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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

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 7 days 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 7 days 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 6 days 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 6 days ago

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

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Rick
Rick 6 days 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 8 days ago

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

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stegokitty
stegokitty 7 days 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 6 days ago

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

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Rick
Rick 9 days ago

Bill...outstanding bass, very pleased and appreciate your time and talent. And like your Christmas decorations too !

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Revup67
Revup67 8 days ago

Bill is the Micky Mantle of Bass players.. always hits home runs. Hoping to get my drums done by this weekend. Sorry for the hold up guys.

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stegokitty
stegokitty 12 days ago

If nothing else, there's a placeholder. I'd much rather sing without the original vocals, but this might be okay. Let me know. Happy to redo it. Excellent guitar playing as always, Rick.

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Rick
Rick 12 days ago

Hey Shawn...thats a pretty remarkable placeholder ! Sounds fantastic to me so lets go with it. Will pull the BT out after Bass and Drums and your always free to redo, but Im thinking this is perfect. Thanks, Rick

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Revup67
Revup67 8 days ago

Smooth as silk Shawn. Beautifully done.

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