Robbin Crosby "Out of the Cellar" solos?

[AIC70]

If this isn't the right place for this, please move Mr. Mod - Wondering if anyone knows, (maybe Hellraiser or Sully)? On Out of the Cellar, Robbin Crosby plays probably the most solos he will have performed of all their full albums. On "I'm Insane" the solo sounds more melodic, so I assumed it was RC's - especially since it was a MacMeda song first, along with "Scene of the Crime". But a guy on Youtube (rkmusicnow) does a phenomenal cover of Insane and credits it WDM?! Does anyone know who does those two solos - Insane and Scene? On later stuff, it's easy for my ear to distinguish who plays what, but the earlier stuff, I can not tell. Just a techy/curiosity question.

[sully]

Guessing it's Robbin on Scene of the Crime on the second solo (after the harmony one), WDM is definitely playing the solo on I'm insane.

[AIC70]

Damn, I thought I could hear RC there! I guess my ears aren't as good as I thought. Thanks Sully!

[Theebs]

from the april 87 issue of guitar player magazine. On your robbincrosby.net site sully!!!

I absolutely love robbin's solos on what you give is what you get and drive me crazy. Just awesome. All the harmonized double solo's throughout there entire catalog is great. the invasion album is just incredible. Love the guitar tone and the rhythm's. Just awesome stuff.


Dancing Undercover’s liner notes spell out who plays which solo on the LP. What are your best solos on earlier releases?


On Out of the Cellar, “Wanted Man”--- Warren does the first half and I come in when it changes the key to E. I also play the solos on “She Wants Money,” “Scene of the Crime,” and “Lack of Communication,” which is total Gibbons city [laughs]. “I’m insane” is split up: He does the fingering and I do the wang-bar noise. On Invasion Of Your Privacy I solo in “Never Use Love” and “What You Give is What You Get.” “Closer To My Heart” is all mine---the intro, the acoustic, all that stuff. In “You Should Know By Now,” I do the intro and the out, and we split the middle solos which come together for a harmony. I did more soloing on Invasion than on anything we have ever done before. I think that’s why I took a back seat to Warren on the new record, which doesn’t bother me at all. In fact, a couple more of the solos----as always with us---were intended for me, but I went in and said, “Know what? He can do this better.” And he did. I don’t have a problem with that.

[Theebs]

I have a question too!

I wonder if this was a robbin song that never made the reach for the sky album. It sounds like a robbin rhythm if that makes sense.
that lead riff sounds like robbins playing also.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A421Y6BXFJE&list=UUHVkxp28BNovwSBaNdgTagg&index=7&feature=plcp

[AIC70]

Cool find! +1 for it having RC's stamp on it. Thanks for the post above too.

[ginsambo]

Robbin's playing and sense of melody always reminds me of Chris Holmes somehow. I know they looked similar, I wonder of they were related.

[sully]

Robbin's playing and sense of melody always reminds me of Chris Holmes somehow. I know they looked similar, I wonder of they were related.

That makes me shudder on many levels.

[sully]

Dancing Undercover’s liner notes spell out who plays which solo on the LP. What are your best solos on earlier releases?

On Out of the Cellar, “Wanted Man”--- Warren does the first half and I come in when it changes the key to E. I also play the solos on “She Wants Money,” “Scene of the Crime,” and “Lack of Communication,” which is total Gibbons city [laughs]. “I’m insane” is split up: He does the fingering and I do the wang-bar noise. On Invasion Of Your Privacy I solo in “Never Use Love” and “What You Give is What You Get.” “Closer To My Heart” is all mine---the intro, the acoustic, all that stuff. In “You Should Know By Now,” I do the intro and the out, and we split the middle solos which come together for a harmony. I did more soloing on Invasion than on anything we have ever done before. I think that’s why I took a back seat to Warren on the new record, which doesn’t bother me at all. In fact, a couple more of the solos----as always with us---were intended for me, but I went in and said, “Know what? He can do this better.” And he did. I don’t have a problem with that.

Thanks for posting that; I remember that article: WDM was on the cover with the python over his shoulder. IMO, the solo in She Wants Money is one of his best. Closer to My Heart also just flat out rules.

I have a question too!

I wonder if this was a robbin song that never made the reach for the sky album. It sounds like a robbin rhythm if that makes sense.
that lead riff sounds like robbins playing also.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A421Y...7&feature=plcp

Doubtful. No groove = no Robbin. By the Reach album, Robbin was pretty checked out.

Sully

[sully]

Curt thinks that tune IS Robbin playing, BTW, so it's quite possible. I'll go back and listen again, but it didn't jump out at me.

Sully

[AIC70]

Speaking of Closer to my Heart, the acoustic was a 12-string Guild? I thought that's what I read Curt saying - not the Breedlove, that came not long before he died. Were his Guilds just run-of-the-mill acoustics (I know the brand is quality) and has anyone seen or collect Robbin's actual Guild? Between the Eyes has a killer spanish/flamenco sounding acoustic the last minute or so - THAT has to be RC. I'm probably wrong again, but his "sound" always registers with me. I grew up thinking WDM was the shit, and he was/is, but I also read the liner notes like a bible and thought RC played a much bigger part than what he let on - now I know. While there were some good individual tunes on Reach for the Sky and albums afterword, NOTHING touched the EP and the next two. Okay, three.

[Hellraiser6502]

Speaking of Closer to my Heart, the acoustic was a 12-string Guild? I thought that's what I read Curt saying - not the Breedlove, that came not long before he died. Were his Guilds just run-of-the-mill acoustics (I know the brand is quality) and has anyone seen or collect Robbin's actual Guild?

Here's Robbin's Guild & Ovation 12-strings that were used interchange-ably on tour. The Guild was the guitar used on RATT recordings (i.e. "Closer to My Heart')

The guitar only pics were taken in his Hollywood Hills home in late 1987 for the March 1988 edition of the Japanese publication 'Young Guitar' magazine ....a special section titled 'The Guitars of Robbin Crosby'.

The Guild was a 'stock-off the shelf' model modded for live use with an acoustic pickup.

[Hellraiser6502]

Speaking of Closer to my Heart, the acoustic was a 12-string Guild? I thought that's what I read Curt saying - not the Breedlove, that came not long before he died.

Here's his Breedlove....never shared this one before.

[Ward]

Here's his Breedlove....never shared this one before.

Thanks for sharing now. The pics, the info, everything. Very cool.

[AIC70]

I've never seen ANY of those pictures before - thanks again Curt!! I love the shape of the Breedlove - those are incredible guitars. Obviously not cheap either, based on their "annual household income" questions. The guy had great taste in his guitars. He looks pretty young in the Ovation picture. I can't even wear my wedding ring when I play, I don't know how he played with the bracelets too.