Tele Content on PBS

[e-merlin]

I usually watch Sound Stage and Austin City Limits on Saturday nights but tonight seemed to be Tele night on PBS.

On Sound Stage was Heart. Nancy Wilson played a blue Tele with a matching headstock and Rosewood board. It had a six saddle vintage bridge and looked a bit reliced. I have always been a big Heart fan but never associated a Tele with Nancy. She was playing through a pair of Orange cabs and appeared to have a couple of Fender Tone King amps off to the side.

Then, on ACL, Susan Tedeschi had her familiar Tele with all of the autographs on. She's got a great voice and is a good player as well. She plays mostly on the neck pickup and her tone is unlike anyone else's. Not sure what amps she was playing through, but one looked to be a Bassman 410. Not sure what the other one was but it was a Silverface of some sort.

It was great to see the Tele getting it's due.

[lobotomyactivist]

The Wallflowers played soundstage a week or two ago, Jakob Dylan used his '69 white tele.

[maestrovert]

i watched the Lawrence Welk Show on WEDU last night(7/30/05)....there was a CAR/white guard/maple Tele being played and even solo/spotlit during JoAnne Castle's performance of a Boogie-Woogie/Stride Piano tune written by PineTop Smith.......

[ne4tt]

There was a pic of Nancy with this gtr in the early 80s Fenner Catalog.
It's the catalog that had the debut of the US Vintage models.
I'll see if I can find it and post.

jamie

jamie

[editorjuno]

Originally Posted by lobotomyactivist

The Wallflowers played soundstage a week or two ago, Jakob Dylan used his '69 white tele.

I tuned into that one and enjoyed some of it -- both Dylan and the lead player switched guitars often, Dylan mostly between the Tele and a very pretty Martin dreadnought, usually capoed up high.

After a while, I realized that despite all the guitar switching and very good musicianship overall on everyone's part, the Wallflowers are a pretty boring act -- about 3/4 of their songs sound very similar to each other. They could take some cues from Dylan's dad's generation, e.g. Tom Petty and band, who manage to convey a consistent personal style via Petty's McGuinnish vocal timbre and first-rate lyrics while delivering enough variety in their song selection and arrangements to keep things interesting musically. The Wallflowers seem to have all the pieces, but imo they've never really put the puzzle together. Nice old Tele, though....

[xStonr]

On Sound Stage was Heart. Nancy Wilson played a blue Tele with a matching headstock

I saw that. Did that guitar look huge or is she just that tiny.

[ne4tt]

From the 1982 Fender Catalog.

Nancy is one of my fave lady guitar players.

Jamie

BTW, Anyone remember the video for "What About Love"?

[lobotomyactivist]

Originally Posted by editorjuno

After a while, I realized that despite all the guitar switching and very good musicianship overall on everyone's part, the Wallflowers are a pretty boring act -- about 3/4 of their songs sound very similar to each other.

I agree. I like them as a band, and they got me interested in music in general when I was younger, but they never really escape their sort of moderate folk-pop/rock setting. When I'm in the mood for that setting I still put them on, but otherwise they're just kind of average.

[Mathias]

I keep forgetting to tune in on Saturdays, really should write myself a post-it or something to help remind me. Did manage to catch Wallflower's on Conan though, good stuff there.

I believe Wilco played a tele on ACL, or am I just imagining things?

[ne4tt]

1983 Catalog pic.

jamie