| Notes and Quotes: "Crying Game" |
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| Sullivan [re volume
pedal]: I first heard it on a Chet Atkins album. In fact it was the first
Chet Atkins album that was released over here. And I think it was on a
track called "Boo Boo Stick Beat." And he had this "ow-aa-ow-aa"
brass sound. So I immediately…, and this was 57? … I immediately
got one. I had to send over to the States for it, and how we did that
was there were lots of musicians playing on the boats, going on the trips
over to New York. They'd go into Manny's and bring whatever we wanted
back. DeArmond tone and volume pedal. But, it was used mainly by steel
guitar players. It was just one of those things. An inspiration of the
times. It worked out right. [Interview 24 January 2001] |
| Stephens [re Mike Smith]:
We used to go out and play darts in a pub from 12 til 3. And it wasn't
just playing darts, it was sinking whiskey's. Do you know what I mean? He said
during one of those sessions, "Sandy [Smith's wife] likes
that song." "What song?" I said. "The Crying Game."
I said, "Yeah, well it's a great song isn't it?"… Nudge,
nudge, wink wink. |
| Derek Johnson [NME 17 July 1964]: Another artists [sic] to follow the rock-a-ballad trend
is Decca's Dave Berry, who dual-tracks "The Crying Game." Earl
Guest's accompaniment is imaginative with a group echoing some of Dave's
phrases. The lyric is well-conceived, and the overall effect is warm and
embracing. But its chances would have improved if the melody was a trifle
stronger. (6) |
| Dave Berry [NME,
28 August 1964]: It wasn't my particular choice at all, this. I prefer
to stick to what we do on stage—rock and roll and r-and-b stuff....
I heard it before we did "My Baby Left Me" in January. I wasn't
knocked out with it, but when I played the demo disc to all my friends
in Sheffield, they went mad about it..., It was the record company's idea
to do it. (2) |
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8 February, 2012
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