On this day in 1970: George Harrison released All Things Must Pass

On November 27, 1970, George Harrison released his third studio album – and his first solo album since the break-up of The Beatles – All Things Must Pass. Produced with Phil Spector – and featuring contributions from the likes of Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Gary Wright, Klaus Voormann, John Barham, Badfinger and Pete Drake – the classic album featured hits like ‘My Sweet Lord’, ‘What Is Life’, and ‘Isn’t It A Pity’. To mark the anniversary of All Things Must Pass, we’re revisiting Jackie Hayden’s tribute to George Harrison, originally published in Hot Press in 2001…

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The Making of All Things Must Pass – George Harrison Archive

Read and listen on George Harrison’s website.

Peter Frampton Recalls How He Started Using the Talk Box, Explains Why He Prefers It Over Digital Alternatives

Peter Frampton recalled how he started using the famous “talk box” effect, noting that, unlike the ubiquitous autotune of today’s world, it was fully analog.

The effect that was made famous in the electric guitar world by the 73-year-old British player wasn’t his personal invention, as similar things existed before the release of Frampton’s “Do You Feel Like We Do” and “Show Me the Way.” In essence, it is a piece of equipment that combines speech with an electric instrument signal by using a plastic pipe that connects with the musician’s mouth. The musician is then able to articulate various sound effects by simply changing the shape of their mouth.

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George Harrison Includes Bootleg on 30th Anniversary Reissue of ‘All Things Must Pass’ Because of Pete Drake

In 2001, George spoke with Billboard about the 30th-anniversary reissue of All Things Must Pass.

“You know, we talked about it ages ago, but it’s just really that you want to get the whole catalog of mine back out in the shops, because it hasn’t been there for a long time,” George said. “And it was just obvious to start with the first one, as the first one was probably my most prominent solo album, anyway.”

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Further Reading: Because of Pete Drake, George Harrison included a previously unreleased bootleg on the 30th anniversary reissue of ‘All Things Must Pass.’

Linda Hargrove: A Free Spirit Whose Greatness Went Well Beyond ‘Tennessee Whiskey’

Linda Hargrove article

Despite being a before-her-time talent as a rock-reared and country-minded singer, songwriter, session guitarist, engineer and producer, Linda Hargove’s mostly mentioned, when she’s mentioned at all, as the answer to a trivia question: who co-wrote “Tennessee Whiskey” with Dean Dillon?

Though it’s certainly a positive that Hargrove’s way with words has been part of the “Tennessee Whiskey” discourse since Chris Stapleton immortalized the song in 2015, it’s a shame that she’s not known for her entire body of written and recorded work. Her 1970s back catalog as a solo artist alone warrants praise, though songs that barely made a dent in the charts then remain hidden away, unavailable on Spotify and untouched by reissue labels (though easy enough to find in a used vinyl bin near you).

What follows is a story that’s inspiring at times and tragic at others about a true songwriting genius and free spirit.

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Pete Drake Impacted Rock History, Helped Underdogs and Honored Ernest Tubb En Route to the Hall of Fame

On May 1, 2022, Pete Drake became the first pedal steel guitarist inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. The Georgia native deserves such a high honor, if only for his matchless session work on Tammy Wynette’s “Stand By Your Man,” Charlie Rich’s “Behind Closed Doors,” Lynn Anderson’s “Rose Garden” and other benchmarks in country music history.

In the bigger picture, Drake worked tirelessly as more than an elite session player, from his 1959 arrival in Nashville to his death in 1988 at the young age of 55.

“A part of the Hall of Fame induction was because Pete contributed so much to country music,” said his widow and longtime business partner, Rose Drake, to Wide Open Country. “Not just with his steel playing, but with songwriters and with artists as a producer. He had three different studios, and he contributed a lot to the music industry.”

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Pete Drake In The News and Podcasts

Pete Drake has been receiving a lot of buzz in the media and on podcasts recently. See links below for more.

PODCASTS:

Deans of Nashville

Honoring Legendary Steel Player Pete Drake w/ His Wife Rose Drake (Peter Frampton, CMHOF) – YouTube

Honoring Legendary Steel Player Pete Drake w/ His Wife Rose Drake (Peter Frampton, CMHOF) – Spotify

Honoring Legendary Steel Player Pete Drake w/ His Wife Rose Drake (Peter Frampton, CMHOF) – iHeart Radio 

Spilling The Tea

https://player.fm/series/nikki-spilling-the-tea/pete-drake-the-first-steel-guitarist-was-inducted-into-the-country-music-hall-of-fame

PRESS/ONLINE

Country Music People    – 6-page feature (attached)

TN Tribune – CMHF wrap up

Daily Journal (5/21/22)

https://dailyjournalonline.com/entertainment/music/ranking-the-best-bob-dylan-albums-of-all-time/article_f3bb534e-cc86-589f-ada8-69c4fcb30f1e.html

Associated Press ( Dylan best 25 albums)

TN Tribune  – Pete feature

Billboard Cty Update ran photo page on CMHF – page 9 

https://s3.amazonaws.com/bulletins.billboard.com/country/country_update_2022_0509.pdf

