creepy flick
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)Kinda like doing "Mr. Tambourine Man" without a tambourine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurdy_Gurdy_Man
^snip^
In the booklet that came with Donovan's 1992 double CD, Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964-1976, Allan Holdsworth and Jimmy Page are listed as the electric guitar players and John Bonham and Clem Cattini as drummers on the recording. However, according to John Paul Jones, who arranged and played bass on the track (and also booked the session musicians), Clem Cattini played the drums and Alan Parker played the electric guitar.[4] This line-up was confirmed by Cattini [5] On Jimmy Page's website, he lists this song as one on which he plays.[6] Jimmy himself has actually never claimed that he played on the track and has also mentioned that Alan Parker was the guitarist on the session.
Chart positions were #4 UK Singles Chart; #5 Billboard Pop Singles (US); #3 Cash Box (US)
The session was produced by Mickie Most and engineered by Eddie Kramer.
In interviews with Keith Altham for the NME and Hit Parader, and Tony Wilson for Melody Maker,[2] Donovan explained he wrote "Hurdy Gurdy Man" as a gift for his friend and early guitar mentor Mac MacLeod. Donovan wanted MacLeod's band Hurdy Gurdy to record it. However, Donovan changed his mind about giving the song as gift and recorded his own version. Donovan claimed in an interview with Little Steven Van Zandt that he had originally hoped Jimi Hendrix would play on the song, but he was unavailable. Jimmy Page has often been credited as playing electric guitar, which Donovan maintains in Hannes Rossacher's 2008 documentary Sunshine Superman: The Journey of Donovan, where he asserts that the song ushered in the Celtic rock sound which would lead to Page, Jones, and Bonham forming Led Zeppelin soon afterwards.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)and now we have tripled it
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)David "Most Underrated Guitarplayer of all Time" Bowie handled all the rest of the guitars on the Diamond Dogs album.
hlthe2b
(102,331 posts)That is one complex instrument. I can not think it would not be among the most difficult to play. That guy was great.
eppur_se_muova
(36,280 posts)but here's an excuse to post a link to something from the Hoffnung Music Festival Concert: Gordon Jacob's Variations on "Annie Laurie'' featuring the following instruments: heckelphone, 2 contrabass clarinets, 2 contra-bassoons, hurdy-gurdy, serpent, contrabass serpent, subcontrabass tuba, harmonium and 2 piccolos.
Honestly, the hudry-gurdy doesn't get much solo time.
http://www.last.fm/music/Various+Artists/Hoffnung%2BMusic%2BFestivals%2B1956%252C%2B1958%2B%2526%2B1961
(tracks 10-15; not sure why the 4th variation is missing)
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)jmowreader
(50,562 posts)Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)saras
(6,670 posts)It's not a musical instrument, it's a weapon of mass destruction, a bagpipe for people with small lungs. Sounds rather like playing Celtic music on power tools.
I fuckin' LOVE them.
Hedningarna completely ROCKS - all acoustic with hurdygurdy
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)enuegii
(664 posts)plus you get bagpipes, violin and some sort of Brazilian tin flute thrown in to the mix.
opiate69
(10,129 posts)opiate69
(10,129 posts)OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)The Song Remains the Same
but I like yours better. I saw that tour too and that was indeed a lot of fun.
Lionel Mandrake
(4,076 posts)Note: "Leiermann" means "hurdy-gurdy player".