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From: barth@tellab1.UUCP (Barth Richards)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Attention Stick Players and Fans
Message-ID: <691@tellab1.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 13:55:28 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov  6 13:55:28 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 9-Nov-85 07:02:12 EST
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Keywords: Chapman Stick, Stanley Jordan

In article <22300031@ada-uts.UUCP> wayne@ada-uts.UUCP writes:
>
>I need some assistance.  I am trying to compose a list of albums that
>has the Chapman Stick played on it.  Obvious ones are: King crimson's
>latest three, Peter Gabriel, and Bruce Cockburn's "Catch the Fire".
>Alfonzo Johnson plays The Stick on some albums, as well as Sting's
>bassist for his solo album (I can't remember his name).
>
>If you know of any, even if it's only one song, please let me know.
>I hope to make a list, and if there's a strong interest, I'll post
>it to the net.

One example is Robin Scott's FAMOUS LAST WORDS album. (Robin Scott--aka M.)
There is one song on this album called "Dance On The Ruins," but a quick
check of the credits revealed no mention of The Stick, despite its unmistakable
presence on the track. However, a second inspection of the back cover did
disclose that a certian T. Levin played bass on the album (also Thomas Dolby
on keyboards.)

>(The reason I'm asking is two-fold: I want to prove that the efforts
>of Stanley Jordan is by no means unique (see my reply to an earlier
>praise of him in net.music) and also because I myself play The Stick
>and I would like to see and hear how some musicians use it.
>Many thanks in advance...

Actually, I read somewhere in an interview with Mr. Chapman that he got the
idea for the stick from Jimi Hendrix, who used to occasionlly play by
hammering the strings.

>"Arguments, agreements, advice, answers, articulate announcements;
>      It's only Talk." -- Adrain Belew

"Talk, it's only talk/Babble, burble..........and other
 words that begin with a "B."
	     -Adrian Belew
	      from ELEPHANT WALK (a bootleg)