Wednesday, June 14, 2023

The Zombies' "I'll Keep Trying"

 

I'm not sure this was really worth doing because it's so short, but here's the Hohner Pianet solo in the Zombies' "I'll Keep Trying."  The guitar plays basically the same thing, just an octave higher and articulated slightly differently (there are some glissandi between the notes, and the C in the third measure is held longer).  For a bit of context, I also included the bass part.

Sunday, June 4, 2023

Argent on Set of 6

Recently, Argent's appearance on Set of 6 was uploaded to the Zombies Fan Club YouTube channel.  The date given is 29 May 1972, but in Jim Rodford: Sideman, Rodford (the bass player) writes, "In April, we recorded a special for Granada TV called A Set of 6" (p. 177).  Maybe 29 May was the broadcast date.  In any case, Rod Argent is playing a Pianet N, the newer of the two models he had (see my detailed post on his Pianets here).  He uses it for most of the songs, namely "Liar" (with what seems to be some kind of phasing effect), "Rejoice," "Sweet Mary," and "Keep on Rollin'."  Aside from "Liar," none of the studio versions of these songs features Pianet.