Shrimpboat Sound Studio in Key West? That Little Thing?
natchmo
A question for any Key West locals or anybody else: There's a place at Key
West Bight that's supposed to be JB's Shrimpboat Sound studio. Well, I
believe everything and anything, but this one doesn't seem right. The
building is white, one story, no markings or any identification of any type.
It has one regular size door, and one sliding, loading dock type door. No
windows to speak of.
June Keith's Keys book says the studio is "two stories high," but this
building is only one. It just seems too small to be a recording studio. It's
no bigger than a house. And too close to where tourists are, by the fishing
boats, shops, and restaurants / bars. But the sign there at the bight says
that's the studio.
Is this just BS they tell the tourists? Should I keep looking for the
ficticious Key West Foreign Legion?
natchmo
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PirateJohn
>building is only one.
Maybe it has a basement? ;)
Either that, or it was two stories and sank into the muck there at the bight.
So they just moved the entrance up a floor or so.
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>building is white, one story, no markings or any identification of any type.
>It has one regular size door, and one sliding, loading dock type door. No
>windows to speak of.
I can't answer your question - but I will say this - if you were rich & famous
and constantly hounded by fans, and had thousands of dollars worth of high-end
recording gear and instruments and needed a place you could work at peacefully
and be left alone - would you put it in a non-descript place that most people
never give a second look to, or would you make it as conspicuous as possible
with a sign and other markings letting everyone that passes by know -
Attention: famous rich folk inside with lots of expensive toys?
As for size - if you ever get a chance to visit tiny Sun Studio in Memphis -
it's smaller than most efficientcy apts but some of the greatest songs of all
times were recorded there.
My suggestion - if yer still in KW, forget about Shrimpboat Sound and go on
over to Chicharrones and getcha some Mojo Cuban Pork Roast with sweet
plantains.
:-)
cr
Brian K
When it comes to recording studios, size has nothing to do with it.
Multi-tracking enables recording sessions to take place with just the
principals. The backup tracks, and such can be added much later. The
recording and editing is done piecemeal without all musicians needing to
be there at the same time.
I had the pleasure of visiting Grog Kill Studios in Jazz musician Carla
Bley's house some years back. She is known for writing huge pieces for
Brass Choir. The tracks for a 26 instrument piece were laid down 3
players at a time and that was cramped.
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natchmo
Thanks for the info. I was kinda surprised the studio was in such a touristy
area. Even though the building's not marked, it is pointed out on the
directory there as being JB's recording studio.
natchmo
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game called Geocaching and setup a virtual cache in Key West with the
final stop at the studio. One of the players did my tour and as he
was standing at the building answering the required question, Jimmy
walked out. This was in February. He explained the game and got his
photo taken with Jimmy. It's posted on the site.
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=42525. You'll
need to expand the logs to see back to February.
MeBuff8Fan
Jim
got was:
February 3 by GamblinTokens (GamblinTokens) (74 found)
Had a blast with this one. Did run into some problems as I had printed it
out on 1/21. But we had great fun just the same. We were in Mallory Square
when we decided to tackle this one, so as opposed to trotting to the other
side of the island we took it backwards! We worried a bit because if we made
one little mistake on the calculations it could have had a very bad effect!
But we made it. Spent a couple of hours, had a great time, learned a lot and
got to see several things we otherwise wouldn't have seen.
Had lunch at the Cheeseburger place, but the grill had just broken down so
we didn't get to have burgers. But it was great just the same.
Thanks!
Didn't see no pic!!!!
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natchmo
Couldn't figure this one out either. Not able to find any picture. It would
be neat to see it.
natchmo
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Jennifer
>Couldn't figure this one out either. Not able to find any picture. It would
>be neat to see it.
>
>natchmo
>
>"Jim" <j...@nospam.net> wrote
>> And you see the pic how? I expanded the log and went back to Feb and allI
Ahhhh, I thought I was just too dumb to figure it out. What's the chances of
all of us bein' dumb?
~Jennifer Chapman
I'm just tryin' to get by being quiet and shy,
In a world full of pushin' and shove.
Agua Girl
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> From: "natchmo" home89ofth...@adelp79hia.net
>
> >Couldn't figure this one out either. Not able to find any picture. It
would
> >be neat to see it.
> >
> >natchmo
> >
> >"Jim" <j...@nospam.net> wrote
> >> And you see the pic how? I expanded the log and went back to Feb and
allI
>
> Ahhhh, I thought I was just too dumb to figure it out. What's the chances
of
> all of us bein' dumb?
>
well.... :-)
I'll help you out. Go to the bottom of the logs and hit the "show them all
on one page " button. Then scroll all the way down to the log on January
6 by Kaeferdriver. Right below his log he mentions meeting JB and his
name has a camera icon next to it. Click on his name and up pops the
picture. Ifin it's not stepping on any toes I could post a direct link
but
since the owner of the page didn't.....I'll give you a chance to go the long
way.
