HOW MANY TIMES

[STEDDIE EDDIE]

This is one of my favourite, if not favourite, Irish Country bands, THE OUTLAWS, they dont feature steel, but i think they are great, as a band to practice your steel along to, especially those harmonics, maybe you will agee?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrJwntLtgRk

[Basil Henriques]

Eddie, check out where they recorded most of their material, and who engineered and produced it..FWIW..
Or you could ring Sean in 'Blaney and ask him..
A sitting room in Rosemount Co Westmeath was where a large proportion of their recordings were done.

Interesting Spanish guitar.

[STEDDIE EDDIE]

Basil, was it you??? i just love to watch this band live, especially with the girl fiddle player, cant think of her name, but she has gone since left and joined the 'john mc nicoll band, i just love how busy their music is, pure hillbilly from monaghan, was gonna ask your views basil, on country recordings coming out of Ireland in recent years, particulary from Granard, and im thinking in particular of Nathan Carter recordings, i think they are as good as anything that ever came out of Nashville, would like to hear your views, especially since you played such a huge part in recording here,

[Basil Henriques]

Indeed Eddie, I played acoustics, Bass and other guitars as well as arranged and engineered a LOT of their material.. In my sitting room on a 24 track 2" at 30ips.
Sean and the rest of the band played the majority of the instruments, but BIAB was the Drum kit and piano.
I believe Diedre was the girl fiddlers name, but initially there were two girls on fiddle.

As for studios, I was of some influence in the studio in Granard, advising Chuck's "gossoon" as what to use re software etc. I did help with his learning of Logic and it's plugins and general application.
At that time I was an Instructor working for the Dept of Education and seconded to the Academy of Music Technology and Performing arts in Mullingar.

As for the recording scene in Ireland, I've had my hand in the starting and development of many a studio. I stood in a field in Co Tyrone and looked at a chicken barn and "laid " out the design structure of Gene's place. Designed and originated "Castle Sound" in the Lyric in Blaney. (Later to be re-named "Big Tom's Studios)
I stood in the pouring rain in Athlone in John (Cha) Nicholson's back garden and drew out the plans for Midland Sound Studios and consequently helped construct and run them.

I've helped with the layout of Fiona, and made technical suggestions to many, too many to list or even recall..
All eventually to be revealed in my autobiographical book "Six Days on the Road" (Almost was "Sick Days" etc) to see the light of day sometime mid 2011.
I've related many an urban myth and even true ones, but renamed the culprits i.e. Thomas Mor, and Joe O'Maddy from Glennaneil. Locky Toeman, Larry Cleverpig and so on..not to forget Seamus Andriod.. The "Ben Lang" is also in prolific useage along with my speciality "Cant" (Romany).

So you did ask...
There is much more to tell... l8tr .

[David Roberts]

I like the nylon strung guitar; very "Grady Martin".

[Basil Henriques]

Thank you David, in fact I consider regular guitar to be my main instrument, taking second place only to my main area of expertise, the recording studio, its components and applications.