View Full Version : Mr. Richter's at it again
Santiago
May-16-2009, 8:07pm
Did you hear his rendition of Sir Duke (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMmyMzkYf38) yet? Fantastic Jim! I hear some banjo in your interpretation of this too. (Not meant as an insult, I know Jim plays b#nj* also). Sort of like Mummers strumming going in there for a bit.
JimRichter
May-16-2009, 9:11pm
This was only a warm up for Baby's Got Back.
Santiago
May-16-2009, 9:32pm
After Burger King, I'll never hear that song again the same way. Too bad. Sir Duke is just such a fantastic bass song. I was playing the baseline starting with a low C on the G string, but I never figured out the entire song like that.
Jim-
Your Youtube stuff is amazing, makes me laugh and makes me practice. You are a modern Jethro B. Keep it up. If you take requests maybe something Parliament?
man dough nollij
May-16-2009, 9:48pm
This was only a warm up for Baby's Got Back.
Hey Jim,
Working on Green Manalishi yet? It surely must take precedence over BGB.
Just sayin'.
Lee
Dude....you just crack me up...good job once again...I should just pony up some dough and take lessons from you.:disbelief:
JEStanek
May-17-2009, 7:12am
I always get a big kick out of Jim's mando work on You tube. Thanks, Jim. Once again that was great fun to watch.
Here's the video embedded.
Jamie
JimRichter
May-17-2009, 4:55pm
I haven't worked up Green Manalishi, but I did record Oh Well last year for my solo CD. Debating whether to release it or not. It's fun, but I ain't no Peter Green!
Actually I did a sideways Parliament tribute recently. A Funkadelic approved version of Jerusalem Ridge on the telecaster:
Jim MacDaniel
May-17-2009, 7:09pm
Great stuff Jim!
Nice touch with the bib overalls!:))
Santiago
May-17-2009, 8:49pm
Jim seems to change mandolins more frequently than he changes clothes... but that's probably just the New Yorker in me. (I'm impressed with his musical wardrobe).
PhilGE
May-17-2009, 9:28pm
Thanks for pushing the boundaries, Jim. It's very much appreciated! :)
Ken Olmstead
May-18-2009, 12:15am
Jim seems to change mandolins more frequently than he changes clothes... but that's probably just the New Yorker in me. (I'm impressed with his musical wardrobe).
Jim seems to enjoy the quest for tone and I enjoy watching his documented journey! The Kimbles sound great and the Tele is well, a Tele. Jim, the Jag through the Super was a smokin' sound. Very unique and very YOU!! Did you let that one get away?
Jim,
Could hear a teenyweeny bit of your version of Oh well please? I'm sure it would go down a treat on your forthcoming CD.
JimRichter
May-18-2009, 6:33am
Well, I am someone who is on the "quest for tone." However, the current Kimble A5 is a keeper and is very much "my sound." I've owned 5 Kimbles--2 of them right now (the A5 and the Octave). Tone is part of it, but playability is also a big issue. Some instruments have been too hard for me to play (like my F2s and F4) due to big necks, some peetered out up the neck (like the 2 Duffs I've owned), etc. My current Kimble A5 is as near to perfect as I could expect out of any instrument.
Now with electric guitars and amps, that's an ongoing battle. Never happy in that department. And a Jaguar is not my guitar. Like the scale length, but never liked the wiring set up.
JimRichter
May-18-2009, 7:14am
Oh Well is not done and not sure if I will put it on the album. I can sing just enough to make myself dangerous so I've had to be very careful regarding which songs I sing for the album. Luckily, there's the line "I can't sing, I ain't pretty, and my legs are thin" so it covers all bases.
If I do put it on the album, I'll put a bass line w/ it in certain sections or maybe work in electric guitar or octave. I obviously need to sing/say Oh Well a few times at the end.
Solo part is ok but there's one part where I'm not as "confident" in my playing as I should be (sounds like not knowing where I"m going next).
