Week 3 April 2002
Mon 15th April
“Is that the worst sounding chord you’ve ever heard?”
Tue 16th April
A couple of shots of Mark and Emmy running through one of the new songs. Thier voices blend particularly well and the album will be a real treat.
Mark and Emmylou and another shot of the lot of us. That’s Glen Duncan on the left. We were fortunate enough to have him on the session playing fiddle.
Back to gear pics , here’s Chuck’s rack of converters
Wed 17th April
A one of a kind Gibson ‘Chet Atkins’ SST prototype which will be going on display in the Country Music Hall of fame. This is one of several guitars which Chet gave to Mark. He wrote a little message on this one.
The award of appreciation Mark recieved today.
Tue 18th April
Here’s Mr Worf using a very unusual bass. An Ampeg. We’re not quite sure what model, but it certainly has a unique sound.
The song we cut today involved a very cool mic technique. The 60’s Gretch kit was mic’d with two JM47’s (Joe Meek) over the toms, as shown, and a mono ‘Royer’ microphone about 3 feet from the bass drum. Chuck put a 1176 UREI compressor over the Royer on ‘heavy’ (all 4 buttons in).
Check out that psychedelic finish on Chad’s kit. It’s called ‘moonglow satin’.
Fri 19th April
Here’s Mr Worf again in the control room. Check out those ‘Joe Meeks’ in Chuck’s rack.
Here’s Mr Worf’s finger after playing a take on his Hofner Bass using only ONE string. Now that’s what we call ‘groove’.
This is the Hofner bass which inflicted the damage.
Sat 20th April
Mark demonstrates classic air guitar technique in the control room.All done for another Nashville session. A most enjoyable and productive week. Mark, Chuck and I are off to London now to resume work this week. I’ll post periodic updates if you like.
Stay tuned.
