Richard Hawley

Saw RH play a superb gig at Bexhill last night. Thought the lapsteel solo played by Shez on 'Soldier On' was fantastic. Really sounded powerful. It's up there with my favourite 'Golden' on A Girl Called Eddy's album (a wonderful album too).

Anybody else have favourite solos from RH's productions or other artists?

Mark

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he is a great player,not been playing that long either,i played the one on golden by the way

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I quite like John Triers keyboard solo on Roll River Roll.

yes its beautiful i think he is truly amazing,he asked me what sort of sound i was after and i half jokingly said"somewhere between Fats Domino and Liberace"he played it in one take and went to the pub,great guy too is our John

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as long as he don't come on stage dress as Liberace, that could be worrying. Agreed on the solo, as far as lap steel goes I know fuck all except that I love Jerry Byrd playing Hanlei moon,

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And grace is just the measure of a fall.

you should see John's new shark skin suit........oh mate i have some awesome jerry Byrd albums

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I knew fuck all about him till I heard that very song on the Coffee & Cigarettes soundtrack, blown away. Soe great stuff on youtube.

His fan club site is great, some really tocuhing stuff written by one of his fans about corresponding with him up till Jery passed away, seemed like a very humble guy. http://www.jerrybyrd-fanclub.com/

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In the driving rain, every ticket costs the same
For where you can't go
Mustang horses, champagne glasses
Anything frail anything wild
It's the price of living motion, what's beautiful is broken
And grace is just the measure of a fall.

Has to be the solo on No Way Home. You can feel yourself being drawn into it somehow

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The saw solo at Bexhill on Don't Get Hung Up On your Soul was quite magical. According to Richard, David Coulter can also knock up a good shed.

I was thinking on the way home that I might try the saw but go 'electric'! My dad's got a circular saw... I believe it's a Black'n'decker Telecaster. On second thoughts, this is perhaps not a wise idea

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Ooh no! Circular saws - heard too many stories of lost fingers

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check out davids myspace site i think there's an insane track on there where he plays his saw with a pick up on it it sounds like Hendix amazing player and an amazing bloke too

http://www.myspace.com/davidcoulter

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On 'Soldier On' when Shez is playing in the verse, there's a ghostly delay which sounds like an octave above and is really nice. Is the lapsteel going through a pitch shifter as well as a delay?

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nope

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The lap steel solo on lady's bridge is one of the best for me live. I think Richard actually played it on the album but shez plays it live. I spoke to shez and dean on thursday night outside the olympia. Forgot to ask he about the tuning he uses. I think Richard said it might be C6 but he wasn't sure. They are absolute gentlemen. Top blokes

yeah Shez uses a 9 or a 6th tuning i usually use a-c"-E a-c:-e or an 8 string C9 tuning on my supro

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