AG
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The original post siad "February". But then, what PH hasn't lost a month or
two here and there. :-) Thanks AG. You came through again.
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> on one page " button. Then scroll all the way down to the log on January
> 6 by Kaeferdriver. Right below his log he mentions meeting JB and his
> name has a camera icon next to it. Click on his name and up pops the
AG comes through as usual. Did ya look closely at the picture?
http://www.floatplan.com/jimmy.jpg
I think the KWFL is on Key Lime Key. That's where I would look next!!!!
Mayday
Kim Dyer
I just clicked on the camera and there it was.
With my luck, I could probably run smack into Jimmy and knock him into the
water without recognising him.
-- Kimbis
natchmo
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Ha! Not gonna fall for looking for the KWFL again this time . . . I mean,
Yeah, the KWFL is right there, you can see it from here. Yeah, that's the
ticket. . . . :-)
Here's the original link:
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=42525
Spybot caught that link trying to load some type of mayhem, but stopped it.
Good work, Spybot!
natchmo
Brian K
In NYC's Village, Electric Ladyland reputed to be Jimi Hendrix's custom
made studio is on a very touristy street. According to a friend of mine
who is a NYC nightlife photog, Hendrix used it only once. The many
times that I walked past Electric Ladyland en route to my friend, Mary's
house -- I never saw anybody enter or leave the place. Same goes for
Mother's, yet tracks were laid down in these places.
Brian K
Don't feel bad. Something like that happened to me with Elvis Costello
at the Hotel Pierre in NYC a few years back.
Kim Dyer
>Multi-tracking enables recording sessions to take place with just the
>principals. The backup tracks, and such can be added much later. The
>recording and editing is done piecemeal without all musicians needing to
>be there at the same time.
Recording studios not needing to be huge isn't really that new a thing either.
I've actually been in studio one at Abbey Road (long story) at it would fit in
my house with plenty of room to spare. The only reason the Abbey Road facility
is as big as it is is that there are a LOT of offices as well as multiple
studios, editing facilities, etc. The front lobby is bigger than the studios.
-- Kimbis
Kim Dyer
>>With my luck, I could probably run smack into Jimmy and knock him into the
>>water without recognising him.
>Don't feel bad. Something like that happened to me with Elvis Costello
>at the Hotel Pierre in NYC a few years back.
Actually, I literally bumped in Earl Klugh at a local music store once a couple
years ago. What really made it bad was that I picked up a used Earl Klugh
album while I was there, and had to be told who it was by the clerk.
(Apparently Klugh goes there a lot.)
A friend of mine held the door for someone as they were exiting Abbey Road at
the same event that I was at. After he was gone and down the road she realized
it had been Sting.
(No, I didn't meet anyone other than the folks I already knew ... but it was
still cool to be able to walk back into the actual studios!)
-- Kimbis
BarefootBoatnik
concert at the old Music Farm here in Charleston, the friend I was with shot
a couple games of pool with Warren. Had no idea who he was until later when
we saw him on stage. (we only had the one album... the one with 'werewolves'
on it. Had no idea what he looked like- we were just college kids trying to
be eclectic). Ol' 'Z' shot a pretty good game of pool, incidentally.....
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Lookin' for a little mental floss.....
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baseball cap and a ponytail kinda shoved me a little bit to get through the
crowd before the show. Didn't think much of it and was shooting the breeze in
the men's room with him when several people came up and asked for his
autograph.
It was Mike Score, who's the lead singer. Without that waterfall haircut that
he had in the 80's he looks quite different.
Kim Dyer
sold out crowd. We were sneaking out to dinner before the show. A ticket
scalper came up and tried to sell us tickets at the equivalent of about $100.
We didn't have the heart to tell him that he'd approached the artist and his
"entourage" such as it was.
-- Kimbis
natchmo
All,
Well, then, I guess that really "is" the Shrimpboat Sound studio on Key
West.
For those who missed the start of this thread, you can see JB's recording
studio at Key West Bight (not far from Caroline Street). Look on the
directory when you get there, it shows where it is. It's a small unmarked
white building.
Maybe Jimmy will be there sometime. That would make a phans day.
Thanks for all the info.
natchmo
Butterkup
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natchmo
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Key West Bight is by the A&B Lobster House and Turtle Kralls; that area. The
tourist map I got from the hotel shows it. When you get near the water,
there are directories like you would find in a mall. The directories point
out JB's Studio. AFA his old Margaritaville store, I don't know. I'm not
familiar with that, but surely somebody around here is!
Bye,
natchmo
Butterkup
Now, I think it is either clothes or shells...not sure.
sue