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"The Atomic Bomb Club"
Jack Knetzger (git,v) & Derrick Bostrom (drums)
Paradise Valley, AZ 1977-81
(tracks provided by Derrick Bostrom)
- Ringo's Theme (Beatles) - Jack channels Art Fern and John Lennon on the vocal. Perfect Bostrom Starr take as usual. A duo, no bass, like most ABC.
- Fire (Hendrix) - there were two eras in ABC - before and after the Fender Reverb unit, a tube-driven reverb head that got plugged into Jack's Marshall combo for swampy results. Rare jam features Cris Kirkwood on bass, and Kevin Craig on vocals.
- Night of the Living Dead (Misfits) - heroic punk vocal cover from Jack. Amazing tempi, listen to the tight tom patterns on the bridges from Bostrom. Cris Kirkwood-bass. A good example of Jack's chronic inability to remember lyrics if not written down. The original chorus:
This aint no love-in
This aint no happening
This aint no feeling in my arm
becomes
This aint no lovin'
This aint no happiness
This aint no feeling in my brain
(maybe an improvement?)
- I Wanna Be Your Man (Beatles) - Sometimes the Strat-Marshall combo was too much even for Jack to control, as evidenced by the out of control noise rave up at the onset. Turns into a fine chugger, Jack vocal. Fantastic fandango treble pickup lead spot from which Jack could not return. Curt Kirkwood on bass.
- I Call Your Name (Beatles) - Another super drum performance from Bostrom, Jack attempting more Lennon scream builds on the choruses. Again, the lead spotlet denoues into a song fragment ending, a classic ABC device. Curt Kirkwood-bass.
- Highway Chile (Hendrix) - If he got decent fakes for a couple chords and a riff or two, Jack did Hendrix. This HC features an extended improv rythym/feedback lead for 3/4 of the track before the Jack vocal appears. Curt Kirkwood-bass.
more ABC tracks & info
"The Terminals"
JK (git,v), Emmett Kilgariff (bass,v),
John Nicholls(?) (git, v), Scott Vick (drums)
Phoenix, AZ Sept 1981
(thanks to Emmett Kilgariff, for the tracks
and jogging my memory.)
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2008
- summer miles (8-1-08), a mellow kind of blue thing.
- just another jam (7-12-08), a nice bluesy instro with the usual descending progression in the middle, 2 clean Strats and a beat
- 50th jam, version2 (5-10-08)
- 50th thing (5-9-08)
- a quiet jam (4-19-08)
- the sea and cake (4-27-08), a jumpin' instrumental in their vein.
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searching for the perfect one (3-27-08) A live song jam demo.
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black/white man (3-19-08) with vocals
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black/white man (3-18-08), instrumental remix
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weekend clean (3-7-08) weekend dirty (3-8-08)
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maggie 2nd mix (2-13-08), no lead, more clean guitars.
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maggie (2-10-08), an elegy for a Lhasa Apso.
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forever people (1-29-08), a pop jam.
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trifle (1-16-08), a fuzzy late nite noodle.
- sketch (1-10-08), a skeleton.
2007
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rock no 1 (12-12-07), a rocky raga .
- time out (11-13-07), a clockwork jam.
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the stars in the ocean (10-22-07), heavy metal painting with a complete break in the middle.
- Li'l Champ (10-7-07) I got amp fever and thought of selling my 65 Fender Champ to raise cash, and then I played it again. Keepin' it.
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I've been listening to his gorgeous posthumous CD alot on my morning walks, the stupid git, so here's an homage, Elliot (10-1-07).
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let's get goin' (9-23-07), a jam
- Here's s'more real guitars, a variation on "Late Summer Sun" (9-11-07).
- It had to happen - I got the real amp jones again after listening to the natural beauty on the tone of some old tracks, so here's a little jangly (9-10-07), 3 Strats into a Deluxe Reverb amp and mic'd. There's something about it.
- Here's a hypnotic little number for all you melancholics entitled September Rain (9-05-07). I was listening to T-Rex today and had a yen to do something thick, and this comes out. (Gosh these track titles are real imaginative lately, huh?)
- Late Summer Sun (8-25-07), a pleasant instrumental with a nice bassline. Spent a week mixing versions with fuzz and distortion before going all clean.
- Outdoor Miner (8-5-07), another Wire cover.
- The 15th (8-5-07, pop mix), The 15th (8-5-07, rock mix) Building Ships in a Bottle Dept: Why oh why do we do covers? Because we play like Jimi and sing like John in our dreams? No, sometimes a song just gets under your skin and you have to make your own replica the best you can. Two weeks ago I was reunited with a used copy of Wire's 154, their 3rd and last studio album from 1979, an all-time fave. A mix of dark gothic and pop candy in their patented interlocking metrical style, this disc boasted several great anthems that built on the simple beauty of "Outdoor Miner." I mean "The 15th", "Map Ref," and "40 Versions." So I had an espresso, took the Saturday off, and made a model of "The 15th."
- Here's a nicer mix of sugar (8-1-07), that last jam with bass added, and a cleaner lead
- been listening to alot of old Sea and Cake, did this sugar-fueled 3-rhythym jam (7-25-07)
- a groovy raga, caramel macchiato (7-6-07) Second mix.
- a pop sketch (7-6-07)
- an instrumental rock anthem (2nd mix, 7-6-07) for your day off, guitar tone courtesy of the Amplitube Jimi Hendrix AU plug
- meditation #29 (7-3-07), a nice slow drone'n'chime.
- A little rock boogie (7-2-07). Second mix with bass.
