Well, hard rock is my favorite, but for some reason, I write a lot of blues...
This song I wrote in 1998 (recorded it in March, 2011) as a tribute to the slide guitar kings I grew up listening to - Blind Lemon Jefferson, Robert Johnson, etc. The song is a musical journey and the main character begins as me, talking about my personal experiences, and then merging my childhood with my character, who is a musician following in Robert Johnson's footsteps....It's called "Slide." This song is a musical journey...a story if you will.
Some people trip out because in the song, the main character encounters "the Devil" when he plays a show at one of the clubs that Robert Johnson played. The appearance of this character is based on the legend that Robert Johnson allegedly sold his soul to the devil for his guitar prowess. The idea I had when I wrote this was the devil acknowledged the main character's guitar playing skill without the need to sell his soul.
Now for some fun trivia...the intro part of the song has a very brief slide guitar part. Listen to it very closely, preferably with headphones. It was played on a borrowed 1928 National Triolian Resonator and antique 5 watt tube amp. You can hear the buzz of the single coil pickup when the channel opens. I left this effect in the recording, because I wanted it to sound like one of those old records...
The rest of the song was played on my Schecter C1 on the '81' pickup through a Marshall JTM 30 Combo totally dry. All effects, like reverb and delay, were added when mixing.
Near the end of the song is a short, vocal clip of a ghostly man singing, "I been to the crossroads." Originally, I sought the rights to use a vocal clip of Robert Johnson, but Harry Fox Agency couldn't get the rights from the owners. So, I made 20 or 30 takes of myself mimicking Johnson's vocals until it sounded right. I recorded it on an old Radio Shack condenser mic to make it sound vintage and I had an old all metal GE fan running in the background, so I hoped to capture the timbre of an old studio in the deep south in the 1930's.
here is the "long version" with the 4 count left in...
https://soundcloud.com/robert-h-her...blues-2011-robert-herndon-all-rights-reserved
This song I wrote in 1998 (recorded it in March, 2011) as a tribute to the slide guitar kings I grew up listening to - Blind Lemon Jefferson, Robert Johnson, etc. The song is a musical journey and the main character begins as me, talking about my personal experiences, and then merging my childhood with my character, who is a musician following in Robert Johnson's footsteps....It's called "Slide." This song is a musical journey...a story if you will.
Some people trip out because in the song, the main character encounters "the Devil" when he plays a show at one of the clubs that Robert Johnson played. The appearance of this character is based on the legend that Robert Johnson allegedly sold his soul to the devil for his guitar prowess. The idea I had when I wrote this was the devil acknowledged the main character's guitar playing skill without the need to sell his soul.
Now for some fun trivia...the intro part of the song has a very brief slide guitar part. Listen to it very closely, preferably with headphones. It was played on a borrowed 1928 National Triolian Resonator and antique 5 watt tube amp. You can hear the buzz of the single coil pickup when the channel opens. I left this effect in the recording, because I wanted it to sound like one of those old records...
The rest of the song was played on my Schecter C1 on the '81' pickup through a Marshall JTM 30 Combo totally dry. All effects, like reverb and delay, were added when mixing.
Near the end of the song is a short, vocal clip of a ghostly man singing, "I been to the crossroads." Originally, I sought the rights to use a vocal clip of Robert Johnson, but Harry Fox Agency couldn't get the rights from the owners. So, I made 20 or 30 takes of myself mimicking Johnson's vocals until it sounded right. I recorded it on an old Radio Shack condenser mic to make it sound vintage and I had an old all metal GE fan running in the background, so I hoped to capture the timbre of an old studio in the deep south in the 1930's.
here is the "long version" with the 4 count left in...
https://soundcloud.com/robert-h-her...blues-2011-robert-herndon-all-rights-reserved
