gene
1145 posts
Dec 14, 2013
12:33 PM
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He'll be playing Roadhouse Blues. I can't wait!
Judging by the other names on the project, it looks like this will be one of the few songs that do The Doors justice.
There are A LOT of mellow prog-rock musicians involved.
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Eh. That's all I had to say.
Last Edited by gene on Dec 14, 2013 12:34 PM
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BigSteveNJ
30 posts
Dec 14, 2013
2:49 PM
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John Sebastian's harp on the original wasn't super, mainly because he didn't get much direction from the band or the producers.
Morrison used to attempt to play harp (a friend of mine has some bootleg audio of his drunken, laughable noise), but he was so wasted in the studio that Sebastian was brought in to play. He didn't even play amplified (or very well-amplified, anyway); it's pretty pedestrian stuff.
It's sad that so many of the covers of Doors music are better than SOME of the later live versions. In their earliest famous days, the Doors were quite a kick-ass band, Morrison included.
It would be VERY interesting to hear the Doors' music, played right, with a good harp player in the role of a "horn man", so to speak.
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atty1chgo
796 posts
Dec 15, 2013
8:52 AM
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As long as the harp solo is not overdone. The song wasn't designed with the idea that the harp would take center stage. It's the beat and the vocals that drive the song. I thought that the original was just fine. Somehow I get the feeling that Piazza will overdo it.
Last Edited by atty1chgo on Dec 15, 2013 8:54 AM
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Grey Owl
427 posts
Dec 15, 2013
9:53 AM
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Ok this is shameless self promotion 
It sure ain't no Rod Piazza but it is my take FWIW of Riders on the Storm. I've added a few web photos to set the scene.
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Last Edited by Grey Owl on Dec 15, 2013 9:57 AM
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gene
1146 posts
Dec 15, 2013
10:46 AM
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I've always thought that The Doors should have given the harp a solo.
As far as Morrison being wasted during the recording, I don't think so. I have the 40th anniversary box set. It's a set of their studio albums that were remastered, cut portions being put back in and a lot of bonus tracks. There are several bonus tracks on the Morrison Hotel CD of the rehearsal of Roadhouse Blues. Jim sounded quite sober, to me.
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tmf714
2249 posts
Dec 15, 2013
10:57 AM
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Via Wiki-FWIW I know most of this to be true-
The song took two days to record (November 4–5, 1969) with the producer Paul A. Rothchild striving for perfection. Several takes from these sessions were included on the new 2006 remastered album. Rothchild can be heard instructing the band members on their musicianship, notably when he exclaims to Robby Krieger about his introductory guitar riff that "we're going to the roadhouse, Robby, not the bathroom!" Surprisingly, he does not comment on Morrison, who is apparently intoxicated, "going into full blues singer mode"[4] in the words of engineer Bruce Botnick, improvising and simultaneously flubbing several lyrics and repeating the blues phrase "Money beats soul every time". The phrase can be found on the When You're Strange: Music from the Motion Picture soundtrack, with the next track being a live version of "Roadhouse Blues".
The sessions only took off on the second day, when resident Elektra guitarist Lonnie Mack joined in on bass and harmonicist John Sebastian (appearing under the pseudonym G. Puglese out of loyalty to his recording contract[5] or to avoid affiliation with The Doors after the Miami controversy) joined in on the sessions and Manzarek switched from his Wurlitzer electric piano to a tack piano (the same used on The Beach Boys "Good Vibrations").[6] Morrison's shout of "Do it, Lonnie! Do it!" just before the guitar solo is often misquoted as "Do it, Robby! Do it!" (Robby Krieger).
A studio version of the song with John Lee Hooker sharing vocals with Jim can be found on the Stoned Immaculate: The Music of The Doors album.
Mack had borrowed Krieger's guitar to develop some blues guitar lines. Mack also played the lead guitar solo on the track, but was only credited as bassist, so as to not embarrass Krieger. Krieger copied some of Mack's lines in later takes. It is unknown which take of "Roadhouse" made the final cut.[7][8]
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NiteCrawler .
251 posts
Dec 15, 2013
11:33 AM
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Wow @ tmf,Thanks for the info.I played Roadhouse for yrs back in the day and I would sing "Do it Lonnie,Do it" and some band mates would tell me I had it wrong and I second guessed myself of course because of R.Krieger being the guitar man in the band.Damn,I was right all along.Lonnie Mack was one hell of a guitar player.Tough On You,Tough On Me,being one of my faves.
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