Kossoff/Free lick library dvd
Angus Manwaring
I just found out that there's a new lick library dvd for Free/Paul Kossoff
songs, which I think is great news. Its been done by Michael Casswell who
also did the excellent Peter Green dvd (Thanks Tom!) as well as the Eric
Clapton blues licks dvd.
I haven't coughed up the cash yet, so if anyone has - I'd been keen to
hear any impressions.
Some info here:
http://www.licklibrary.com/store/michael-casswell/26453/learn-to-play-free-2-dvd-set
Cheers.
All the best,
Angus Manwaring. (for e-mail remove ANTISPEM)
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tomScotland
> I just found out that there's a new lick library dvd for Free/Paul
> Kossoff
> songs, which I think is great news. Its been done by Michael Casswell
> who
> also did the excellent Peter Green dvd (Thanks Tom!)
heh, no sweat, its a great dvd, isn't it?
> as well as the
> Eric
> Clapton blues licks dvd.
> I haven't coughed up the cash yet, so if anyone has - I'd been keen to
> hear any impressions.
>
> Some info here:
>
> http://www.licklibrary.com/store/michael-casswell/26453/learn-to-play-free-2-dvd-set
I'll be looking out for this for sure, I'll certainly let you know if I
'find' it!
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Angus Manwaring
>Angus Manwaring wrote:
>> I just found out that there's a new lick library dvd for Free/Paul
>> Kossoff
>> songs, which I think is great news. Its been done by Michael Casswell
>> who
>> also did the excellent Peter Green dvd (Thanks Tom!)
>heh, no sweat, its a great dvd, isn't it?
Bloody great! :)
Having said that, I've only really spent serious time on The Green
Manalishi, its great because at the beginning at least, with the chugging
guitar, even I could almost "sing" it. :) I'm also looking forward to
spending serious time on Man of the World in particular.
>I'll be looking out for this for sure, I'll certainly let you know if I
>'find' it!
Roger that, and thanks again.
Andrew Sinclair
<angus@angusm_ANTISPEM_.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> I just found out that there's a new lick library dvd for Free/Paul Kossoff
> songs, which I think is great news. Its been done by Michael Casswell who
> also did the excellent Peter Green dvd (Thanks Tom!) as well as the Eric
> Clapton blues licks dvd.
>
> I haven't coughed up the cash yet, so if anyone has - I'd been keen to
> hear any impressions.
>
> Some info here:
>
>
> Cheers.
>
> All the best,
> Angus Manwaring. (for e-mail remove ANTISPEM)
oh dear, you are a bad man..... I did *not* need to see this, or to
follow the link to the demo.. I can feel my credit card jumping out
of my wallet.....
Andrew
Angus Manwaring
>On Jul 26, 9:29�pm, "Angus Manwaring"
><angus@angusm_ANTISPEM_.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> I just found out that there's a new lick library dvd for Free/Paul Kossoff
>> songs, which I think is great news. Its been done by Michael Casswell who
>> also did the excellent Peter Green dvd (Thanks Tom!) as well as the Eric
>> Clapton blues licks dvd.
>>
>oh dear, you are a bad man..... I did *not* need to see this, or to
>follow the link to the demo.. I can feel my credit card jumping out
>of my wallet.....
Hey Andrew, poverty will make you Free. ;)
All the best,
Angus Manwaring. (for e-mail remove ANTISPEM)
I need your memories for the Amiga Games Database: A collection of Amiga
tomScotland
> On 28-Jul-09 07:13:34, Andrew Sinclair said
>> On Jul 26, 9:29 pm, "Angus Manwaring"
>> <angus@angusm_ANTISPEM_.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>> I just found out that there's a new lick library dvd for Free/Paul
>>> Kossoff songs, which I think is great news. Its been done by
>>> Michael Casswell who also did the excellent Peter Green dvd (Thanks
>>> Tom!) as well as the Eric Clapton blues licks dvd.
>>>
>
>
>
>> oh dear, you are a bad man..... I did *not* need to see this, or to
>> follow the link to the demo.. I can feel my credit card jumping out
>> of my wallet.....
