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09-24-2008, 09:52 AM
| | Member | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | | | Now if only we could go back in time and demonstrate to the countless tambourine "players" that there's more to it than slap-chikka-slap-chikka-slap-chikka-ckikka-slap |
09-24-2008, 01:42 PM
|  | Deteriorating faster than I can lower my standards | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Frederick MD USA | | | IIRC one of the Funk Brothers (name escapes me) shown in Standing In The Shadows Of Motown is/was an amazing tambourine player. Also Steve Amedee of the subdudes is excellent.
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09-24-2008, 01:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Tyneside, UK | | | I thought people stopped playing tambourine after kintergarten?
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09-24-2008, 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Lazylion IIRC one of the Funk Brothers (name escapes me) shown in Standing In The Shadows Of Motown is/was an amazing tambourine player. | Yep, that tambourine was an important part of the Funk Brothers' sound. And the guy there in that movie (real funk brother I suppose) sure could handle it. It's not as easy as one would think at first.
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09-24-2008, 02:10 PM
|  | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | All excellent. Ron Powell for the win though.  |
09-24-2008, 03:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: St. Louis // St. Charles, MO | | | Yep - Tambourine is definitely an underrated instrument - or better stated, a mostly underplayed instrument!
My drummer is an amazing tambourine player! He, and his brother, are African and Middle Eastern drum aficionados and Ted can turn loose what sounds like a full kit part using a tiny tambourine.
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09-24-2008, 03:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: footballscannotbekickediguess | | | All those little percussion instruments really make a HUGE difference in recordings- live... sorta- but that extra layer of stuff....
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09-24-2008, 03:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Los Angeles | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Deacon_Blues Yep, that tambourine was an important part of the Funk Brothers' sound. And the guy there in that movie (real funk brother I suppose) sure could handle it. It's not as easy as one would think at first. | Ron Powell is also an accomplished vibraphone player. When he's not playing the vibes, he's filling in on tambourine. He's probably played other percussion instruments has needed. |
09-24-2008, 03:31 PM
|  | no really, smokemeth&hailsatan | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pueblo, CO | | Quote:
Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar All excellent. Ron Powell for the win though. | YEAH! That dude kills. |
09-24-2008, 05:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Columbine Valley, Colorado | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Lazylion IIRC one of the Funk Brothers (name escapes me) shown in Standing In The Shadows Of Motown is/was an amazing tambourine player. Also Steve Amedee of the subdudes is excellent. | That Funk Brother is Jack Ashford. If you listen, there aren't many Motwn hits without a tambourine.
Another good tambourine player is British percussionist extraordinaire, Ray Cooper. Catch him at approximately 2:45 into this clip from the Concert for George: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bklrAloz_XA
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09-24-2008, 09:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Denton, TX | | Quote:
Originally Posted by kesslari You see someone playing tambourine on stage, you figure they're only there 'cos they're shagging one of the band members. | I don't know what bands you listen to or play with, but auxiliary percussion is one of the most demanding jobs in music.
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09-24-2008, 09:53 PM
|  | Total Hyper-Elite Member | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Groom Lake, NV | | I've always liked the way Ray Cooper handles a tambourine. He has a tambourine solo in this at about 4:06. As an extra added bonus, you get Nathan East (even singing) with a bunch of other people I don't know.
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09-25-2008, 01:49 AM
|  | <-- That guy looks like me, but old. | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Arlington TX | | | I saw the first post and immediately thought of Ray Cooper...but didn't know his name. He was 'that dude in that one live video (the Prince's Trust? or maybe The Secret Policemen's Other Ball?) I saw'. I also thought of 'that guy with the Subdudes', but I had never learned his name. I'd heard Ray's name as an auxiliary percussionist, but didn't know that was him. And I even thought of that same scene in SITSOM, but couldn't remember the Funk Brother in questions name.
I think this means that the tambourine gets even less notoriety than the bass.
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09-25-2008, 05:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Columbine Valley, Colorado | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Munjibunga I've always liked the way Ray Cooper handles a tambourine. He has a tambourine solo in this at about 4:06. As an extra added bonus, you get Nathan East (even singing) with a bunch of other people I don't know. | That's funny, Munji! I almost used your Ray Cooper link instead of mine, but declined because I feared it was too long. You were right to include it, however. Your link to "Sunshine" shows off Ray's abilities on tambourine and other percussion instruments much better than mine.
Whenever I see a singer or some other member of a band standing on stage and listlessly holding a tambourine with a dazed look on his or her face, I think of Ray Cooper and what you can do if you get into it. IMO, he's a true soul man.
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09-25-2008, 07:29 AM
| | <-- That guy looks like me, but old. | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Arlington TX | | | I just think it's funny and maybe a little bit sad that as cool and memorable a musician as Ray is, and Steve is , and Jack is, Even a music geek like me had to be cued as to what their names are.
I pictured all three of them when I read the first post. And I couldn't have told you any one of their names.
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09-25-2008, 03:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Bluesy Soul That Funk Brother is Jack Ashford. If you listen, there aren't many Motwn hits without a tambourine.
| It's amazing how much groove the tambourine added to Motown. Try playing a Motown tune without it and you definitley notice.
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