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moniss

(6,150 posts)
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 05:47 AM Nov 30

This is where the Eagles got it from

and the producer is Mike Nesmith and he is on guitar with others. 1973. Steve Young originally wrote this and recorded it in 1969.

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This is where the Eagles got it from (Original Post) moniss Nov 30 OP
This is great Beatlelvr Nov 30 #1
Michael Nesmith, from, kozar Nov 30 #2
5 part harmonies are moniss Nov 30 #6
I learned the hard way, kozar Nov 30 #7
One of the first things I got yelled at in chorus was for singing soprano moniss Nov 30 #9
Ok⁹ kozar Nov 30 #8
I'd forgotten about Ian Matthews JohnnyRingo Nov 30 #3
Exactly, kozar Nov 30 #5
Dupe, sorry kozar Nov 30 #4

Beatlelvr

(692 posts)
1. This is great
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 08:39 AM
Nov 30

Never heard before. Love the steel guitar. Saw Matthews a few years ago at local venue that showcases singer songwriters. He sang all parts on this.
Thanks!

kozar

(2,924 posts)
2. Michael Nesmith, from,
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 08:44 AM
Nov 30

The Monkees. Talented person, the greatest part of this song,
They, all held their tone, and made music, no one had to be, important. Vince Gill, got close.

Koz

moniss

(6,150 posts)
6. 5 part harmonies are
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 09:40 AM
Nov 30

great. I caught a Johnny Cash concert in the early '60's in Freeport, Illinois. He had the Statler Brothers and the Carter Family with him. Lots of mountain music and some Gospel. They also all came on stage and did an a capella of Amazing Grace and one other I don't remember.

kozar

(2,924 posts)
7. I learned the hard way,
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 10:53 AM
Nov 30

I have a natural baritone voice, I can stretch to bass.

I sang in a church choir, director wanted , my voice,
He , tore me down, he said,
JUST SING!!
I've held my tone, since then

That was 25 years ago, a couple albums , and a lot of singing, ago

Koz

moniss

(6,150 posts)
9. One of the first things I got yelled at in chorus was for singing soprano
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 01:37 PM
Nov 30

with like a quasi falsetto. There was no in-between for me at that time not because of age but because I hadn't found "my own voice" and so I was able to force myself to sing bass or soprano but an alto I couldn't hold. Strange but my 2nd wife could sing like an angel and she kept after me to sing in my own voice rather than "sounding like". It's hard to get that confidence for sure but once you just let go you can then move toward hitting notes but until then just sing in your natural voice seems to work best for most people. Funny but I can still sing falsetto all these years later.

kozar

(2,924 posts)
8. Ok⁹
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 10:54 AM
Nov 30

I have a natural baritone voice, I can stretch to bass.

I sang in a church choir, director wanted , my voice,
He , tore me down, he said,
JUST SING!!
I've held my tone, since then

That was 25 years ago, a couple albums , and a lot of singing, ago

Koz

JohnnyRingo

(19,419 posts)
3. I'd forgotten about Ian Matthews
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 08:50 AM
Nov 30

Great pioneer of the California country rock sound. Mike Nesmith never got the public recognition he deserves.

On the similarity of the Eagles' later version, Nesmith would state: "Son of a gun if...Don [Henley] or somebody in the Eagles didn't lift [our] arrangement absolutely note for note for vocal harmony...If they can't think it up themselves [and] they've got to steal it from somebody else, better they should steal it...from me I guess." Matthews would recall that, in 1973, he and the members of the Eagles were acquainted through frequenting the Troubadour: "we were forever going back to somebody's house and playing music. Don Henley had a copy of 'Valley Hi' that he liked, so I've no doubt about that being where their version of the song came from."
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