>
>
>
> Hey Andrew, poverty will make you Free. ;)
Or in this case, Free will bring him poverty...
Angus Manwaring
:)
And as a former Prime Minister is rumoured to have said in his youth:
"Wow, Free don't come cheap."
Angus Manwaring
>> I just found out that there's a new lick library dvd for Free/Paul
>> Kossoff
>> songs, which I think is great news. Its been done by Michael Casswell
I've had a quick look at my friend's Kossoff/Free dvd, and I think its
really well done. He's not Paul Kossoff, but he makes a very good effort,
he seems to have a genuine empathy with the material and he comes over
very well personally.
There's a small "but" coming.
He reckons the lead guitar on Wishing Well is done with a slide, which I
reckon is wrong.
Now, there's some dispute as to whether Kossoff played the lead on
the song, because the sleeve notes say he doesn't play on that track. But
Simon Kirke says he remembers Kossoff doing it, and I had the opportunity
to talk to the band's manager, John Glover around 1979, and he said he
wrote the sleeve notes and he must have made a mistake, he's sure it was
Kossoff.
So my money is on Kossoff, and not using a slide.
What do you guys (who made it this far) reckon?
P.S.
This doesn't apply to the US single which Snuffy Walden plays the lead on.
anyt...@contractorcom.com
<angus@angusm_ANTISPEM_.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>On 26-Jul-09 20:23:07, tomScotland said
>>Angus Manwaring wrote:
>>> I just found out that there's a new lick library dvd for Free/Paul
>>> Kossoff
>>> songs, which I think is great news. Its been done by Michael Casswell
>
>
>I've had a quick look at my friend's Kossoff/Free dvd, and I think its
>really well done. He's not Paul Kossoff, but he makes a very good effort,
>he seems to have a genuine empathy with the material and he comes over
>very well personally.
>
>There's a small "but" coming.
>
>He reckons the lead guitar on Wishing Well is done with a slide, which I
>reckon is wrong.
>
>Now, there's some dispute as to whether Kossoff played the lead on
>the song, because the sleeve notes say he doesn't play on that track. But
>Simon Kirke says he remembers Kossoff doing it, and I had the opportunity
>to talk to the band's manager, John Glover around 1979, and he said he
>wrote the sleeve notes and he must have made a mistake, he's sure it was
>Kossoff.
>
>So my money is on Kossoff, and not using a slide.
>
>What do you guys (who made it this far) reckon?
For my money (having dug out the vinyl), it sounds like Kossoff and it
doesn't sound like slide.
But then what do I know - I only watched him play it.
Pete
Andrew Sinclair
> On 7 Aug 2009 20:39:5 +0000, "Angus Manwaring"
>
>
>
> But then what do I know - I only watched him play it.
>
> Pete
colour me completely green and jealous!!!
Andrew
anyt...@contractorcom.com
Yeah - wasn't with Free though - Back Street Crawler.
Pete
christofire
"Angus Manwaring" <angus@angusm_ANTISPEM_.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On 26-Jul-09 20:23:07, tomScotland said
>>Angus Manwaring wrote:
>>> I just found out that there's a new lick library dvd for Free/Paul
>>> Kossoff
>>> songs, which I think is great news. Its been done by Michael Casswell
>
>
> I've had a quick look at my friend's Kossoff/Free dvd, and I think its
> really well done. He's not Paul Kossoff, but he makes a very good effort,
> he seems to have a genuine empathy with the material and he comes over
> very well personally.
>
> There's a small "but" coming.
>
> He reckons the lead guitar on Wishing Well is done with a slide, which I
> reckon is wrong.
>
> Now, there's some dispute as to whether Kossoff played the lead on
> the song, because the sleeve notes say he doesn't play on that track. But
> Simon Kirke says he remembers Kossoff doing it, and I had the opportunity
> to talk to the band's manager, John Glover around 1979, and he said he
> wrote the sleeve notes and he must have made a mistake, he's sure it was
> Kossoff.
>
> So my money is on Kossoff, and not using a slide.
>
> What do you guys (who made it this far) reckon?
>
> P.S.
