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Mentaltossflycoon said:
An old friend of mine on bass here. I'm curious what all the jazz guitar haters think of Dan Balmer's sound. He falls in more of the Scofield camp of chopped out legitemate jazzers who don't sound like mud and get freaky with the fx. And yes, it's a trio, Balmer is a semi permanent guest, lol.

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Sounding great! Honestly I think the muddy guitar sound is sometimes a preconception or a way for people to fake the archtop sound. If you listen to classic Joe Pass records there’s plenty of treble, same for Charlie Christian. People like Pat Martino or Jim Hall definitely have a darker sound but I find it more woody than woolly, not sure if that makes sense! Anyways I personally prefer a nice open sound for jazz guitar rather than muddy.
 
Bricksnbeatles said:
10/10 album. Those vocal harmonies 🔥
on the Thiiiirty first floooooor, a gold plated dooooor
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I'm guessing that's at least partially attributed to the Louvin brothers influence, especially since there's the cover of the Christian life on sweetheart of the rodeo. There's a great episode on the Louvin brothers and blood harmony on cocaine and rhinestones, which is my favorite podcast
 
When I was in graduate school there was a period of time where I existed pretty much on coffee, cigarettes, and alcohol and Franks Wild Years featured pretty heavily in the soundtrack of my life at the time. This was always one of my favorites and I thought just such a great start off to that album overall.

 
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