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Tommy Shaw and Jack Blades Influenced By Goo!!
« on: Dec 11th, 2007, 10:41pm » |
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Hey, Goobers!!
Tonight I bought the latest CD the side project of Shaw-Blades called "Influence". This band is a side project for Tommy Shaw (Styx) and Jack Blades (Night Ranger). The CD is covers of their favorite songs from the 60's and 70's. I was reading the liner notes and they both talk about how they re-did these songs. Here are the two songs that Tommy and Jack mention The Goos. I got these items from their website. If you want to hear the songs go to shawblades.com.
Lauren
“I Am a Rock” Listen
(Simon & Garfunkel, 1966)
Jack Blades: “Tommy had an idea to do this one almost like the Foo Fighters or the Goo Goo Dolls, and it was fun. We let ourselves take certain liberties with some songs, like this one, and then on others we tried to stay true to the original.”
Tommy Shaw: “We took this to a whole other level – I’m surprised no one has ever cut this in a heavier version, it was a natural.”
“Dance with Me” Listen
(Orleans, 1975)
Tommy Shaw: “Jack’s son, Colin, a very experimental songwriter himself, is always playing with different tunings, and he showed me this tuning that he said was a typical Johnny Rzeznik [Goo Goo Dolls] tuning. I tried it, and this song came to life like in a way I’d never heard it. I’d played this song in bars back before I joined Styx, but the original was sounding a little too sweet for us in that form. This tuning gave it some darkness, which set the lyrics in a more introspective tone. Jack’s bass, Randy Mitchell’s drum loops, and a little sprinkling of mandolin dust was all this one needed.”
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Re: Tommy Shaw and Jack Blades Influenced By Goo!!
« Reply #1 on: Dec 12th, 2007, 6:47am » |
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That's cool. Thanks for sharing. 
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