> This doesn't apply to the US single which Snuffy Walden plays the lead on.
>
> All the best,
> Angus Manwaring
Definitely not played with a slide, and definitely played through a Leslie
speaker at high volume.
Chris
Angus Manwaring
Pete, really?!
Where did you see them, how together was it? Any other details?
Cheers.
Angus Manwaring
>"Angus Manwaring" <angus@angusm_ANTISPEM_.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> On 26-Jul-09 20:23:07, tomScotland said
>>>Angus Manwaring wrote:
>>>> I just found out that there's a new lick library dvd for Free/Paul
>>>> Kossoff
>>>> songs, which I think is great news. Its been done by Michael Casswell
>>
>>
>> I've had a quick look at my friend's Kossoff/Free dvd, and I think its
>> really well done. He's not Paul Kossoff, but he makes a very good effort,
>> he seems to have a genuine empathy with the material and he comes over
>> very well personally.
>>
>> There's a small "but" coming.
>>
>> He reckons the lead guitar on Wishing Well is done with a slide, which I
>> reckon is wrong.
>>
>> Now, there's some dispute as to whether Kossoff played the lead on
>> the song, because the sleeve notes say he doesn't play on that track. But
>> Simon Kirke says he remembers Kossoff doing it, and I had the opportunity
>> to talk to the band's manager, John Glover around 1979, and he said he
>> wrote the sleeve notes and he must have made a mistake, he's sure it was
>> Kossoff.
>>
>> So my money is on Kossoff, and not using a slide.
>>
>Definitely not played with a slide, and definitely played through a Leslie
>speaker at high volume.
Thanks Chris - the other thing is that the following track on the album,
Come together in the Morning, has some somewhat similar sounding guitar,
and there is no dispute that it is Kossoff, but I can see how somebody
might think some of it could be slide, its sort of weird sounding, but
brilliant in my view.
anyt...@contractorcom.com
<angus@angusm_ANTISPEM_.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Bradford City Hall (Town Hall? Can't remember) Nice old Victorian
place - seats about 1700, I guess. This was prolly 1975. I was about 6
weeks from doing my 'A' levels (at a school in Brookman's Park - then
home to most of the Arsenal football team) and had been told in no
uncertain terms that I would fail the lot (I didn't), so I pissed off
to Huddersfield to stay with a mate and got stoned for a few weeks.
We used to go to the local curry house for supper. 60p for a veg.
curry and a popadom....75p with extra cat....:-)
I can't remember who was in the band, but Simon Kirke *might* have
been playing the drums - certainly had that funky thump whoever he
was, and the massive ASBA kit. Kossoff and the lead singer (who
sounded like Coverdale but prolly wasn't - that Deep Purple throaty
operatic thing going on at any rate) did a pretty tacky stage show -
humping the guitar/mikestand etc. It was well played but looked out of
date even then. They did some new stuff (which obviously came to
nothing) and a few bits of the old Free back catalogue - Wishing Well,
Travelling Man and so-on.
No 'All Right Now' though. Kossoff played well compared to some of the
stuff in the late bad days with Free, where you can clearly hear that
he's off his face. Bounced around the stage doing the rock god thing.
It was one of those gigs where it was almost, but not quite, rock &
roll.
There was no slide playing involved. Kossoff switched between a Les
Paul and an SG IIRC (which I probably don't - it was 34 years ago!)
There were certainly no Fenders onstage.
Who was the bass player with Free? I saw him at the Rainbow not long
afterwards with his own band. That was terrible.
Pete
JNugent
>> Where did you see them, how together was it? Any other details?
> Bradford City Hall (Town Hall? Can't remember) Nice old Victorian
> place - seats about 1700, I guess. This was prolly 1975. I was about 6
> weeks from doing my 'A' levels (at a school in Brookman's Park - then
> home to most of the Arsenal football team) and had been told in no
> uncertain terms that I would fail the lot (I didn't), so I pissed off
> to Huddersfield to stay with a mate and got stoned for a few weeks...
> I can't remember who was in the band, but Simon Kirke *might* have
> been playing the drums ...
