Dick and the Pickflickers http://pickflickers.com Sat, 19 Jun 2010 16:01:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Can’t Get It Out Of My Head http://pickflickers.com/2010/cant-get-it-out-of-my-head-2010-05/ http://pickflickers.com/2010/cant-get-it-out-of-my-head-2010-05/#comments Sun, 09 May 2010 04:00:42 +0000 George http://pickflickers.com/?p=163 Three tired guys after seven hours of gigging, recorded in George’s living room.

Can’t Get It Out Of My Head

Richard: lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Wesley: lead guitar
George: keyboards, backing vocals, MIDI drums and bass

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BBC

George: lead vocals, lead guitar, MIDI drums
Wesley: guitar (wah-wah in third verse)
Brad: bass, backing vocals?
Richard: guitar, backing vocals
Matt: guitar, backing vocals?

]]> http://pickflickers.com/2010/bbc-2010-05/feed/ 0 Pickflicker Twist http://pickflickers.com/2010/pickflicker-twist-2010-05/ http://pickflickers.com/2010/pickflicker-twist-2010-05/#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 23:15:52 +0000 George http://pickflickers.com/?p=155 Our first attempt at our version of the Traveling Wilburys song, “Wilbury Twist”, noisily recorded in George’s living room. This was the second take, and a few of the guys hadn’t heard the original before.

Wilbury Twist

In Wilbury style, we rotate through the vocals. George: 1st and 4th verse, Wesley: 2nd verse, Richard: 3rd verse, Brad: 5th verse. Everyone plus Matt helping on backing vocals, and everyone on guitar, except Brad on mandolin.

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Secret Agent Man

This performance is quintessential Pickflickers, with four guitars and a bass all playing at once, as well as a few examples of our democratic process:

  1. When Richard and I started playing this over a decade ago, we tried singing individually. We each liked it, and chose to alternate the lyrics so we both could sing and play off of each other.
  2. There was a difference of opinion on the chords in the second half of the chorus should be C-B7-B7 or Am-Am-Am. Brad suggested we play both, so we play Am-C-B7.
  3. Everybody plays some flavor of a riff. Sometimes the intro is even longer because somebody wants to layer in yet another 007 soundtrack riff such as “Live and Let Die”.

This is the first “studio” track we have finished. The parts were recorded one or two tracks at a time and mixed in GarageBand.

Performers, in order of appearance:

  • guitar #1, George
  • bass (and GarageBand drums), George
  • guitar #2, Wesley
  • guitar #3, Richard
  • vocals #1, Richard
  • guitar #4, Brad
  • vocals #2, George
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Every Rose Has Its Thorn

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Losing My Religion

  • Richard: vocals, guitar
  • George: vocals, guitar
  • Brad: mandolin
  • Wesley: guitar
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Let It Ride (Ryan Adams)

  • Brad: lead vocals, guitar
  • Wesley: lead guitar
  • Richard: backing vocals, guitar
  • George: bass guitar
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Mellow Yellow (Donovan)

  • Richard: lead vocals, guitar
  • George: “quite rightly”, guitar
  • Brad: backing vocals, guitar
  • Wesley: guitar
]]> http://pickflickers.com/2009/mellow-yellow-2009-11/feed/ 0 All The Way To Jericho http://pickflickers.com/2009/all-the-way-to-jericho-2009-11/ http://pickflickers.com/2009/all-the-way-to-jericho-2009-11/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:01:57 +0000 George http://pickflickers.com/?p=115 Recorded at George’s house.

All The Way To Jericho (The Gourds)

  • George: guitar, vocals (first verse, choruses)
  • Richard: guitar, vocals (second verse, choruses)
  • Brad: mandolin, vocals (third verse, choruses)
  • Wesley: bass
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After 7+ hours of practice.
Left to right: Brad, Richard, Wesley, George
Photo by G. Kaupas

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