Music videos that feature EB0 to EB4 and SG variant basses...

[gearHed289]

Shameless self-promotion, I used my '62 EB-3 for my band's new music video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-rDjhR1q2c&ab_channel=Hair

Very cool.

[Dave W]

RIP Gerry Marsden

[uwe]

When Smokie ruled the German charts circa. 1976-80 with their "12-string acoustic guitar, trademark harmonies &  copious strings"-recipe courtesy of Chinn/Chapman their bassist Terry Uttley had the charming habit (I can relate!) of never doing two TV performances in a row with the same bass - and Smokie DID A LOT OF TV SHOWS. It was therefore only a question of time until - forensic evidence of him playing a TBird has already been provided - we would catch him as a repeat Gibson offender with an EB-3:



For some reason, I alway liked that particular track and especially the little story it tells, a companion to this here:



Fast forward a couple of years and a general de-perming of hairstyles ...

[Ken]

Haha. I thought you guys were talking about Smokey Robinson.

[uwe]

He actually sued Smokey as they had originally monikered themselves so they had to change their name to "Smokie" .

[Basvarken]

Staffan posted a video featuring Terry Slater in the Thunderbird video thread.

Here's Terry showing the EB-3 which he used on all of the recordings he did with the Everly Bros

[uwe]

Some Cortland NY Italian kid und his buddies we never much heard of again ...



I recognize Gary Driscoll too, he was a fine drummer. All the Elf guys were fine musicians, just not what Blackmore had in mind.

[Rob]

Some Cortland NY Italian kid und his buddies we never much heard of again ...



I recognize Gary Driscoll too, he was a fine drummer. All the Elf guys were fine musicians, just not what Blackmore had in mind.

I m saw them.  They were the fill band (between other acts) and backup for a Gene Pitney tour.  Ronnie played a cherry color EB3.

[uwe]

You must be very old then.

[Rob]

You must be very old then.

Well yeah I was 16 in 1965 go figure >)

[Ken]

Some Cortland NY Italian kid und his buddies we never much heard of again ...



I recognize Gary Driscoll too, he was a fine drummer. All the Elf guys were fine musicians, just not what Blackmore had in mind.

I wonder what he thought of Black Sabbath.

[uwe]

Ritchie or Ronnie?

Blackmore was often condescending about other hard rock acts (he didn't like Led Zeppelin except for Bonham's drumming), but I'm not aware he ever said something about Sabbath one way or another. He once commented that he liked the Scorpions, "because they are more melodic than other bands", but then he is a hopeless germanophile and even has a subscription for SKY's German soccer league games in his Long Island home.

Ronnie in any case started his rehearsals for Black Sabbath rather early. Being prepared is everything. 

[Basvarken]

Sounds like Black Sabbath to me.
The guitars, drums. The way he sings with the compression in his voice.

[uwe]

Oh come on, Rob, cleanse your ears!  Driscoll (never a bad drummer as all the Elf albums and the Rainbow debut attest) does a good job emulating Bill Ward (though he is busier and also plays some things Ward wouldn't have the chops for), but David Feinstein's guitar is nothing like Tony Iommi. You can hear that he is not downtuned, he plays different voicings and his solos are much too agile (for Iommi's digit handicap) as well as ahead of the beat. The recording is proof how much Iommi's accident-related fretting hand limitations shaped his and Sabbath's idiosyncratic style. Ronnie sounds younger than on even the Rainbow debut too. All those stadium gigs opening for DP which would also shape his voice were yet to come.

Will none of you Sabbath souls support me on this?!

It's a good cover though. Elf obviously knew what they were doing and the NY scene for cover bands must have been competitive. No wonder Elf impressed two Brits (Ian Paice and Roger Glover) enough to get them a record deal and produce their first album.

[Basvarken]

You're right.   
I should have listened more than just the first 20 seconds ;-)
It surprises me to hear RJD sing with that much compression. Didn't expect him to do that in this era already.