> No 'All Right Now' though. Kossoff played well compared to some of the
> stuff in the late bad days with Free, where you can clearly hear that
> he's off his face. Bounced around the stage doing the rock god thing.
> It was one of those gigs where it was almost, but not quite, rock &
> roll.
> There was no slide playing involved. Kossoff switched between a Les
> Paul and an SG IIRC (which I probably don't - it was 34 years ago!)
> There were certainly no Fenders onstage.
> Who was the bass player with Free? I saw him at the Rainbow not long
> afterwards with his own band. That was terrible.
Andy Fraser (formerly with the Bluesbreakers, IIRC)?
Dave Benj
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> Who was the bass player with Free?
Andy Fraser
> afterwards with his own band.
Toby
anyt...@contractorcom.com
That's the one. Brilliant with Free. Ghastly with his own band.
Pete
christofire
I think the effect on 'Come together in the morning' is a frequency doubler,
perhaps a Fender Blender or a Foxx Tone Machine or the type Hendrix used on
Purple Haze.
Another Free recording with the lead guitar going through a Leslie is
'Travelling man' off 'Free at last'. It seems many popular guitarists, when
they've discovered the Leslie sound, have then 'used it to death' - Clapton
in Blind Faith, Jan Akkerman on 'Hamburger concerto', Mick Grabham in Procol
Harum, Joe Walsh on much of his solo work, etc. And it may all have started
with 'Lucy in the sky'.
I guess it's possible to play slide guitar in a way that could be mistaken
for Kossoff's fluid string bending but that would probably demand
considerable restraint - most who play slide add inflections to their
playing, like upward swoops, that would be extremely difficult (if not
impossible) to play with fingers between frets.
Chris
Angus Manwaring
>>On 07-Aug-09 23:48:41, anything said
>>>On Fri, 7 Aug 2009 16:17:09 -0700 (PDT), Andrew Sinclair
>>><car...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>I can't remember who was in the band, but Simon Kirke *might* have
>been playing the drums - certainly had that funky thump whoever he
>was, and the massive ASBA kit. Kossoff and the lead singer (who
>sounded like Coverdale but prolly wasn't - that Deep Purple throaty
>operatic thing going on at any rate) did a pretty tacky stage show -
>humping the guitar/mikestand etc. It was well played but looked out of
>date even then. They did some new stuff (which obviously came to
>nothing) and a few bits of the old Free back catalogue - Wishing Well,
>Travelling Man and so-on.
Blimey.
>No 'All Right Now' though. Kossoff played well compared to some of the
>stuff in the late bad days with Free, where you can clearly hear that
>he's off his face. Bounced around the stage doing the rock god thing.
>It was one of those gigs where it was almost, but not quite, rock &
>roll.
>There was no slide playing involved. Kossoff switched between a Les
>Paul and an SG IIRC (which I probably don't - it was 34 years ago!)
>There were certainly no Fenders onstage.
>Who was the bass player with Free? I saw him at the Rainbow not long
>afterwards with his own band. That was terrible.
It might have been Sharks or The Andy Fraser Band - I rememeber somebody
telling me when they saw him about that time, there seemed to be a lot of
ego, he was on a sort of pedestal with a drummer either side of him, or so
the story went.
Angus Manwaring
>Andy Fraser
>Toby
I maybe wrong, but I think Toby was during Free's short split, when Paul
Rodgers formed Peace, and Kossoff, Kirke, Tetsu and Rabbit formed Kossoff,
Kirke, Tetsu and Rabbit :)
Joking aside - that was an excellent album, I wish the buggers would
remaster it.
Steve at fivetrees
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He came out as a) gay and b) HIV+ not too long ago:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Fraser
Not that that has anything to do with the price of bread.
Steve
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anyt...@contractorcom.com
Well, at least he's still alive. With Free he was well on it.
Saw Paul Rogers with his own band in Bristol a couple of years ago. He
was awesome. I was waiting for him to do some new stuff and suddenly
realised about half an hour in that with a back catalogue like his he
didn't NEED to do any new stuff.
And the bastard still looked and sounded as hot as he did in 1970. I
hate him...:-)
Pete