Crimson Glory - In Dark Places

[t77mackie]

From Transcendence, one of the best metal albums of all time, I present the mighty Jeff Lords and In Dark Places by Crimson Glory.

Tune all strings a half-step down.

The intro has a double staff. I'm not sure if there's multiple bass tracks or I'm just hearing things (or maybe JL is that good...), but I put it all in there. The outro kinda has the same deal going on but I only put the low notes there.

There's a lot of time changes and other stuff in this song to give your friendly local transcriptionist a headache!

Key sig - Ummmm... I suspect Ab minor, but the way the software works it just messes with me - so, whatever...

Enjoy!




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[bunkaroo]

This record had a huge impact on my playing. When I name my influences to people they recognize the usuals like Eddie Jackson, Tony Levin, etc., but then they're like "Who's Jeff Lords?".

 

[progmanjum]

Awesome. Thanks!!!!

 

[Musiclogic]

Jeff, who prefers his moniker of "Sgt.Rawk" is an excellent player. He is not the most personable....we stomped a lot of the same ground in Sarasota/Tampa after CG had hit the skids..... He really is that good, he has chops for days, and is an absolute freak on the bass. As much as I dislked his ego, I admired the hell out of his playing. One of my favorite bands that I got to see implode regularly in person. John Drenning is an awsome songwriter, but could never keep focused on the band. Avid sports gambler and writer, he was always going in 30 directions at once, and John Patrick(Midnight) the incredible voice of the band was a carousel of addictions and absolute headcase, but truly one of the nicest people you ever wanted to meet when he was lucid.

 

[bunkaroo]

That's some pretty interesting info!

 

[Musiclogic]

It was a very cool time to be building my business in Florida. I had just moved from Arizona and was taking care of my Grandmother after my Grandfather passed away. I got to know Tom Youngblood of Kamelot Just as they were starting their Journey(awsome Power Metal band), and the Oliva brothers from Savatage. Got to Jam with Chris in St. Petersburg shortly before his death. Also hung with the guys in Athiest a lot. It was the waning years of the Tampa Metal scene, and a really good time to run into these guys quite regularly. As much as I hated Florida, I really enjoyed the few years I was there as a musician and repairman/builder, They had a killer music scene back then and some awesome musicians. The guys from Crimson Glory were definitely in the upper eschelon of players at that time.

 

[Wolf68442]

I didn't know Jeff back in the day, but currently I find him to to be an incredible bassist who is actually pretty humble as far as his playing skills. He's a serious guy and typically only speaks when he has something relevant to say rather than wasting his breath just to hear his own voice, preferring to let his bass do the talking. Seriously underrated and deserves much more recognition.