Re: [Harp-L] Blues Scale / Shapes

["G. E. Popenoe" <gpopenoe@xxxxxxxxx>]

You know , I don't doubt that Milton did have those skills.

I ended up doing the session with some good players. The drummer with  
Kitaro and a guitar player named Don Peak who also worked for Ray  
Charles, Phil Spector and others. The engineer, Jim Chrichton, is the  
bass player with Saga. My friend Alex Del Zoppo (keyboards) was one of  
the founding members of Sweetwater. They were one of the opening acts  
at Woodstock.

The history and the talent in the room was wonderful.

The studio next door is owned by the Jacksons and the next studio  
down, I'm told, was where one of the early Elton John albums was  
recorded. All in an unassuming corner of the San Fernando Valley.

LA is full of music history and veteran players. Once in a while, I  
get to tap into that and have a great musical day.


Gary Popenoe

On Mar 8, 2008, at 9:06 AM, Ken Deifik <kenneth.d@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Gary Popenoe wrote:
>
> > I was talking with this producer last night who used to do A& R for
> > Ray Charles. She was relating all these great stories about how this
> > blind genius would work.
> >
> > She indicated that he could sit in the studio with a 40 piece band in
> > full swing, stop the band and reprimand a player for hitting a  
> > flatted
> > 3rd instead of the written natural in bar 47.
>
> Supposedly Milton Berle, of all people, had this skill.
>
> > Now speaking of nuts and bolts, this producer asked me to join a
> > recording session today. Am I going to practice my sight reading this
> > morning? You betcha!
>
> Have a blast, daddy-o.
>
> K