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So this morning while in a rush I turned on the radio to get my lazy ass motivated out of bed (which didn't help) and was tuned to the local "classic rock" station where they 'Burnin' Sky' by Bad Company.
Apart from it being a silly song lyrically (about a prison convict who goes to jail over the love of a woman..???) the music itself has a bit of a funky bass line played with what sounds like a Hammond B-3 low in the mix. Anyway, the beginning riff guitar part and it's spooky return and the end of the song where it sounds less of anything "bluesy" and more of a middle-Eastern vibe that becomes louder in the mix as the song fades seems to have an interesting tone (at least to me) ..so how does guitar player Mick Ralphs get that sound? Sounds like he using amp distortion and maybe playing a slide but it appears there is more to it that that -like he's using a compressor or some other effect (which is weird considering the quality of most effects in the 70's were archaic and unreliable). So...um, yeah, this is the shit I think about at 7:30 in the morning.
Apart from it being a silly song lyrically (about a prison convict who goes to jail over the love of a woman..???) the music itself has a bit of a funky bass line played with what sounds like a Hammond B-3 low in the mix. Anyway, the beginning riff guitar part and it's spooky return and the end of the song where it sounds less of anything "bluesy" and more of a middle-Eastern vibe that becomes louder in the mix as the song fades seems to have an interesting tone (at least to me) ..so how does guitar player Mick Ralphs get that sound? Sounds like he using amp distortion and maybe playing a slide but it appears there is more to it that that -like he's using a compressor or some other effect (which is weird considering the quality of most effects in the 70's were archaic and unreliable). So...um, yeah, this is the shit I think about at 7:30 in the morning.
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