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Greetings from a new member
« on: August 20, 2007, 09:08:03 PM »

I thought it would be appropriate to introduce myself seeing how I am a new member to this illustrious group. We tend to jump into new forums and just start typing away and let our posts speak for themselves. For those who care, here's the short version.
I was born a poor white...OOPS, wrong script...
My name is Billy Yates. I hail from Macon Ga and have resided in Venice Ca for 10 years. I live in the canals and happy to say that Ed Cherney is my neighbor...cool hood for sure. Haven't borrowed any sugar from him but he did mix sound for one of our backyard parties! After my last gig playing guitar for the Outlaws, I just walked away from the biz...sick of the usual crap. I sold my studio content with never seeing another tape machine ever again.
Years later, the addiction returns along with a Studer and a renovated building in Culver City. My hopeless addiction to audio excellence brought me here. My 2/12 year journey of building a studio has re-invigorated my musical life. This has been a natural progression from running a guitar amplifier repair/building business, always dealing with the guys who make the music you and I listen to every day. What can I say? Life is short. Now I lust after Neve 1073's instead of 57 Strats. I love building amps and my client list is pretty cool but the music is what matters. The studio is cookin. My first client was Mavis Staple & Rick Holmstrom. Just rehearsals but I did record it.
Now enter Pro Tools HD and a tape dinosaur like myself. I love it...you're never too old to learn. The challenge is intoxicating. You guys are keeping it real here and I want you to know I appreciate that. Now I embark on the PT certification course from Chilito at AGI in Santa Monica...I gotta catch up!
You guys dusted my broom and at the same time washed my windows...the vision is clear, jump in and get dirty and make music. Its my turn to wash the windows and keep the vision clear myself. Meanwhile the thermionic transfer is glowing in my mind, ultimately turning into 0's & 1's. It is true, its all in the transformers...Have Mercy
You guys rock! Thanks for having me aboard.
Billy Yates
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Re: Greetings from a new member
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2007, 09:14:33 PM »

Hey Billy,

Welcome!

A cover band I was in as a kid used to play "Holiday" and "Green Grass....." for a good many gigs. We only had TWO lead players in that band tho! I grew up in Steve Gains country (north eastern Oklahoma till I was 13) and had that whole scene around me in spades.

"Holiday" was a great record.  What was your guitar set-up in those days?


David.
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Re: Greetings from a new member
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2007, 09:17:21 PM »

Welcome Billy, good to see you here. It's a great place to learn stuff. It's a good crew of folks around these parts.
Good to hear your passion for music has returned. Rick H. is a badass master of the blues and beyond and what can you say about Mavis? Pure soulfulness and such a sweetheart. Say hey to Ed C. for me.
Rock On,
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Re: Greetings from a new member
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2007, 09:28:28 PM »

phantom309 wrote on Mon, 20 August 2007 20:14

Hey Billy,

Welcome!

A cover band I was in as a kid used to play "Holiday" and "Green Grass....." for a good many gigs. We only had TWO lead players in that band tho! I grew up in Steve Gains country (north eastern Oklahoma till I was 13) and had that whole scene around me in spades.

"Holiday" was a great record.  What was your guitar set-up in those days?


David.


Funny you ask that...
I joined the group in 1988 right after I left "Doc Holliday" and I started with a 50 watt Marshall and a Stratocaster. That did not work. I ended up with a Les Paul Custom (black, of course) and a Boogie MKIIC...dreadful now,(the boogie) but cool back then. I played all of Billy Jones' parts. That lasted 2 years but it almost killed me. After I left, my good friend Toy Caldwell died and I realized I had made the right choice.
I loved Steve Gaines. He was the best guitarist Skynyrd ever had including my old boss, Hughie Thomasson. When I worked at Capricorn Studios, I had the fortune of finding a bunch of tape that was in the vault that included the material from his posthumous release "One from the Sun"...my god what a guitarist and sang his ass off too. Such a tragic loss.
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Re: Greetings from a new member
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2007, 09:45:50 PM »

Billy

Welcome to one of the best places on the web.
Thanks for your high energy posts.

...just dont be starting any threads about analog versus digital.  
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Re: Greetings from a new member
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2007, 10:10:42 PM »

Billy Yates wrote on Mon, 20 August 2007 19:28

phantom309 wrote on Mon, 20 August 2007 20:14

Hey Billy,

Welcome!

A cover band I was in as a kid used to play "Holiday" and "Green Grass....." for a good many gigs. We only had TWO lead players in that band tho! I grew up in Steve Gains country (north eastern Oklahoma till I was 13) and had that whole scene around me in spades.

"Holiday" was a great record.  What was your guitar set-up in those days?


David.