Billboard Country Update (5/2) 

https://s3.amazonaws.com/bulletins.billboard.com/country/country_update_2022_0502.pdf  , pages 1-2

Country Aircheck (5/2)

http://countryaircheck.com/pdfs/current050222.pdf  ; pages  1, 7 and 9

Forbes   5/2

https://www.forbes.com/sites/pamwindsor/2022/05/02/steel-guitarist-pete-drake-inducted-into-country-music-hall-of-fame-also-influenced-rock–roll/?sh=1d8f54bf241c

Instagram: Wendy Moten’s post:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CdYo7WFgBwt/

CMHF Video released:

Some performance snippets and Charlie intro and you

part of your CMHF speech is at  4:19 

Wheel Country ( Germany)

https://wheel-countrymail.de/kuenstler-musiker/ (at first is an article about Naomi Judd, than to It’s Miller Time)

CMT.com

http://www.cmt.com/news/1844937/watch-the-judds-ray-charles-eddie-bayers-and-pete-drake-are-inducted-into-the-country-music-hall-of-fame/

Spectrum News

https://spectrumnews1.com/wi/madison/news/2022/05/01/judds–ray-charles-to-be-inducted-into-country-hall-of-fame

Jesse Rose

My Kind of Country  (5/2 + 5/3)

MusicRow

Flipboard.com

https://flipboard.com/@forbes/business-f4b93odaz/-/a-9uWLgJA-TxOO6NSRkLoiOg%3Aa%3A3199486-%2F0

Update News

https://news.jagoloncat.com/rock-legend-peter-frampton-recalls-steel-guitarist-pete-drake-introducing-him-to-the-talk-box-11665.html

WMGT (GA news)

Prince Georges Suite  (5/1)

https://www.pgsuite.com/culture-arts/2022/5/1/judds-ray-charles-to-be-inducted-into-country-hall-of-fame

Billboard

https://www.billboard.com/music/country/country-music-hall-of-fame-ceremony-naomi-judd-death-1235065293/#recipient_hashed=011696a8093dc77d34ee7832060a2ddac449acbfbdb80063de1b328dd8b1dc62

Billboard.com

https://www.billboard.com/music/country/country-hall-fame-eddie-bayers-pete-drake-session-musicians-1235064842/

Black Promoters Collective

https://blackpromoterscollective.com/country-hall-of-fame-places-spotlight-on-two-innovative-session-musicians/

Nashville Music Guide

Far Out Magazine

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/10-greatest-session-musicians-bob-dylan/

GuitarPlayer.com

https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/how-alvino-rey-introduced-the-guitar-world-to-effects-in-the-1930s-by-making-his-instrument-talk

Outsider

Los Angeles Times

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2022-04-12/the-judds-comeback-cmt-music-awards-mother-daughter-duo

Kentucky Country Music

Sounds Like Nashville

The Country Note

Music Matters Magazine

People.com

https://people.com/country/judds-reunite-cmt-awards-2022-performance-introduced-kacey-musgraves/

Cheatsheet.com 

https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/the-judds-reuniting-cmt-awards.html/

Taste of Country

https://tasteofcountry.com/the-judds-reunion-2022-cmt-music-awards-performance/

https://www.wideopencountry.com/linda-hargrove/

Sounds Like Nashville

Steel Guitarist Pete Drake Inducted Into Country Music Hall of Fame

Pete Drake was recently inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Find links to news articles below.

Legendary Steel Player Pete Drake Keeps Making History

Pete with Shobud steel guitar
Pete with Shobud steel guitar

Drake Will Be First Steel Guitarist Inducted Into The Country Music Hall of Fame on May 1

He knew when to play, what to play and just as importantly … when not to play. He crossed most every genre of music – George Harrison to George Jones, Tammy Wynette to Bob Dylan.— Joe Chambers, Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum

PLEASANT VIEW, TENNESSEE, UNITED STATES, April 1, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — Pete Drake will make history as the first steel guitarist to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Drake, who was once featured on 59 of the 75 songs on Billboard’s Top Country Hits chart, also enjoyed success as a producer, publisher, record label founder and recording artist. He will be inducted, in the Recording and/or Touring Musician category, alongside additional honorees Ray Charles, The Judds and Eddie Bayers on May 1. Drake is a member of the Atlanta Music Hall of Fame, Georgia Music Hall of Fame, Musicians Hall of Fame and Steel Guitar Hall of Fame.

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All Things Must Pass by George Harrison

All Things Shall Pass-George Harrison-Guitar

As well as Ringo and future Yes man (and member of the Plastic Ono Band) Alan White on drums, a young pre-Genesis Phil Collins had a bash on some congas (apparently unused); and Cream/Blind Faith’s Ginger Baker plays on the jam, I Remember Jeep. Harrison flew in Dylan sidekick Pete Drake from Nashville to play pedal steel. Voormann later said, “You could feel after the first few sessions that it was going to be a great album.”

Guitar.com recently published The Genius Of…All Things Must Pass by George Harrison which mentions Pete Drake alongside some rich musical history.

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