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in praise of: talk box wizardry
Updated 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Source: http://17dots.com/
PETE DRAKE: FOREVER
by mrjyn
The talk box sound will always be associated with ’80s over-the-topness: the lazer funk of Zapp & Roger, the gaudy riffery of Peter Frampton. Even more recent retro-futurists that use the box (or similar, vocoder-y sounds) — Chromeo, Dâm Funk, Daft Punk — stick firmly to the ’80s m.o. of near-goofy neon squelch.
Recently, though, I was hipped to Pete Drake, a ’50s and ’60s pedal steel session guitarist ...
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Lad Litter 2 months, 2 weeks ago on Wordpress
Thanks for that. He’s great – and on a pedal steel! BTW, Joe Walsh’s 1972 Rocky Mountain Way was the first talk box I ever heard.
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rdmdfish 3 months ago on Twitter
•• Possibly the earliest use of the talk box (think Peter Frampton) was in a country song! (what?) Peter Drake video: http://bit.ly/1axB0J
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uberVU - social comments 3 months, 1 week ago on Wordpress
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This post was mentioned on Twitter by monkchips: whoa. i say whoa! 1950s slide guitar-driven vocoder stuff – Pete Drake. love it. http://bit.ly/BAt3M for @gapingvoid @gnat…
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monkchips 3 months, 1 week ago on Twitter
whoa. i say whoa! 1950s slide guitar-driven vocoder stuff - Pete Drake. love it. http://bit.ly/BAt3M for @gapingvoid @gnat
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Televiper 3 months, 1 week ago on Wordpress
His backup band is fantastic. I could listen to stuff like that all day.
I do have to say my favourite talk box songs are “Kick Start My Heart” and “Man in the Box.” Maybe more for the subtlety of “wo wowow” over actually trying to make the guitar talk.
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