Gary Tallent on "Magic" album & live show

barroso · #1 10-12-2007, 01:03 AM

I really appreciated, as usual, the bass lines, the playing stye and the tone of Gary Tallent on te new Bruce Spreingsteen record "Magic".
I really hope to see Bruce & the E street band during the tour.
I would like to know if you are informed concerning the gear (basses, amps...) used duering the recording sessions of the "Magic" album and I
also will appreciate if you have some information regarding the equipment Gary Tallent is using during the live shows of the tour.
If you have also some pictures to share... do it!
thanks.

Fran Diaz · #2 10-19-2007, 06:52 AM

I'm working on the update of my website. You'll find lots of pics and info about Garry's gear on this tour.

Garry's Corner

I'll post here when I update it.

barroso · #3 10-21-2007, 12:48 PM

I already knew your really interesting website. Really useful in every section. Thanks for posting!

Fran Diaz · #4 10-28-2007, 12:15 AM

I just updated my website with some interesting photos of Garry's gear on this tour.

::::BASSIST:::: · #5 10-28-2007, 02:21 AM

Bit off topic, but I LOVED his tone on the Making Of Born To Run DVD (which is included in the 30th Anniversary BTR package). He was playing a Danelectro. Ugly bass IMO, but man did that sound good. The drums really sounded great too. According to that DVD Bruce was an extreme perfectionist. If I remember correctly he took 14 hrs to record one guitar solo and made Clarence play that solo for Jungleland for 18 hours, telling him exactly what notes to play.

Fascinating.

barroso · #6 10-28-2007, 08:40 AM

That's a really great and informative DVD.

barroso · #7 11-07-2007, 01:36 PM

any news concerning equpment Garry is using during the tour?
no one went to a live show?

barroso · #8 11-07-2007, 01:42 PM

someone updated his interesting website...

http://perso.wanadoo.es/tallent/gear/gear_2007.htm

barroso · #9 07-22-2008, 01:34 PM

it seems that the bolt on spector he has has a custom built short scale neck

Fran Diaz · #10 07-22-2008, 01:56 PM

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it seems that the bolt on spector he has has a custom built short scale neck

yeah, it's the only short scale Spector to date.

::::BASSIST:::: · #11 07-22-2008, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by barroso

any news concerning equpment Garry is using during the tour?
no one went to a live show?

I saw Bruce and the boys up here in Vancouver on March 31st. I am almost positive he was using a Hartke 410. Yup, just one. I am guessing that it was just used as a stage monitor. He may have had in-ears etc.

At the end of the night Bruce had to work really hard to coerce Gary to join the band for their bow thing they usually do at the end of a show. I thought it was strange Gary didnt want to participate.

Edit: Here's a pic I found with Garys stage gear. I was right about the Hartke.

Fran Diaz · #12 07-22-2008, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ::::BASSIST::::

I saw Bruce and the boys up here in Vancouver on March 31st. I am almost positive he was using a Hartke 410. Yup, just one. I am guessing that it was just used as a stage monitor. He may have had in-ears etc.

He usea the Hartke rig for the soundcheck and as a back up for the in-ears, but it's turned off for the show.

I'm working on a new update for my website with more info. It should be up in a week or so.

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Originally Posted by ::::BASSIST::::

At the end of the night Bruce had to work really hard to coerce Gary to join the band for their bow thing they usually do at the end of a show. I thought it was strange Gary didnt want to participate.

I had the pleasure of being Garry's guest in San Sebastian and Madrid last week. We obviously talked bass (pun intended

) He is a super nice guy and he was very active in these shows. He even went to the mike for the encores but he's not the kind of guy that want to be at the spotlight.

::::BASSIST:::: · #13 07-22-2008, 03:39 PM

Agreed. He seems like a super nice guy. I'd love to meet him.

KJung · #14 07-22-2008, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by frandiaz

He usea the Hartke rig for the soundcheck and as a back up for the in-ears, but it's turned off for the show.

I'm working on a new update for my website with more info. It should be up in a week or so.

I had the pleasure of being Garry's guest in San Sebastian and Madrid last week. We obviously talked bass (pun intended

) He is a super nice guy and he was very active in these shows. He even went to the mike for the encores but he's not the kind of guy that want to be at the spotlight.

VERY cool! One of my major 'music moments' was seeing Bruce (didn't even know who he was at that time) at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis in the early 70's. It was before the E-Street band (I think David Sancious, if I have that spelling correct, was on keyboards), and it was SMOKING, SMOKING, SMOKING.