Funny you ask that...
I joined the group in 1988 right after I left "Doc Holliday" and I started with a 50 watt Marshall and a Stratocaster. That did not work. I ended up with a Les Paul Custom (black, of course) and a Boogie MKIIC...dreadful now,(the boogie) but cool back then. I played all of Billy Jones' parts. That lasted 2 years but it almost killed me. After I left, my good friend Toy Caldwell died and I realized I had made the right choice.
I loved Steve Gaines. He was the best guitarist Skynyrd ever had including my old boss, Hughie Thomasson. When I worked at Capricorn Studios, I had the fortune of finding a bunch of tape that was in the vault that included the material from his posthumous release "One from the Sun"...my god what a guitarist and sang his ass off too. Such a tragic loss.
Billy Yates


Steve was a legend in our town. He came out of Miami Ok. and played the Tulsa circuit quite a bit before getting the Skynyrd gig. "I Know A Little" is a great example of his Stratocaster mastery.

So you've played this progression about a trillion times?:  Em/C/G/D/A   Smile
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Re: Greetings from a new member
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2007, 11:04:08 PM »

Billy,

Welcome to Whatever Works. I believe you are going to add a wealth of knowledge and experience to our group.

Best Regards,

Bill
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Re: Greetings from a new member
« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2007, 11:24:07 PM »

phantom309 wrote on Mon, 20 August 2007 21:10

Billy Yates wrote on Mon, 20 August 2007 19:28

phantom309 wrote on Mon, 20 August 2007 20:14

Hey Billy,

Welcome!

A cover band I was in as a kid used to play "Holiday" and "Green Grass....." for a good many gigs. We only had TWO lead players in that band tho! I grew up in Steve Gains country (north eastern Oklahoma till I was 13) and had that whole scene around me in spades.

"Holiday" was a great record.  What was your guitar set-up in those days?


David.


Funny you ask that...
I joined the group in 1988 right after I left "Doc Holliday" and I started with a 50 watt Marshall and a Stratocaster. That did not work. I ended up with a Les Paul Custom (black, of course) and a Boogie MKIIC...dreadful now,(the boogie) but cool back then. I played all of Billy Jones' parts. That lasted 2 years but it almost killed me. After I left, my good friend Toy Caldwell died and I realized I had made the right choice.
I loved Steve Gaines. He was the best guitarist Skynyrd ever had including my old boss, Hughie Thomasson. When I worked at Capricorn Studios, I had the fortune of finding a bunch of tape that was in the vault that included the material from his posthumous release "One from the Sun"...my god what a guitarist and sang his ass off too. Such a tragic loss.
Billy Yates


Steve was a legend in our town. He came out of Miami Ok. and played the Tulsa circuit quite a bit before getting the Skynyrd gig. "I Know A Little" is a great example of his Stratocaster mastery.

So you've played this progression about a trillion times?:  Em/C/G/D/A   Smile


Hell Yes!!! Who wouldn't want to? That thing shreds!
Paul Rothschild produced the first Outlaws record and it was brilliant. You know why...just like Tres Hombres, simple and straightforward with an attitude. They were very well rehearsed when they cut that record and it shows. The artists and the engineer/producer being in sync and having mutual responsibility for its outcome. To me, that makes a record a record. There is a saying that I coined from my mentor, Tad Bush...RIP,
"There is a difference in making a record...do you want to make a record or jerk off?"
I have to laugh at that because its so true. How many releases do you hear during the course of year, or years do you actually connect with the process and say yea, that whole record is good?
From my backyard, it ain't often enough. I would love to see a trend where artists take the time to go beyond their abilities and take the time to do it right. Don't get me wrong here, many do but not enough of us get to hear about it and certainly not on radio. Gosh, I hope I don't sound too crass here on that one but it seems that way
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« Reply #8 on: August 20, 2007, 11:56:16 PM »

Billy Yates wrote on Mon, 20 August 2007 21:24

phantom309 wrote on Mon, 20 August 2007 21:10

Billy Yates wrote on Mon, 20 August 2007 19:28

phantom309 wrote on Mon, 20 August 2007 20:14

Hey Billy,

Welcome!

A cover band I was in as a kid used to play "Holiday" and "Green Grass....." for a good many gigs. We only had TWO lead players in that band tho! I grew up in Steve Gains country (north eastern Oklahoma till I was 13) and had that whole scene around me in spades.

"Holiday" was a great record.  What was your guitar set-up in those days?


David.


