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Garden Party by Ricky Nelson

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Published on 05 Dec 2024 / In Rock / Oldies

"Garden Party" is a 1972 song written by Rick Nelson and recorded by him and the Stone Canyon Band. The song tells the story of Nelson being booed at a concert at Madison Square Garden. It was Nelson's last top 40 hit, reaching No. 6 on the U.S. Billboard pop chart.

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Rick
Rick 2 days ago

Shawn, Anthony, Bill, and Lynn...thanks for doing a great job on this one. I experimented a little with slide, however decided to learn C6 tuning and get a little more skilled and will eventually redo that track. Overall sounds fantasitic and appreciate the work you all put in on this. Remixed, so let me know if your good with it and will consider this one complete...with more slide to come when I get it down...Rick

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Revup67
Revup67 2 days ago

Yes congrats to all..this is sounding quite nice and a remarkable effort by Shawn on the vocal harmonies and lead. It's got the right timbre, tonality, phrasing and production. Pleasing across the board.

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stegokitty
stegokitty 1 month ago

Here's my attempt at harmonies. Merry Christmas!

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Rick
Rick 30 days ago

Wow...fantastic vocals BT and all around. Your voice fit perfect and is just relaxful to listen to. Hope you have a little break from the job over the holidays to enjoy family , freinds, and music ! Thanks again Shawn

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stegokitty
stegokitty 30 days ago

@Rick : Thanks!

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Rick
Rick 1 month ago

Added a couple of guitar riffs. Experimenting with slide, but thinking that track may be open for a while ! Need some slide players in BH !

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Revup67
Revup67 1 month ago

12-14-24 Drum track loaded with personal Garden ticket stubs as the background. If unaware this was about Rick's attendance at Madison Square Garden. The lyrics indicate his disappointment by commentary backstage. @Ukemom added some nice touches at near the end. Do we have a pedal steel player for the earlier sections of the song?

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Rick
Rick 1 month ago

Anthony...your are a human metronome ! Outstanding, especially the pedal work. And the first things I noticed were those ticket stubs. MSG gave RN something to write about, just too bad it was his last big hit. My slide guitar go-to guy SteveD pulled back from BH last year and been nearly impossible to find a real lap steel /slide player in this forum (same with fiddle , banjo and mando players. So Im learning banjo ! I'll keep looking at options on the slide . Thanks again for the track and with Shawns willingness to do the backing vocals, will "almost" have this one complete. Thanks again,

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Revup67
Revup67 1 month ago

@Rick : Many thanks for those very kind words. I'm glad you enjjoyed the performance :) I've got a Pedal Steel on the MIDI but I stink at the keyboards. I can give it try if it's not too complex. If you wanna message the notes/triads I'll give it a whirl.

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Revup67
Revup67 1 month ago

and PS keep smiling in those videos it makes a difference !

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Rick
Rick 1 month ago

@Revup67: Much appreciated...on the slide, going to see what sound I can get out of my old electric, but if it does not sound good, I think the Keyboard MIDI would work and will then message you the chord triads

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Rick
Rick 1 month ago

Lynn, thanks for filling in for the slide guitar. Did the trick with your keys, sounds great.

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stegokitty
stegokitty 1 month ago

Yeah, that was sweet! Nice work UkeMom :) Oh, and I didn't say how good those guitars sound, Rick, as well as the bass billbassdude :)

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Revup67
Revup67 1 month ago

@stegokitty : Shawn..the timbre, tonality, sway and entire vocal part was supreme..beautiful work.

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