Harmony:

Carter and Ralph Stanley
Lester Flatt and Curly Seckler
Keith Whitley and Ricky Skaggs
Del and Ronnie McCoury
...

And then there is Lennon and McCartney!

Conway Twitty and Lorreta Lynn!

Nothing beats great harmony singin'!

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Terry Edwards
Fessy D-10; Nash 1000
Martin D-21; Flatiron F-5

Buck & Buck (overdubs)

Ray Price & Van Howard

Eric & Alan Brace

the Adams Brothers Don & ?(Jones Boys '60's)

Everly's
Stanley's

and so many more

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Jim Vogan
Carter D10, 8&5 with BCT
G.D. Walker Stereo Steel Combo
Bakelite Ric
Hilton volume pedal

Then, one day (at a friends house), I heard a group called Take Six, and their harmonies literally astonished me! (They have a lot of religious music in their repetoire, too.) I had never thought that that degree of perfection in harmony singing could ever be achieved.

(erik is wondering why his razz smilie is not showing up)

[This message was edited by erik on 02 September 2003 at 06:44 PM.]

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kd...and the beat goes on...

Those four voices came closer than anything else I have heard to the sound of a good steel guitarist playing a sophisticated chord progression with a lot of dissonant passing chords interspersed throughout the song. You are correct about the way they "morphed" from chord to chord -- just like pressing pedals and knee levers.

I still have one of their albums and listen to it from time to time.

You should feel honored to have two of them living in your neighborhood.

[This message was edited by Roy Ayres on 03 September 2003 at 07:06 AM.]

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But the one occasion that stand out in my mind was a TV show years ago...with Ray Charles singing "Crying Time Again" with Barbra Streisand doing the harmonies. Incredible! I'll never forget it.

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Another one that moved me very much from many years ago - Johnny and June doing If I were a Carpenter & you were a Lady.

[This message was edited by Donna Dodd on 03 September 2003 at 12:47 PM.]

One of my alltime favorite recordings just for the sake of harmony is The Imperials acapella version of "Sweet, Sweet Spirit". There are many other "Southern" gospel groups and songs with wonderful harmony.

If I had to save just ONE CD from my whole collection, it would be their 1991 album 'He Is Christmas'. 'Hark, The Herald Angels Sing' brought tears to my eyes when I first heard it, and it still does. They are just as good 'live', too....

PLEASE listen to this record if you get the chance!

RR

[This message was edited by Roger Rettig on 04 September 2003 at 06:16 AM.]

McGuinn came from the folk side of things, where Hillman was bluegrass - way back when.
David was really neither. David's early influences were more towards big band and jazzier type music.

So here we have this group, that on first listen, sound like any other 1-3-5 basic country/bluegrass harmony. But in reality,
McGuinn may have been singing the 1, Hillman the 5, but Dave was singing like 4ths, instead of the 3rd. And he sang the highest parts, that made the music really soar, like an Eagle, like a bird.

When David C. and the rest of the Byrds parted ways, the 'Byrds' went to other great and noble things; but that original vocal sound, Crosby's off-beat harmonies, has never been duplicated with any of the reincarnated Byrds that were to follow.

McGuinn's jangly 12-string Rickenbacker and
David Crosby's brilliant harmonies were the soul of "Mr Tambourine Man", "Turn, Turn, Turn",
"Eight Miles High", "Fifth Dimension (5-D)", "Mr Spaceman" - the essence, really, of
"THE BYRDS".

Great stuff, IMHO.

Chipper

[This message was edited by CHIP FOSSA on 08 September 2003 at 06:19 PM.]