[Vintage-Audio] Who Is On The Keyboard?

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Hi All,

I was just listening to some of the fabulous recordings done by the late 
Marty Robbins. I know that he had an incredible band that worked with him, 
but when he was recording in the studio who was on the piano? It sounds a 
lot like the late Floyd Cramer. Was it?

What song was I listening to? Thought you would never ask! (LOL) The title 
is something like "Lord This Time You Gave Me A Mountain". After the as 
close to dead without being dead stroke that felled me last December 27th, 
and what I have had to do recover my body functions so that I could live in 
my house alone, I wanted to listen to that particular song today.

I also played "Don't Worry About Me" three, maybe it was five?, times! Now 
what did they do to that guitar to make it sound so different? It sounds 
like a reverb trick + what?

Then there is the bass guitar. How do they make it sound so sharp, almost a 
snap to the notes? Somebody told me years ago that it was done using paper 
wound around certain strings.

Thanks for the insights!

Duane, W8DBF

Duane Fischer, W8DBF - WPE8CXO
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