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Author: chipper
Date: 2004-10-22 16:13
Is anyone familure with this piece from the 1950's? Is the clarinet part a bass clarinet?
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Author: Don Poulsen
Date: 2004-10-22 16:24
I remember going to see Tennessee Ernie Ford perform at the Montana State Fair in early 70s. I'm sure he sang "Sixteen Tons" then, as it was his signature song, but I don't remember the instrumentation that accompanied him. If it had included a bass clarinet, surely I would have remembered it, because I played one at the time (and still do). But the clarinet riff that follows "I owe my soul to the company store" is probably in the range of both instruments.
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Author: ron b
Date: 2004-10-22 16:47
My memory, which never was worth much anyhow, seems to recall the clarinet riff as two (or three?) regular soprano clarinets.
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Post Edited (2004-10-22 16:47)
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2004-10-22 17:28
Ah, yes, I remember it well. Ford had a deep bass voice, and I'm pretty the lick was played on BC.
Ken Shaw
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Author: GBK
Date: 2004-10-22 18:55
The song was first written and performed on guitar by Merle Travis in 1947.
When Tennessee Ernie Ford recorded it, he changed the instrumentation:
"...I'd sung Sixteen Tons years before [on radio], but it hadn't been any blockbuster, and Merle Travis, who'd written it, had put it in an album of his songs called Folk Songs of the Hills. Nothing happened then either. Then we decided to do some of Merle's things with modern instrumentation [on television]. When Merle did them, he'd used a straight guitar music background. When we did them we used a flute, a bass clarinet, a trumpet, a clarinet, drums, a guitar, vibes and a piano. They gave it a real wonderful sound..."
It was recorded by Capitol records in 1955, but the clarinet and bass clarinet players who played the minor key turnaround were not named.
Anyone know who was doing session work for Capitol in 1955? ..GBK
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