"Tell Mama" Tele

JV · June 21st, 2008, 06:30 PM

My friend and I, took a crack at this old Savoy Brown classic, "Tell Mama".
He played bass, sang, and....uhh....errr....programed the drums. ( just a wee bit, to many beers, whilst programing the drum parts, was found to be the rhythmic culprit ) What the heck, we left it, as is..

I used my '52 RI Tele, for all the slide and rhythm parts. I bought her back in '96, and it's just the sweetest sounding guitar, for all types of music and tones. I ran her through a Blues Jr., and used a TS9 for the slide parts.
Fun song to play..!! If ya give it a listen, I thank ya...!!!

http://www.netmusicians.org/files/54...Mama%201-0.mp3

Dan R · June 21st, 2008, 06:35 PM

Good stuff. Thanks for that. One of my favorite SB songs.

Dan R

garytelecastor · June 21st, 2008, 06:38 PM

Wow, JV. Very nice job. Great slide work.
I give it a 10. (shades of American Bandstand)

mcriff · June 21st, 2008, 06:52 PM

Great job, JV . . . I love this song! My mid-seventies band used to do it and it always got a great bar-crowd reaction, in spite of not being familiar radio fodder . . . I know we didn't do it this good, though . . . your touch on the slide and those other Tele tones have this song NAILED. Just-right vocal, too.

As for the rhythmic "culprit", I wouldn't have changed it, either . . . sounds just like our drummer did about 1:30 AM . . .

Sidney Vicious · June 21st, 2008, 07:15 PM

Great job!

JV · June 22nd, 2008, 08:51 AM

Oh,WOW..!!
Thanks for all the comments guys..!!

tonewoods · June 22nd, 2008, 12:30 PM

"I used my '52 RI Tele, for all the slide and rhythm parts."

Nice job...
Is that slide part in standard tuning?

voodoostation · June 22nd, 2008, 12:40 PM

Great tune!! I'd forgotten all about that one!!! Thanks!

JV · June 22nd, 2008, 04:53 PM

Thanks again, for the commets..!!

tonewoods:
The two rhythm tracks, and slide guitar parts were played in open A tuning.
Low to high: E-A-E-A-C#-E

tonewoods · June 22nd, 2008, 08:04 PM

Thanks!

giginthesky · June 22nd, 2008, 08:20 PM

very much enjoyed!

River · June 23rd, 2008, 01:34 PM

Being a Savoy Brown fan to the extent of hiring them to play for a private affair in '02, y'all did a hell of a job there. Got a really sweet LP tone out of your Tele, too! What's a "TS9"? Someone here recently was looking for a Tab for that slide intro. Do you have one?

johnnytronics · June 23rd, 2008, 01:43 PM

Nice work man!!!!!

JV · June 23rd, 2008, 03:08 PM

Thanks a lot, johnnytronics..!!!

River;
You hired, Savoy Brown..?? Now THAT's a party...!!! HA! HA!

TS9 is an Ibanez Tubescreamer. I used it by turning the drive to zero, and level turned up to about 3-4 o'clock. The Blues Jr. was dimed ( LOUD amp for 15watts..!!), and rolled back the tone knob on my Tele, about "half way-ish".

No I'm sorry, I don't have a tab for that song. If you tune your guitar to open A tuning, you'll see and hear, that those sllde phrases are right there in the "box" positions.
And thanks, for the kind words..!!!

Telewilly · June 24th, 2008, 01:20 AM

I haven't heard that song in years! Great job!

Do you do requests?

How 'bout some old Foghat!

Edit: I just remembered that 2 or 3 members of Savoy Brown left the group to form Foghat! So in a sense, that was old Foghat!

Enjoyed the slide work!

trag-o-caster · June 24th, 2008, 11:09 AM

Most excellent! Some killer slide playing and tones!

June 21st, 2008, 06:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
JV TDPRI Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 32	"Tell Mama" Tele My friend and I, took a crack at this old Savoy Brown classic, "Tell Mama". He played bass, sang, and....uhh....errr....programed the drums. ( just a wee bit, to many beers, whilst programing the drum parts, was found to be the rhythmic culprit ) What the heck, we left it, as is.. I used my '52 RI Tele, for all the slide and rhythm parts. I bought her back in '96, and it's just the sweetest sounding guitar, for all types of music and tones. I ran her through a Blues Jr., and used a TS9 for the slide parts. Fun song to play..!! If ya give it a listen, I thank ya...!!! http://www.netmusicians.org/files/54...Mama%201-0.mp3

June 21st, 2008, 06:38 PM	#3 (permalink)
garytelecastor Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,231 18 Photos	Wow, JV. Very nice job. Great slide work. I give it a 10. (shades of American Bandstand) __________________ éí 'aaníígÓÓ 'áhoot'é Redd Volkaert is a Jedi Knight at one with the Force!!!

