We wanted to have the song represent ourselves and to show that we had the ability to pound away at rock…but because we’re Fanny – we were melody conscious and lyrics conscious – not just straight-ahead R&R. “It was an exercise in writing a rock song…when we wrote it. Now, that’ drumming Art and, moreover, sleight of hand 🙂 )” – June Millington They were like, “how did she do that?!” They said her parts were impossible, but she did ’em anyway. And a few told us that they’d seen Fanny in the Midwest back in the day. You know, when Jean and I did a Honolulu gig back in the late ’90s, fans came out of the woodwork.
And how about that last long press roll Alice does at the end? Godalmighty, how dare she? Who does that? Alice, that’s who – she went right to the line, and crossed it.
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(well, if you know how to listen ~ but even if not, you can feel it). So, we listened, and I said, ‘You gotta absolutely do what Alice did.’ Click!Īs I was listening to version #2, I noted just a little lick at 2:15 that Alice repeated a few times, it just talks to you. I also noticed that on ‘Hey Bulldog,’ you gotta do her parts – when we first played with Lee, he of course was playing the modern way, and I was like ‘what’s wrong?’ It was, like, chubby, clunky, no life, even though what he was playing was in essence, perfectly fine. She is incrdible, and all of it is exciting! You know, Alice’s style (and maybe, everyone’s drum parts back then, but in particular Alice has it down) is “busy” compared to now, but it totally works! And try to do it without her perfectly placed fills, no baby ~ no no, won’t work. She starts out with a few hh hits, then launches. I think Jean and I started the groove and Alice came down and we were off!Īnd now, to Alice’s parts: From the intro, Alice has got her part “blocked out,” exquisitely. Okay, just re-listened! Must say, I like the first version better (I think, the only difference was the intro organ cut, and vocals either added to or re-done ~ I noticed a few crossing parts) because it feels so much better and vital! And, quite frankly, I can feel all our hours of jamming and playing and just jamming and jamming! We play “ Seven Roads” from Fanny’s first album, and “A Little While Later” from the “Charity Ball” album in full, as well as clips from other songs. Episode 38! In this episode, it’s Part 1 of our hashtag #AskAlice! Fanny’s drummer answers fan’s questions as she talks about her drumming on a variety of Fanny tunes.
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