Re: instrumentals

["L. Bird" <pkeets@hotmail.com>]

> > Speaking of instrumental pieces, WHTQ just played 
>"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"--all 17:05 gorgeous minutes of it.
>
>Which includes singing, silly.  Instrumental?

Okay, maybe a minute and a half of vocals out of 17:05.  It's pretty much an 
instrumental masterpiece.


>Is somebody playing rhythm for him, or did he do the whole thing by 
>himself?
>
>As a guess I'd say he did the whole thing himself - keeping a general 
>rhythm with the bass drum & hi-hat & layering the tom-tom stuff over top.  
>It can be done without overdubs or a second person.

I guess they had been working it out in live concerts, but it's still 
amazing that they seem to have done it in one take.  There's no place to 
stop in there. <whew>

What they played on the radio seemed pretty hissy, and I thought I heard 
something underneath the drums.  I'll have to dig out the album and listen 
to it more carefully.


keets