Best song with a Hurdy Gurdy solo

[Motown_Johnny]

gonna be a short thread


I saw this live in Detroit and the video does not do it justice. That thing creates A LOT of sound.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. well, duh

the song will never be the same for me after Zodiac;;;;fucking creepy flick

[Motown_Johnny]

2. I don't think there is a Hurdy Gurdy in that song (much less a solo)

Kinda like doing "Mr. Tambourine Man" without a tambourine


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurdy_Gurdy_Man


^snip^


In the booklet that came with Donovan's 1992 double CD, Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964-1976, Allan Holdsworth and Jimmy Page are listed as the electric guitar players and John Bonham and Clem Cattini as drummers on the recording. However, according to John Paul Jones, who arranged and played bass on the track (and also booked the session musicians), Clem Cattini played the drums and Alan Parker played the electric guitar.[4] This line-up was confirmed by Cattini [5] On Jimmy Page's website, he lists this song as one on which he plays.[6] Jimmy himself has actually never claimed that he played on the track and has also mentioned that Alan Parker was the guitarist on the session.

Chart positions were #4 UK Singles Chart; #5 Billboard Pop Singles (US); #3 Cash Box (US)
The session was produced by Mickie Most and engineered by Eddie Kramer.

In interviews with Keith Altham for the NME and Hit Parader, and Tony Wilson for Melody Maker,[2] Donovan explained he wrote "Hurdy Gurdy Man" as a gift for his friend and early guitar mentor Mac MacLeod. Donovan wanted MacLeod's band Hurdy Gurdy to record it. However, Donovan changed his mind about giving the song as gift and recorded his own version. Donovan claimed in an interview with Little Steven Van Zandt that he had originally hoped Jimi Hendrix would play on the song, but he was unavailable. Jimmy Page has often been credited as playing electric guitar, which Donovan maintains in Hannes Rossacher's 2008 documentary Sunshine Superman: The Journey of Donovan, where he asserts that the song ushered in the Celtic rock sound which would lead to Page, Jones, and Bonham forming Led Zeppelin soon afterwards.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. but, how can you have a hurdy gurdy thread without mentioning it

[Motown_Johnny]

6. agreed, it pretty much doubles the length of this thread

[Tuesday Afternoon]

8. lol

and now we have tripled it

[Tom Ripley]

13. Parker turns up in some wonderful places. That's his rhythm guitar on Bowie's "1984"

David "Most Underrated Guitarplayer of all Time" Bowie handled all the rest of the guitars on the Diamond Dogs album.

[hlthe2b]

3. Ok, I have to admit, despite the Donovan song, I never really knew what one was...

That is one complex instrument. I can not think it would not be among the most difficult to play. That guy was great.

[eppur_se_muova]

4. "Best" is so subjective ...

but here's an excuse to post a link to something from the Hoffnung Music Festival Concert: Gordon Jacob's Variations on "Annie Laurie'' featuring the following instruments: heckelphone, 2 contrabass clarinets, 2 contra-bassoons, hurdy-gurdy, serpent, contrabass serpent, subcontrabass tuba, harmonium and 2 piccolos.

Honestly, the hudry-gurdy doesn't get much solo time.

http://www.last.fm/music/Various+Artists/Hoffnung%2BMusic%2BFestivals%2B1956%252C%2B1958%2B%2526%2B1961
(tracks 10-15; not sure why the 4th variation is missing)

[Tom Ripley]

7. It is my dream instrument. Fuck dropping 2 grand on a guitar.

[jmowreader]

10. Well, here ya go...

http://www.altarwind.com/moncur.htm

Handmade, NEW hurdy gurdies for sale.

[Tom Ripley]

12. Those are beautiful instruments

[saras]

9. It's the best instrument ever to get paid for not playing in front of someone's business

It's not a musical instrument, it's a weapon of mass destruction, a bagpipe for people with small lungs. Sounds rather like playing Celtic music on power tools.

I fuckin' LOVE them.

Hedningarna completely ROCKS - all acoustic with hurdygurdy

[Tom Ripley]

11. I always like to imagine hurdy gurdy players among the crowds at public executions

[enuegii]

14. I always liked this song featuring the Hurdy Gurdy...

plus you get bagpipes, violin and some sort of Brazilian tin flute thrown in to the mix.

[opiate69]

15. Blackmore's Night - "The Clock Ticks On"

[opiate69]

16. Or, better yet....

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[OriginalGeek]

17. hehe, i came in just to post the little bit from

The Song Remains the Same

but I like yours better. I saw that tour too and that was indeed a lot of fun.

[Lionel Mandrake]

18. Schubert - Winterreise - "Der Leiermann", Hans Hotter

Note: "Leiermann" means "hurdy-gurdy player".