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Conference mr1pst::music

Title:	MUSIC V4
Notice:	New Noters please read Note 1.*, Mod = someone else
Moderator:	KDX200::COOPER

Created:	Wed Oct 09 1991
Last Modified:	Tue Mar 12 1996
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	762
Total number of notes:	18706

682.0. "Amazing Grace" by LARVAE::BRIGGS_R () Wed Nov 09 1994 05:36

    
    In 1969/70 there was a 'progressive' sounding version of Amazing Grace
    knocking around here in the UK although I don't think it made the
    charts or anything. It was instrumental and my memories are of it being
    played on electric guitar with lots of sustain.
    
    I always thought it was the 'theme' for the Woodstock event but having
    watched tons of Woodstock footage I have never heard it or seen it 
    referred to.
    
    Has anyone any idea who this might have been?
    
    Richard
    Basingstoke, UK

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
682.1	Amazing Chris	SLICK1::OSTIGUY		`Wed Nov 09 1994 08:18`	5
	Chris Squire of YES fame did a version on AG on bass...quite an interestng version, I'm not sure at the moment when it was released apart from it being included in the Yes-Years box set hope that helps
682.2		BUSY::FISED::SLABOUNTY	Thailboat!!	`Wed Nov 09 1994 09:25`	5
	Steve Vai did one on the "Dudes" soundtrack also. GTI
682.3		DREGS::BLICKSTEIN	db	`Wed Nov 09 1994 09:34`	6
	I read an interview with guitarist Steve Morse (of the Dregs) where he mentioned that someone had a hit with this, but I don't remember offhand who it was that did it (I think I would've remembered if it was Chris Squire). I'll see if I can find that interview again.
682.4		COOKIE::LAMBERT	Sam, Storage Mgmt. S/W @CXO	`Wed Nov 09 1994 11:41`	5
	Phil Keaggy does one on "Master and the Musician", using an E-bow sustain- er, but that version is newer than the requested timeframe. -- Sam
682.5		WMOIS::MAZURKA	Son_Of_Yanni.	`Wed Nov 09 1994 15:42`	4
	U2 has been know to do A Short_Version of this Now_And_Then Live. Crazy_I_Once_Was_Lost_But_Now_I'm_Gone_Al
682.6		AWATS::WESTERVELT	Tom	`Thu Nov 10 1994 08:02`	2
	And now, Phish has a habit of doing this song (a capella).
682.7		LARVAE::BRIGGS_R		`Mon Nov 14 1994 04:44`	9
	Well, don't tell me Notes is goimg to let me down. This'll be a first. Come on, I'm talking 1969/70. One-off minor hit (in UK at least) for a band. Instrumental (in a progressive style a la Frijid Pink (House of Rising Sun) from what I recall). American band I'm convinced. I'm sure it was associated with some big festival (but it wold appear not Woodstock). Richard
682.8	haven't got a clue really.....	WOTVAX::STONEG	Temperature Drop in Downtime Winterland....	`Mon Nov 14 1994 08:38`	7
	....probably done by ELP, it's the sort of thing I can imagine Keith Emerson claiming to have written %^) Graham
682.9	Peter Gabriel	ASLAN::GKELLER	Congressional Gridlick is a good thing	`Mon Nov 14 1994 09:14`	2
	I'm not sure who you're talking about, but Peter Gabriel did an excellent version of Amazing Grace. It is on "Taxi"
682.10	correction...	CLUSTA::FADDEN		`Wed Nov 16 1994 12:01`	4
	I think that's Brian Ferry you're referring to who did Amazing Grace on "Taxi"...
682.11	whoops, Monday was a long week last week	ASLAN::GKELLER	Congressional Gridlick is a good thing	`Mon Nov 28 1994 14:36`	4
	Yep, my mistake. When I entered that I had just finished talking about PG and Genesis in GRATEFUL, so I had them on my mind. Geoff:-)
682.12	version by Bob Snyder?	AWATS::WESTERVELT		`Tue Nov 29 1994 15:12`	6
	I'm looking for a (current?) version of Amazing Grace done on a sax (trombone?) by a guy named Bob Snyder. If anyone can point me to more information on this, I'd sure appreciate it. Tom