But since we're all supportive, kind friends here I'll post it without fear of humiliation :) Truthfully, it's not one of the strongest things for the CD and will probably get bumped.
http://www.jimrichter.com/media/audio/OhWell.mp3
Santiago
May-18-2009, 8:36am
Wow! I like it. :mandosmiley:
Ken Olmstead
May-18-2009, 9:58am
Thats sounds great Jim! I can invision it with a bass line as you say but I think it would be great with another player. Cutting heads with youself on guitar maybe? Cool stuff as always!
Santiago
May-18-2009, 10:49am
I'm still trying to tackle his version of Ten Years Gone, which is really cool stuff. Thanks for your generosity and leadership here Jim (and jk about the overalls).
taboot
May-20-2009, 10:39am
Nice job on these tunes, Jim! For mandolinist fans of Sir Duke in general there are also lots of full band versions of Sir Duke in circulation, as interpreted by Jamie Masefield and the Jazz Mandolin Project. Likely some on the Live Music Archive.
Christian
woodwizard
May-20-2009, 11:15am
Very Cool! Jim
Eddie Sheehy
May-20-2009, 4:28pm
Happy Birthday Jim!
Thank you so much, Jim. That was a real treat to for us all. Stupendous playing (and the singing is not bad either).
mtucker
May-21-2009, 9:26am
Happy belated birthday! Enjoy your playin', Jim. One of my all-time favorites from your neck of the woods... :mandosmiley:
Howard33
May-21-2009, 7:52pm
Yes, happy belated birthday indeed.
Santiago
May-21-2009, 8:18pm
I don't know how Jim gets his tone. I'm learning Ten Years Gone from his Tab, and it just doesn't sound like Jim or anywhere near it. Granted, I don't have an F4, but it's not all the instrument.
JimRichter
May-21-2009, 9:52pm
I have low action--about as low as can go without buzzing. I use J74s-so I go for a lighter string. ProPlec for pick, light touch there except when I bite in for blues work. I believe in letting the mandolin do the work. Clean fretting up the neck to let the notes ring. More of a guitarist's strum--I love Ian Anderson and feel that he's the best rhythm rock acoustic guitarist alive--for bringing out the open strings. I really don't think about single strings--I really do think more in double stops, drones, chords. I'm very much a disciple of Mike Compton in this area. It's what makes the mandolin sound bigger than it is.
Also, I'm not a fast player (as far as the "traditional" mandolin approach goes--I'm not going to be busting your door down with Adam Steffey like perfectly played 16th notes) or even a particularly clean player;therefore, I put a lot into style and tone. For me, those are the two things that define me as a mandolinist (or guitarist). I've never been driven to be a virtuoso; only the best at playing Jim Richter music (as hokey as that sounds).
My goal is for someone to hear a few bars of of one of my tunes and go, "That's Jim Richter" without ever hearing the tune before. Much like someone can identify Grisman, Monroe, Compton, or Bush.
Jim
Don Julin
May-21-2009, 10:08pm
Hey Jim I really dig your playing. I hope to run into you at the Midwest Mandolin Festival in a few weeks. I will be playing a set in the afternoon and holding a workshop the next day. I hope we get a chance to jam a bit.
Don
JimRichter
May-21-2009, 11:01pm
I'll be giving a workshop that morning and playing around 6 or so. I've not confirmed yet, but I hope to attend your workshop on Sunday, Don. See you then!
So, Jim, when can we poor souls who don't live in the States expect to see the appearance of your blues instruction DVD/CD/book (he asks hopefully).
And when will your recording be published?
JimRichter
May-22-2009, 7:17am
Recording--hopefully later this year (but only if I get the motivation to finish it).
Book/DVD--probably only when Happy Traum comes beating down my door :)
mandopete
May-26-2009, 7:48pm
My goal is for someone to hear a few bars of of one of my tunes and go, "That's Jim Richter" without ever hearing the tune before.
I think you got that part nailed!