dmbaer
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George Duke - RIP
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Re: George Duke - RIP
2013/08/06 14:32:13
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Re: George Duke - RIP
2013/08/06 14:34:18
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Well shoot. I really did admire George. A sweet guy with an immense talent.
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Re: George Duke - RIP
2013/08/06 15:05:21
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used to play a bunch of george duke tunes with a band..
and of course, FZ, Ponty, Cobham, stanley clarke, alphonze mouzon, flora purim, man, what a line up!
rip GD
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Re: George Duke - RIP
2013/08/06 19:23:14
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Ahh man that is such sad news....I was a fan of the Zappa album One Size Fits All at the age of three and have listened to that album regularly ever since and considered Duke's playing to be one of the best things about it. Think I might go and fire up Kontakt and put something together with George Duke's Soul Treasures....I was playing with it a few nights ago and realized that the samples are freaking awesome and way more flexible than I'd originally given them credit for.
Anyway here's a classic vid of him playing with Stanley Clarke....
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Re: George Duke - RIP
2013/08/06 23:32:45
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Should auld acquaintance be forgot--hey, who the hell are you guys? X2(X3 pending hardware upgrade), Emulator X2, E-mu 1212M, Virtual String Machine
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dmbaer
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Re: George Duke - RIP
2013/08/08 17:59:22
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sharke
...I was a fan of the Zappa album One Size Fits All at the age of three and have listened to that album regularly ever since and considered Duke's playing to be one of the best things about it
Whoa! That's pretty heavy-duty stuff for a three year old. One Size Fits All is, to me, one of Zappa's two most musically sophisticated albums (the other being Burnt Weenie Sandwich ... just MHO). I listened to it again last night, paying particular attention to the KB. Man, I don't think I ever appreciated what a virtuoso Mr. Duke could be (the lady playing xylophone on that album was no slouch either!). I'm only now starting to realize what an extraordinarily versatile fellow he was.
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Re: George Duke - RIP
2013/08/08 18:01:02
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Wow just saw him at NAMM (in the MIDI Symposium).
I also saw him perform with Stanley Clarke in San Diego about three years ago.
RIP George.
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sharke
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Re: George Duke - RIP
2013/08/08 19:51:03
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dmbaer
sharke...I was a fan of the Zappa album One Size Fits All at the age of three and have listened to that album regularly ever since and considered Duke's playing to be one of the best things about it
Whoa! That's pretty heavy-duty stuff for a three year old. One Size Fits All is, to me, one of Zappa's two most musically sophisticated albums (the other being Burnt Weenie Sandwich ... just MHO). I listened to it again last night, paying particular attention to the KB. Man, I don't think I ever appreciated what a virtuoso Mr. Duke could be (the lady playing xylophone on that album was no slouch either!). I'm only now starting to realize what an extraordinarily versatile fellow he was.
Ruth Underwood was the xylophone player. I've seen videos on YouTube of her playing with Zappa, she is insanely good. Yeah Zappa is probably heavy for a 3 year old, but that's what was playing in our house all the time. Plus Steely Dan, Little Feat and the Mahavishnu Orchestra. I've always gravitated toward colorful harmony as a result.
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Re: George Duke - RIP
2013/08/10 13:08:38
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Hi,
Sad to see him go ... time to put on some Frank Zappa and some Stanley Clarke!
As a wise Guy once stated from his holy chapala ... none of the hits, none of the time ... prevents you from becoming just another turkey in the middle of all the other turkeys!
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Re: George Duke - RIP
2013/08/10 13:28:04
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sharke
...I was a fan of the Zappa album One Size Fits All at the age of three and have listened to that album regularly ever since and considered Duke's playing to be one of the best things about it
Whoa! That's pretty heavy-duty stuff for a three year old.
One Size Fits All is, to me, one of Zappa's two most musically sophisticated albums (the other being Burnt Weenie Sandwich ... just MHO). I listened to it again last night, paying particular attention to the KB. Man, I don't think I ever appreciated what a virtuoso Mr. Duke could be (the lady playing xylophone on that album was no slouch either!). I'm only now starting to realize what an extraordinarily versatile fellow he was.
That would have been Ruth Underwood. Sad day indeed. RIP George
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Re: George Duke - RIP
2013/08/10 14:46:12
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RIP I've been a FZ / Duke fan for years, seen them both together & separately several times. Here's a particular favorite FZ tune of mine with George, Inca Roads from 1 Size http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqp71DOJ3aY
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Re: George Duke - RIP
2013/08/10 15:08:28
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I think the guitar solo on the studio version of Inca Roads (which ironically was spliced together from live solos) is one of my favorite of all time. Zappa was a truly tasteful player!
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dmbaer
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Re: George Duke - RIP
2013/08/10 17:16:47
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carl
Here's a particular favorite FZ tune of mine with George, Inca Roads from 1 Size
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqp71DOJ3aY
Wow! What a performance. Although some of the Claymation in the video makes me glad I didn't see it on certain Saturday nights in the mid-seventies.
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Re: George Duke - RIP
2013/08/10 19:12:21
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I can't imagine what the person who made the claymation must have been on, but that was great!
Kind of sad when you type George Duke into Google and it still shows upcoming performances...
Time for all of you to head over to Beyond My DAW!
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Re: George Duke - RIP
2013/08/10 20:00:42
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Re: George Duke - RIP
2013/08/10 20:16:05
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Re: George Duke - RIP
2013/08/11 16:54:57
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sharke
I think the guitar solo on the studio version of Inca Roads (which ironically was spliced together from live solos) is one of my favorite of all time. Zappa was a truly tasteful player!
The 3 eponymous tracks from the "Shut up'n Play Yer Guitar album were all based on Inca Roads. Awesome track (and album)
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Re: George Duke - RIP
2013/08/11 16:55:57
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craigb
I can't imagine what the person who made the claymation must have been on, but that was great!
That would have been Bruce Bickford
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Re: George Duke - RIP
2013/08/11 21:08:32
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One of my favorite Albums ( yes... a real plank of vinyl ) was George Dukes Feel album...there are some cuts on your tube from it. great stuff
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