[Vintage-Audio] Nashville "Country Moog"

Tue Sep 12 11:07:08 EDT 2006

Hello Lee,

"The Outer Orbital Freeway", what a handle! Now Lee, I am a published 
Science Fiction writer and that title alone would cause me to hit the 
Westinghouse deep space retro air brakes, go into real time reverse, drop 
down into slow sneak atmospheric cloud to cloud hop mode and spin the CD in 
my integrated modular visor port that direct connects from the helmet visor 
through the facial skin directly to frontal lobe nerve endings. In short, a 
wireless CD player in the helmet visor that uses your brain as the pre-amp, 
surround sound amp, scratch - rumble - hiss - high frequency sinus draining 
sniffling sound filter and more.

I am intrigued Lee. Tell me more of the how, type of composition and the 
impressions you get when you kick back, close your baby blues and let the 
sounds paint the neural opcipital lobe scenery.

I am very sorry that you lost your friend. In the few words you wrote he 
sounds like he was a friend well worth having. Some forget you in six 
months, others would crawl halfway across the planet dragging themself by 
their fingernails to help you. Anyone who has five true, as in "real" 
friends, is five times blessed! Most of us can not count them on the fingers 
of one hand and not have several fingers left over.

You know who really is a friend, when they are hurting or in need, but are 
more concerned about you first. Those who drop the vacation they have been 
looking forward to for years, and rush to your side when they hear you have 
been seriously injured or are critically ill. Without resentment or regret 
for what they had to give up to do it! Going to be there but having thoughts 
of how you wished it had not happened now so you had to miss out on or give 
up ... That is 'not' a true friend.

I think my beloved late Mother said it best, at least for me: "Duane. When 
someone lets you down, fails their rightful responsibilities, breaks your 
heart or simply messes things up in about every possible way and you can 
still love them, that is the real thing. So love them in spite of themselves 
and you will be friends no matter what hardships, disappointments or pain 
filled times life sends your way. Now if they are being physically violent, 
intentionally cruel, physically destroying your property or stealing from 
you, walk away, never look back, that person never was a friend. Accept the 
good people for what they are, as well as what they are not. Love each other 
for who you are, not who or what others want you to be. A friend is the one 
who shows up when you need someone or something and have nothing to offer in 
return!"

If you have already written a book, or ever do, about your adventures in the 
world that Studio B built on the land that Nashville sold to RCA and then 
populated with perhaps the greatest group of talent this planet has ever 
assembled in one place for more than a weekend, I want a copy!

Duane W8DBF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <LeeHazen at aol.com>
To: <vintage-audio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Vintage-Audio] Nashville "Country Moog"

> 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
>
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