Funny you ask that...
I joined the group in 1988 right after I left "Doc Holliday" and I started with a 50 watt Marshall and a Stratocaster. That did not work. I ended up with a Les Paul Custom (black, of course) and a Boogie MKIIC...dreadful now,(the boogie) but cool back then. I played all of Billy Jones' parts. That lasted 2 years but it almost killed me. After I left, my good friend Toy Caldwell died and I realized I had made the right choice.
I loved Steve Gaines. He was the best guitarist Skynyrd ever had including my old boss, Hughie Thomasson. When I worked at Capricorn Studios, I had the fortune of finding a bunch of tape that was in the vault that included the material from his posthumous release "One from the Sun"...my god what a guitarist and sang his ass off too. Such a tragic loss.
Billy Yates


Steve was a legend in our town. He came out of Miami Ok. and played the Tulsa circuit quite a bit before getting the Skynyrd gig. "I Know A Little" is a great example of his Stratocaster mastery.

So you've played this progression about a trillion times?:  Em/C/G/D/A   Smile


Hell Yes!!! Who wouldn't want to? That thing shreds!
Paul Rothschild produced the first Outlaws record and it was brilliant. You know why...just like Tres Hombres, simple and straightforward with an attitude. They were very well rehearsed when they cut that record and it shows. The artists and the engineer/producer being in sync and having mutual responsibility for its outcome. To me, that makes a record a record. There is a saying that I coined from my mentor, Tad Bush...RIP,
"There is a difference in making a record...do you want to make a record or jerk off?"
I have to laugh at that because its so true. How many releases do you hear during the course of year, or years do you actually connect with the process and say yea, that whole record is good?
From my backyard, it ain't often enough. I would love to see a trend where artists take the time to go beyond their abilities and take the time to do it right. Don't get me wrong here, many do but not enough of us get to hear about it and certainly not on radio. Gosh, I hope I don't sound too crass here on that one but it seems that way


There are damned few records that are perfect packages for me....but that's one of them. Another I was listening to this afternoon: Captain Beyond's first. Every track means something important to the whole. That seems to be missing these days. Just as well that the LP/CD format is going the way of the Dodo.

Anyway, looking forward to your contributions here.
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« Reply #9 on: August 21, 2007, 12:00:58 AM »

Oh yea...
Captain Beyond..."I can feel nothing" supposedly written about Duane Allman. Brilliant. I love that album. I haven't heard it in over 25 years. Good score! Is it out on CD? Import?
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« Reply #10 on: August 21, 2007, 12:08:47 AM »

Billy Yates wrote on Mon, 20 August 2007 22:00

Oh yea...
Captain Beyond..."I can feel nothing" supposedly written about Duane Allman. Brilliant. I love that album. I haven't heard it in over 25 years. Good score! Is it out on CD? Import?
Billy Yates


Import only, but I managed to find a second copy for a buddy of mine. I'll keep my eyes peeled for you. Sometimes on Ebay. Crazy good guitar playing on that album for sure. Another Capricorn release, I think.

Seen this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjN5K2aEh3k
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« Reply #11 on: August 21, 2007, 03:39:37 AM »

"Paul Rothschild"

some of my favourite records were produced by that man

he really knew how to showcase the MUSIC

welcome to the madness...
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« Reply #12 on: August 21, 2007, 04:55:16 AM »

Hey man I'm in Culver City.  PM me and we can get a coffee at the Conservatory and you can show me your place!

Cheerio and welcome!
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« Reply #13 on: August 21, 2007, 06:09:33 AM »

All this talk of Capricorn reminds me of my old acquaintances Jonny Sandlin and G Scott Walden.

Anybody know what either of those guys is up to these days?

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« Reply #14 on: August 21, 2007, 12:05:00 PM »

Daniel Farris wrote on Tue, 21 August 2007 05:09

All this talk of Capricorn reminds me of my old acquaintances Jonny Sandlin and G Scott Walden.

Anybody know what either of those guys is up to these days?

DF


Johnny Sandlin is still around. Look him up on YouTube. He's been involved with some of the cats from Sea Level and Bonnie Bramblett.
Davis Causey (Sea Level) called me up a while back looking for a BF Super Reverb. He said the new band was doing great. On a sad note, one of my favorite guitarists, Jimmy Nalls is not doing well. He has come down with Hodgskin's Disease. He's living in Nashville. He plays occasionally but his stamina is low. What a shame. I hope he hangs in there. In a way, Sea Level was a groundbreaking group. Though short lived, they had an impact on music. It was a spring board for Chuck Leavel after the 1st demise of the Allman Brothers Band. I had the immense honor of having him guest on my last record and he really played his ass off. He now plays with the Stones. Nice gig eh?
As for G. Scott Walden, I am not sure. I know that Phil Walden's son took over the record label before Phil died. Good thing too...Phil loved to spend money on his houses! What a shame on him. He was a real Maverick in the business.
His brother Alan, was my first publisher. I also bought my first recording studio gear from him. It was installed right next door to Capricorn Studios in Macon. We had tie lines going to the patch bay at Capricorn...to the EMT 140's & the EMT 250!!!
That place was a riot. Oh, the stories I could tell. Its too bad that Capricorn fell into such dis-array. It was a wonderful place.
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