Quote from: CynthiaAnn on May 11, 2019, 07:26:50 PM
Thanks Ellen !! I am into Costello, you know how to cherry pick the era ! "watchin' the detectives", is playing in my head now....
I am glad to see/read the musical banter here, way to rock this thread Ellen and all !
C -
Yep, I like the "true king of rock & roll" (Mr. McManus/Costello). "Watching The Detectives" is also very cool. I had a letdown, when Elvis went through that long period of time on the 80s & 90s, when he seemed like "all Burt Bacharach all the time" style-wise. When he got the original Attractions back together (minus Bruce Thomas, who he hasn't gotten along with in some time), calling them the Imposters, and they released
The Delivery Man, which I saw him perform songs from on Austin City Limits, it was "yeah, Elvis is back, and he's pissed again!"
Watching this vid, with Elvis making that tenor guitar version of the Gretsch 6120 snarl, is igniting my Gretsch GAS (gear acquisition syndrome) again. Gretsch guitars are one of my "can't get over them guitars" - I may get rid of them, but sooner or later, I get another one. Gretsches were a major part of my guitarsenal from 2002 (my first one was a cheapo bottom end Synchromatic) until 2018. My Gretsch addiction - Country Clubs! Believe me, they're capable of oh so much more than greaser style rockabilly, and Chet Atkins style country music. The problem is, for me it's a Proline series (upper tier model line) with Dynasonic, or FilterTron pickups that do it for me (not the lower line models with mutant PAF humbuckers), and those things cost a bundle! The only way I could afford one now, is if I did a pyrric trade (which means saying bye-bye to several of my cool, refretted guitars), or get one on payments from a place like Sweetwater or zZounds (not so sure I want that financial drain), so I think I'll wait a while - maybe the GAS will go away.