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Music Appreciation

Ptah

(33,031 posts) Tue Dec 27, 2022, 06:10 PM Dec 2022

It's been a while - Ram Jam - Black Betty

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It's been a while - Ram Jam - Black Betty (Original Post) Ptah Dec 2022 OP

I read that when the producer asked the band how much money they needed to record, they said Atticus Dec 2022 #1

Original Black Betty (just learned of this myself) SaintLouisBlues Dec 2022 #2

Garage Rock Before Jack White ProfessorGAC Dec 2022 #3

Atticus

(15,124 posts)

1. I read that when the producer asked the band how much money they needed to record, they said

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Tue Dec 27, 2022, 06:27 PM

Dec 2022

"Two hundred dollars".

When the producer asked what sort of studio they could rent for $200, they explained they'd record in the drummer's back yard. The $200 was for the grass the band needed to "get ready" to record.

SaintLouisBlues

(1,244 posts)

2. Original Black Betty (just learned of this myself)

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Tue Dec 27, 2022, 06:27 PM

Dec 2022

ProfessorGAC

(65,061 posts)

3. Garage Rock Before Jack White

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Tue Dec 27, 2022, 07:44 PM

Dec 2022

They are reasonably tight, thought.
That twin guitar run in the middle is well done, too.

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