The incredible talent in that legendary studio! Those are members of Nashville's "A Team" musicians at the Quonset Hut studio. Harold Bradley (yes, THAT Harold Bradley) on guitar, "Pig" Robbins on the piano, Bob Moore on the stand up bass, (and Buddy Spicher on fiddle)....playing with Chuck Mead of BR549...oh to be a fly on the wall of those sessions!
Maybe baritone, more likely Tic-Tac Bass; a Danelectro or Fender Bass XI played with a pick for an extra clicky sound. Used on 50's and 60's country (and some rock) records to get the bass to read better on little battery-powered solid state radios, the forerunners of the Sony Walkman.
Chuck and the Nashville A-Team... Sweetness!
The incredible talent in that legendary studio! Those are members of Nashville's "A Team" musicians at the Quonset Hut studio. Harold Bradley (yes, THAT Harold Bradley) on guitar, "Pig" Robbins on the piano, Bob Moore on the stand up bass, (and Buddy Spicher on fiddle)....playing with Chuck Mead of BR549...oh to be a fly on the wall of those sessions!
His voice is so distinctive, I love it.
This song was originally recorded by Johnny Horton in 1957.
Jess Willard 1951 has the original.
chuck mead , top man
LOVE ITI!!!!!!
Saw ya'all on some public tv station. Never heard you before. Love the sound
GREAT GROUP!!
Effing superb!!!!!
Thanks for posting, Chuck - good luck with the album!
top tune from a country stud
So how does the guitarist get that sound at 0:51 ??? Is he detuned? Slapback? Reverb? It sounds so rowdy...just like the Johnny Horton version.
Baritone guitar.
Maybe baritone, more likely Tic-Tac Bass; a Danelectro or Fender Bass XI played with a pick for an extra clicky sound. Used on 50's and 60's country (and some rock) records to get the bass to read better on little battery-powered solid state radios, the forerunners of the Sony Walkman.
Pig Robbins on Piano
Chris Scruggs on guitar