June 22nd, 2008, 12:30 PM	#7 (permalink)
tonewoods Tele-Holic Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Orcas Island, Washington Age: 57 Posts: 581 18 Photos	"I used my '52 RI Tele, for all the slide and rhythm parts." Nice job... Is that slide part in standard tuning? __________________ Bruce "Mangler of Bluegrass" "Mandolin Graffiti"

June 22nd, 2008, 12:40 PM	#8 (permalink)
voodoostation Tele-Meister Join Date: May 2007 Location: Midlothian, Va Age: 34 Posts: 289 1 Photos	Great tune!! I'd forgotten all about that one!!! Thanks! __________________ "You said you're from college but you don't seem too bright, 'cause you just brung a switchblade to a pistol fight" - Chris Knight

June 22nd, 2008, 08:04 PM	#10 (permalink)
tonewoods Tele-Holic Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Orcas Island, Washington Age: 57 Posts: 581 18 Photos	Thanks! __________________ Bruce "Mangler of Bluegrass" "Mandolin Graffiti"

June 21st, 2008, 06:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dan R Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Charleston, SC Age: 50 Posts: 853	Good stuff. Thanks for that. One of my favorite SB songs. Dan R

June 21st, 2008, 06:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
mcriff TDPRI Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Northeast PA Posts: 29	Great job, JV . . . I love this song! My mid-seventies band used to do it and it always got a great bar-crowd reaction, in spite of not being familiar radio fodder . . . I know we didn't do it this good, though . . . your touch on the slide and those other Tele tones have this song NAILED. Just-right vocal, too. As for the rhythmic "culprit", I wouldn't have changed it, either . . . sounds just like our drummer did about 1:30 AM . . .

June 21st, 2008, 07:15 PM	#5 (permalink)
Sidney Vicious Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2003 Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Posts: 1,012 6 Photos	Great job!

June 22nd, 2008, 08:51 AM	#6 (permalink)
JV TDPRI Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 32	Oh,WOW..!! Thanks for all the comments guys..!!

June 22nd, 2008, 04:53 PM	#9 (permalink)
JV TDPRI Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 32	Thanks again, for the commets..!! tonewoods: The two rhythm tracks, and slide guitar parts were played in open A tuning. Low to high: E-A-E-A-C#-E

June 22nd, 2008, 08:20 PM	#11 (permalink)
giginthesky Tele-Holic Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: south jersey Age: 36 Posts: 975 6 Photos	very much enjoyed!

June 23rd, 2008, 01:34 PM	#12 (permalink)
River TDPRI Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Crestone, CO USA Age: 53 Posts: 61	Being a Savoy Brown fan to the extent of hiring them to play for a private affair in '02, y'all did a hell of a job there. Got a really sweet LP tone out of your Tele, too! What's a "TS9"? Someone here recently was looking for a Tab for that slide intro. Do you have one?

June 23rd, 2008, 01:43 PM	#13 (permalink)
johnnytronics Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Big Apple, NYC Age: 58 Posts: 491	Nice work man!!!!! __________________ Support our Troops

June 23rd, 2008, 03:08 PM	#14 (permalink)
JV TDPRI Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 32	Thanks a lot, johnnytronics..!!! River; You hired, Savoy Brown..?? Now THAT's a party...!!! HA! HA! TS9 is an Ibanez Tubescreamer. I used it by turning the drive to zero, and level turned up to about 3-4 o'clock. The Blues Jr. was dimed ( LOUD amp for 15watts..!!), and rolled back the tone knob on my Tele, about "half way-ish". No I'm sorry, I don't have a tab for that song. If you tune your guitar to open A tuning, you'll see and hear, that those sllde phrases are right there in the "box" positions. And thanks, for the kind words..!!! Last edited by JV : June 23rd, 2008 at 04:22 PM.

June 24th, 2008, 01:20 AM	#15 (permalink)
Telewilly Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Katmandoo Posts: 101	I haven't heard that song in years! Great job! Do you do requests? How 'bout some old Foghat! Edit: I just remembered that 2 or 3 members of Savoy Brown left the group to form Foghat! So in a sense, that was old Foghat! Enjoyed the slide work! Last edited by Telewilly : June 24th, 2008 at 02:27 AM.

June 24th, 2008, 11:09 AM	#16 (permalink)
trag-o-caster Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Flushing, Michigan Posts: 4,394	Most excellent! Some killer slide playing and tones! __________________ Timothy Jon Lamb