[Vintage-Audio] Nashville "Country Moog"

[LeeHazen at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/11/06 6:13:41 PM Central Daylight Time, 
dfischer at usol.com writes:

<< Hey Lee! Ever see a copy of the late sixties Moog synthesizer release 
called 
 "Country Moog"? It did not have the guy/woman? Walter Wendy Carlos playing 
 it. He/she was about the only musician that could play it right, other than 
 its inventor. Just look how far the synthesizer has come? >>

Yes, I have it in my collection.  There were two very prolific Moog artists in
Nashville - Gil  Trythall and Rick Powell.

Gil's albums were entirely Moog.  He synthesized country instruments and the
albums were very entertaining.

Rick did two types of sessions - All Moog and Moog accompanied by the 
Nashville
"A" team players as the rhythm section. Rick's recordings were incredible.

I personally knew Rick and considered him  one of my best friends.  He was
an accomplished arranger and guitarist and a producer as well.  We lost Rick
this year to cancer.

I went to Ithica NY to train to program the Moog when I was at Woodland Sound
Studios.  I was the staff "Moog guy" and programmed the instrument for clients
who wanted to use it on projects.  I did a few wierd recordings on my own -
" Moog 4 X" and "The Outer Orbital Freeway" (using an eventide Harmonizer).

I'm pretty sure that you could find the Moog albums at the Great Escape in
Nashville - and if not, I could copy my LPs to CDs since these  records are
out of print for over 30 years.

Good Luck !

Lee