Lindsey's instrumentation on SYW
 

Lindsey is credited as playing keyboards on SYW. Do we know the tracks he is playing on?

Stevie is also credited with playing keys. Which songs?

Also, is that Lindsey in the backing vocals on "Running Through the Garden"??? What about "Say You Will"?---I can't hear him on the album version of this song.

From What I know

Lindsey plays keyboards, mostly a Korg Triton 7 and a Yamaha Motif 8 on the following songs:

What's the World Coming to, Murrow, Thrown Down, Running Through The Garden, Silver Girl, Bleed to Love Her, Everybody Finds Out, Say Goodbye, and Goodbye Baby.

Stevie adds Keys to Running Through The Garden and Silver Girl

Other Keyboard Parts:
Keyboards on What's the World Coming to and PeaceKeeper John Shanks
Hammond Organ on Come Jamie Muhbarec
Hammong Organ on Say You Will Sheryl Crow
Piano on Steal Your Hear Away: Originally done by Dave Palmer, then again by Christine McVie. Both record tracks are used.

Backing Vocals: Lindsey is on Say You Will. THe chorus in the Album cut. Verses and Chorus in the remixes. Sheryl Crow sings the high vocals. Yes, Lindsey is singing on running through the garden.

I don't think Sheryl Crow is on Say You Will (the song). She's only on Silver Girl. The high harmonies on SYW are the kids--Molly McVie, Jessica Nicks and her friend.

I'd like to know where Christine sings and plays...I wish they had done a track by track credit listing...

Cool info...but, credibility lacks when you misspell LINDSEY's name. :)

I misspell Lindsey' s name all the time. I have a very good friend who spells her name Lyndsey. So that is always my default spelling.....sorry...I know it is with an I, but I am sure I will spell it with the Y again.

It is absolutley Sheryl Crow doing the high Say You Will's in the 3rd chorus. Very easy to tell just listening. Even easier to tell when you see the session sheets.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Christine sang vocals on "Bleed to love her" and "Steal your heart away".

I think those are the only songs that she was on.

Christine plays piano and sings backing vocals on Steal Your Heart Away. Backing Vocals on Bleed to Love Her. Sheryl Crow adds backing vocals on Silver Girl. John Pierce who played bass in the early GOS sessions played some of the bass parts on Steal Your Heart Away.

Where was this information obtained?

Thanks for the info.

Bob

Session sheets? How did you see those??? Are you sure it's Sheryl and not just Lindsey messing with the tracks??

Without giving too much away....These are the sheets used by bands, studios to document personnel playing, singing engineering, etc. on a track. The band uses them to id the track they are on for recording/mixing purposes then the raw scriblings are detailed and fleshed out by a studio assistant to be given to the the record company to identify personnel for royalty payments. It is this final process where I was able to get to see them. If I could have copied them I would have, but they don't belong to me. They belong to Warner Bros and the Band. No I do not work for either.

It is Sheryl Crow!!! Don't know what else to tell you.

I would argue with that one... listen to the second voice behind Stevie's during the phrase "That kind of touch, electricity of love
That certain kind of grace." It sure sound more like Sheryl than Stevie to me.

John

Thanks for the info, John!

John Pierce also has a musician credit on the album... any idea what and where he's playing?

And John McVie is credited with "black keys"... not to sound like an idiot, but does anyone know what the heck that means?

Yes that's been the only thing really bugged me about the credits (who cares if it's Lindsey or Sheryl or Molly lol). My first guess was it was some sort of 'in joke' - but for all I know there actually is some sort of 'black keys' instrument...
I googled it but just got a lot of stuff about a band by the name The Black Keys. :shrug:

In terms of it being an 'in-joke', it could be that Stevie (and perhaps Lindsey) can really only play the piano in keys like C, Am which only utitlise the 'white keys'. It wouldn't surprise me at all to learn that John has a solid piano knwoledge. So maybe he's helped out or something - and the whole joke is that they're all trying to compensate for Chris' absence... it's pretty funny when you picture them there trying to manage it by themselves, lol!
Either way, if Lindsey was using a Motif, it's as easy as pressing a button to be able to play any key off just the white keys.

:laugh:
That's exactly what I came up with when I tried to "google it!"

I've wondered if it's something as goofy as him just literally playing the black keys on a piano/keyboard, but I dared not ask about it before because I figured I'd get laughed off the board! *blushing*

:)

Joe, you were editing your message as I was typing mine apparently... and it looks like we were both kind of thinking along the same lines.

You should be scared! :laugh: