Twang! questions

Mrpeabody · #1 03-20-2006, 02:18 AM

On the 1996 comp "Twang! Tribute to Hank Marvin and the Shadows", the Splinter Group does the track "Midnight". I don't know about anyone else, but this was the first place I'd seen or heard that PG had started playing again. And the playing is brilliant.

Dumb question #1: Is that really PG playing the main guitar throughout? I only ask because in all the later CDs he's done, we never hear him that up-front and playing that lyrically. Usually, Nigel takes over.

Dumb question #2: Does anyone know the background story to them doing this track? Was this indeed Peter's first "comeback" track?

Thanks!
Mr. Peabody

dansven · #2 03-20-2006, 11:44 AM

Hello, Mr. Peabody!

It was also the first music from his "Splinter Group comeback" that I heard. According to Celmins' biography:

Twang!: July 96
Knights Of The Blues Table: October-December 96
Splinter Group album: December 96

I don't know where to put the SAS Band sessions in here...? But it seems like the Twang session was the first, yes.

I imagine it's Peter playing the main melody, and maybe Nigel doing the harmony lines. But I agree with you the playing is very upfront. But I believe it's Peter, because Nigel would have done one of his typical cliché licks and spoilt it!!!

Anyway, Peter did play the solo himself at Buxton in 1996, while Nigel playes rythm.

By the way, they also recorded "Walk Don't Run" at the Twang session, but it is still not released. I believe Peter wasn't satisfied with it.

Daniel

Mrpeabody · #3 03-20-2006, 12:45 PM

Thanks Daniel. I feel much better knowing that was him playing.

What's the SAS band sessions?

sharksfan2000 · #4 03-20-2006, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Mrpeabody

Thanks Daniel. I feel much better knowing that was him playing.

What's the SAS band sessions?

Here's the info - don't know the exact recording date though.

WITH THE SAS BAND - SPRING 1996
THAT'S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT
(Peter Green gtr; Jamie Moses gtr; Kiki Dee v; Chris Thompson v; Roger Taylor v,dms; Roger Chapman v;Tony Adley v; Madeline Bell v; Stevie Vann v; Jess Roden v; Mark Shaw v; John Deacon bs; Steve Stroud bs; Charlie Morgan dms; Spike Edney keys; backing vocals : everybody plus Fabia)

dansven · #5 03-20-2006, 01:51 PM

Thanks, sharksfan2000!

So the SAS Band session was before the Twang! session then.

Mr. Peabody: The SAS Band was an "All Star" band, and they released an album called "SAS Band". You can hear a few guitar lines on "That's The Way God Planned It", not much though....

Mario · #6 03-21-2006, 11:56 AM

Actually, SAS means Spike All Stars, where Spike is Spike Edney, who played keyboards with the second incarnation of the Splinter Group.

Turning on "Midnight", then Peter also recorded "Walk, Don't Run" for a possible Ventures tribute album for IRS, but wasn't happy with the final mix, as he felt that the late Cozy Powell put his drums to high in the mix.

I know that the track was finished after a fashion and I know who has got the tapes, but he will be remaining nameless... sorry for that folks...

Mario.