I left that concert after about 4 hours thinking... who the heck is this guy!!!! It really was amazing. That band rocked. I remember the Memphis horns being on that gig.

I always thought the pre E-Street stuff was by far Bruce's best work, and Gary's best playing. I seem to remember them introducing some of the 'Born to Run' stuff, but there was a touch of ganja involved, so not sure.

It was funny in that I was more excited to see David Sancious than this 'Bruce guy' at the time, since I was into the fusion thing in an unfortunately big way!

Fran Diaz · #15 07-22-2008, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by KJung

VERY cool! One of my major 'music moments' was seeing Bruce (didn't even know who he was at that time) at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis in the early 70's. It was before the E-Street band (I think David Sancious, if I have that spelling correct, was on keyboards), and it was SMOKING, SMOKING, SMOKING.

I left that concert after about 4 hours thinking... who the heck is this guy!!!! It really was amazing. That band rocked. I remember the Memphis horns being on that gig.

I always thought the pre E-Street stuff was by far Bruce's best work, and Gary's best playing. I seem to remember them introducing some of the 'Born to Run' stuff, but there was a touch of ganja involved, so not sure.

It was funny in that I was more excited to see David Sancious than this 'Bruce guy' at the time, since I was into the fusion thing in an unfortunately big way!

As much as I love Roy Bittan's playing, David gave a funky/soul/jazz flavor to the first couple of albums that I really love...there were also more room for improvisation and that gave Garry the chance to play some great basslines. They played "Incident on 57th Street" and "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" last week and it was a thrill...Garry's lines on those songs made me love bass before I even knew what a bass was...now I just need to hear "Point Blank" live.

KJung · #16 07-22-2008, 04:27 PM

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As much as I love Roy Bittan's playing, David gave a funky/soul/jazz flavor to the first couple of albums that I really love...there were also more room for improvisation and that gave Garry the chance to play some great basslines. They played "Incident on 57th Street" and "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" last week and it was a thrill...Garry's lines on those songs made me love bass before I even knew what a bass was...now I just need to hear "Point Blank" live.

+1. I remember hearing all that stuff from the first two albums for the first time, and it was really fresh and new sounding. That was an amazing time for music. The fusion stuff was happening, the older be-boppers where still playing (Dizzy, etc.), the prog rock thing with Yes, etc. was going on, Bruce was hitting, Weather Report, Return to Forever, great pop stuff with Fleetwood Mac, James Tayler, Carol King, Steely Dan

It was great the hear Sklar, Chuck Rainey, all those guys on popular radio at that time.

What a time that was to be a bass player just starting out!

Edit: Back to Bruce, that original drummer 'swung' a lot more also. The whole band swung more.. much less stiff than the later incarnation IMO.

jerry · #17 07-22-2008, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by KJung

Edit: Back to Bruce, that original drummer 'swung' a lot more also. The whole band swung more.. much less stiff than the later incarnation IMO.

+1, I loved the feel of the first few albums! A person who didn't love the feel on those first few albums [especially the drums] was, Jon Landau.

I'm a longtime Bruce fan, but my favorite period was the beginning when he was a street poet backed by a very loose Stax style band.

::::BASSIST:::: · #18 07-22-2008, 09:13 PM

The E Street Shuffle was an excellent album, but hey Born To Run and Darkness weren't too bad either.

IMO, Bruce's 3 year legal battle with Mike Appel had a major part in changing the direction of his music. In 5 short years he went from Kitty's Back to Promised Land. Very different approach to song writing there.

Fran Diaz · #19 07-23-2008, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by KJung

Edit: Back to Bruce, that original drummer 'swung' a lot more also. The whole band swung more.. much less stiff than the later incarnation IMO.

Vini Lopez and Garry will be among the players at the SOAP (Sounds Of Asbury Park) concert in Asbury Park on August 29.

check it out here

KJung · #20 07-23-2008, 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by frandiaz

Vini Lopez and Garry will be among the players at the SOAP (Sounds Of Asbury Park) concert in Asbury Park on August 29.

check it out here

Very cool. I remember thinking that 'Southside Johnny' kind of kept true to that earlier 'sound' I was mentioning above back in the day. I remember digging all that stuff a lot.

That should be quite a party.

I am unfamiliar with all the drama with producers, record companies, etc. in Bruce's career mentioned in a few posts above. That would be an interesting read.