- Gosh, between my day job and the PS3, my output is mighty slim these days. But here's a pop loop (6-17-07) I put together last weekend after discovering BMX Bandits via Bostrom. Their album "Serious Drugs" is one pop jewelbox, particularly "I Wanna Fall in Love," which I've played about 50 times in the last two days.
- 12-string improv (5-27-07)
- a short ballad, long time ago (5-27-07)
- a nice start (5-27-07) of a melody
- discursive jam, firefly (5-27-07)
- a silly little love song doris (3-15-07), 3 guitars, bass, drums, and synth dinglies. The lyrics are:
doris
ur the 1 for me
doris
ur my do re mi
day in and day out
day in and day out
- a blues (2/19/07) Straight 12-bar E blues.
- Jam (2/11/07) - Many discards the last 3 weeks before this little thing tonight. A metal weaver.
- Snow day (1/17/07) - Jam with 4 guitars, new strings on the bass.
Reissues from the Vault (12/29/06)
Here's some MP3s from 1998-2001 that lamentably didn't get posted in any previous collection:
- change my blood, a stones parody.
- head, a lament
- time to feed the dog , a lament
- you can't tell me anymore , a lament
- too many balls , a lament
- ben, a peppy instrumental
- hive, a hunka burning love
- ladyland, a cool instrumental
- puke, a beautiful lament
- a rainy day, a nice instrumental for one
- 3rd stone from the sun, silly hendrix cover; you got me floatin', another silly hendrix cover; ain't no telling, another one; if 6 was 9, perhaps the stupidest hendrix cover of the lot?
- on a faraway beach, a sweet original instrumental
- nyah nyah nyah, pop/rock instrumental
- motoring, a nice driving instrumental
- burned again, studio pop treatment of old Knetzger ballad
- in love, expansive love song with interesting break
- one fine day, a naive melody
- down, studio cover of ABC punker
- someone for you, a complicated ballad
- peppermint street, a shufflin' ballad
- go slow, a lament
- no tomorrow, a big fuzzzy lament
- any fool can see, an r&b ballad
Jack Knetzger 2006 Album Released (12/28/06)
Well, the sands of 2006 are running out, so here's this year's album (feel free to recut your own album from the tracks posted below this list).
- our mutual misunderstanding, a nice descending minor ballad instrumental (10-29-06)
- another driving song, two acoustics strumming, tele in the middle, foot keeping the beat (10-19-06)
- krishna's put out, an instrumental with raga guitar, synth, and leslie (10-3-06)
- A short happy instrumental, 2 acoustic guitars and clav (9-30-06)
- Everything always works out that way , a short instrumental with ruvrey guitars (9-26-06).
- What you can't live without, Another Saturday Morning Pop Jam (9-16-06). 5 guitars comping away, synths, two drumkits.
- Rummy, a song (9-12-06)
- September sketch (9-2-06) the start of a nice song, minor key, alt-pop-countryish, was listening to World Party's great new cd/dvd set just before.
- New and improved (If You'd Go There Tomorrow) Why Don't You Go Today? (9-1-06).
- Why Don't You Go? (8-29-06) A pop song based on the previous track. 4-part vocals.
- A Temporary Stop to All Things (8-26-06) An anthem for the end of an era.
- Harvest Moon (8-16-06) (Neil Young) It's a hot August here in Dallas and the moon is melting away.
- Mister Shmutopia takes a Wizz (8-9-06) The title says it all. Synths & horns over a jam groove.
- Waiting (7-25-06) a 12-string interlude
- The Lost Day, opus 1 (7-10-06) , a little chamber music jam
- Pursuit of Happiness Soft Mix 2 (7-7-06), bigger horns, different guitar treatments.
- Pursuit of Happiness (7-4-06) Happy birthday A.
- Punk anthem (6-27-06) A new mix today. Better ending swell.
- Memorial Day Weekend Opening Raga (5-23-06 ) - yup, sitars, tablas, and a double-delayed lead with twin track a fifth up. Fire up the grill! too wild? here's a "drier" lead.
- Liquid Sweet Waterfall - First track done in Garageband after 6 years in Performer. For some reason this $19 app (part of iLife) is an instant songmaker - equal parts drum machine, sample library, multitrack recorder, mixer/masterer, and MIDI sequencer. Every time I sit down to it I get a good track. This one had actual variety in the drum loops, a goofy guitar break, and swell synth doodles.
- Jackola
- Guitar riffs stacked on synth blips with alternating cool/hot sections. Another interesting fx intro.
- Down Here
- A nice shambling combo with acoustic guitar rythym and an outtasight happy accident with a banjo sample break.
- Yes I Know
- First use of canned piano chord progressions from the GB libraries, but works great with wailin' Les Paul/marshall lead over the top.
- Number 5
- Dual 12-string guitars for rythym, a swell poppin' bassline and strings on the sinking chorus. Garageband really makes doing the basslines DI easy.
- Someday
- Quick cover of a new ballad from Jan 06. All real, no samples.
- Number 7
- Uptempo crunchy acoustic rocker with a software guitar setting on a dry electric lead. Who could tell the difference?
- #48
- Very happy dual acoustic guitar melody with a driving beat. The 3rd, electric guitar lead track was dropped.
- In a Mood
- Interesting experiment with 2 Les Pauls into a Fender Deluxe, bass taking the melody lead. Lots of chiming in a low register - no loops on any guitar parts here.
- Hpop Diddle - Back to all real guitars. Les Paul on left and center, center guitar doing the bassline. Very nice sounding clean strat on the right, result of new micing technique.
- Little Elm - A strong acoustic rythym git plus blues and rock sections and synth leads and washes. Nice opening near the end.
Other recent tracks 12/04-3/06:
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