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15 Oct 05 - 10:39 AM (#1583583) Subject: Slow Airs - Electric Guitar From: GUEST,Joe Moran It seems to me that playing slow airs on the electric guitar using swell pedals and various "effects" would work rather well. Can anyone out there point me in the direction of any recordings in this vein, and/or does anyone out there have any personal advice on playing in such a way. |
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15 Oct 05 - 12:15 PM (#1583622) Subject: RE: Slow Airs - Electric Guitar From: michaelr On his album "Who Else", Jeff Beck recorded a slow air composed by Donal Lunny called "Declan". This air first appeared on "Donal Lunny Live", played on the uillean pipes. Beck did a great job recreating it on the electric guitar. I myself recorded an electric guitar solo on my band's version of "My Lagan Love". Although the folk police will surely come after you, by all means follow your bliss. It can be done to great effect when done with taste. Cheers, Michael |
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15 Oct 05 - 12:46 PM (#1583631) Subject: RE: Slow Airs - Electric Guitar From: van lingle I do some of that with a Tele through and old Fender Princeton with a bit of a Ibanez Tube screamer. I play Hector the Hero, Ashokhan Farewell and a few others. Richard Thompson can be heard playing "Dargai" solo on electric on some recording legitimate or otherwise, Dick Gaughan plays a slow electric solo on Both Sides the Tweed from Handful of Earth and does a bit of electric on Parallel Lines w/ Andy Irvine and I think you can find some of that stuff done by The Tannahill Weavers. I love that high keening sound on electric although it mysteriously sends some others to the restroom or off to get a drink when I turn it up.vl |
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15 Oct 05 - 02:43 PM (#1583691) Subject: RE: Slow Airs - Electric Guitar From: Le Scaramouche I think slow airs work better on electric guitar than jigs and reels. On Parallel Lines, Gaughan accompanies "Floo'ers o'the Forest" electricly. Also look out for 5 Hand Reel stuff. There is a real nice one by Neil Browning "Ar Lan y Mor". Although not traditional, be sure to listen to Dire Straits' "Brothers in Arms". |
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15 Oct 05 - 02:52 PM (#1583695) Subject: RE: Slow Airs - Electric Guitar From: Le Scaramouche How could I forget Thin Lizzy's "Roisin Dubh". |
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15 Oct 05 - 02:52 PM (#1583697) Subject: RE: Slow Airs - Electric Guitar From: Malcolm Douglas Thompson played 'Dargai' on Pour Down Like Silver; but on acoustic, not electric, guitar. John Martyn made a very decent job of 'Eibhli Ghail Chiuin ni Chearbhaill' (sic) on Inside Out back in '73, I recall. |
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15 Oct 05 - 06:52 PM (#1583808) Subject: RE: Slow Airs - Electric Guitar From: Mooh Yup, nice treatment with some high gain. Sometimes use the Ebow effect too. Mooh. |
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15 Oct 05 - 11:07 PM (#1583914) Subject: RE: Slow Airs - Electric Guitar From: Phil Cooper I agree with Malcolm Douglas on how good John Martyn's work was on Inside Out. It actually is the same air that Dick Gaughan is playing on the break of "Floo'ers O' the Forest" though Gaughan isn't using the same distortion that Martyn was. I think Karl Dallas had mentioned on the four LP set of "The Electric Muse" that John Martyn was playing the guitar through Leslie speakers. |
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16 Oct 05 - 08:02 AM (#1584011) Subject: RE: Slow Airs - Electric Guitar From: van lingle Actually, Malcolm I've got what must be a bootleg tape of RT playing Dargai on electric. |
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17 Oct 05 - 05:44 AM (#1584492) Subject: RE: Slow Airs - Electric Guitar From: GUEST,Richard Richard Thompson makes a beautiful job of a slow air on electric guitar, on "Strict Tempo". I can't remember the name of it, but it was written by Scott Skinner. |
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17 Oct 05 - 07:05 AM (#1584522) Subject: RE: Slow Airs - Electric Guitar From: Scabby Douglas The Scott Skinner tune on "Strict Tempo" is called "Glencoe". And yes, it is beautiful. |
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28 Aug 09 - 04:44 PM (#2710980) Subject: RE: Slow Airs - Electric Guitar From: GUEST,Patrick Hutchinson (not the piper) I just stumbled across this googling Eibhli Ghail Chiuin ni Chearbhaill; I was listening to John Martyn's version, and it was driving me nuts 'cause I know I've heard it with words (whether in English of in Gaelic, I can't remember) As both a practitioner & a listener, I'm all in favour of slow airs on electric guit, and many fine examples are quoted above. To those I would add a recommendation of Cape Bretoner Dave MacIsaac's Nimble Fingers album: on it he plays acoustic guit, high-bass fiddle, and a Telecaster that sounds exactly like Roy Buchanan was raised in Glencoe, equally good on strathspeys, reels, and slow airs! Myself, I use slide a lot in slow airs (generally in open D) whether playing acoustic or electric: there's an example at http://www.swiftyears.com/ecds/e4.htm (Neil Gow's Lament for his Second Wife) If I could do it again I'd have taken it more slowly, but the coffee was real rocket fuel in that studio. There are no pedals on it, just an old red fibreglass Supro through a big Marshall (Van Lingle, I'm with you on the Tube Screamer, though: I use that with my own less muscular amp) Ashokan Farewell is also just made for open-D slide (you can do it in 2 octaves even) as is For All Ireland I'd Not Tell Her Name. Van Lingle, I'm with you on the Tube Screamer! |
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28 Aug 09 - 06:42 PM (#2711112) Subject: RE: Slow Airs - Electric Guitar From: Jack Campin We have another thread at the moment about the Shetland tune Da Day Dawn - that should work brilliantly on electric guitar. |