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re: Some vintage Roy Bittan

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rockfenris2005 06:10 am UTC 03/16/11
In reply to: re: Some vintage Roy Bittan - Rob 12:38 am UTC 03/16/11


Pat Thrall turns up in unlikely places too. I just noticed he was involved with Justin Bieber's album O_o

> He does turn up in some unlikely places.
>
> I remember buying Lou Reed's Set The Twilight Reeling
> album back in 90s (it's a great album btw, but that's by
> the by). I remember listening to Finish Line - Lou's
> tribute to his fellow Velvet Underground guitarist
> Sterling Morrison - and suddenly all these piano rolls
> starting coming in for the last minute or so of the song.
> Didn't really need to check the sleeve notes, but sure
> enough Roy's name was on there. Can't find a clip of the
> song to put up, but it's highly recommended.
>
> Excellent version of Rhiannon by the way. Stevie Nicks at
> her best.
>
> > I could listen to Roy play all day. It's a shame he's so
> > underused by Bruce these days.
> >
> > He's done some great, great stuff with other artists too.
> > You can hear his distinct, runaway piano lines throughout
> > the Dire Straits Making Movies album - Skateaway, in
> > particular, springs to mind. He's also there in a lot of
> > the great Bob Segar stuff - Even Now, Roll Me Away, The
> > Fire Inside.
> >
> > He also used to play with Stevie Nicks in the 80s. Here's
> > a fantastic version of Rhiannon, with a haunting piano
> > intro:


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