Every Little Thing

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 10:21 am

Larry, did they do "Do the Freddy"? That is awesome that you did that. Did you see any other famous bands British bands?

larrywassgren · Post by **larrywassgren** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 5:53 pm

I've got to check out those new British bands if they're playing clean Rickenbackers. Andy Babiuk (who did the Beatlesgear book) is in The Chesterfield Kings and is a good friend of mine. I know they play Rickenbackers a lot so next time I talk with him I'll ask him what guitars and effects they used. And yes Bob they did "Do The Freddie" and it was a great show, real professional. The show was in a theatre at the end of Blackpool Pier and it was kind of like being in the audience of an Ed Sullivan Show. They had comedians, acrobats, etc., but Freddie did steal the show at the end. The music was flawless(at least it sounded that way at 19) and he really was a performer. After doing the flip off the stage and landing on the floor he went into the crowd to get people going. A crazy man in a good way. I also saw Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders and Herman's Hermits on that trip, both great and a big part of the British Invasion. Of course it was '71 and the Cavern was boarded up and The Beatles were on their own. I back-packed all over England and Scotland for three weeks, taking the trains and hitch-hiking. The Brits are great and they'd pick you up and sometimes even buy lunch on the road, couldn't believe it. Anyway(and this is no B.S.!), on the day I was leaving England for France I was walking down a sidewalk in Ramsgate and saw a newspaper laying on the ground with a photo of McCartney. The article said he was having rehearsals looking for a guitar player for his new band. Chances of even getting into a rehearsal were slim but who knows, I should have at least kept that newspaper. So that had to be around the time(July of '71) he was forming Wings.

mclennon · Post by **mclennon** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 11:04 pm

Going back to the Every Little Thing/rick 12 or not subject and according with “The Beatles as Musicians: the Quarry Men Through Rubber Soul” by Walter Everett (Oxford University Press 2001), Harrison plays the tremolo-enhanced Ricky 12 with a strong midrange resonance boost from the Vox in the third track of the song. I'm agree with that.

The author also adds 14 more songs where Rick 12 is used including in this list the unusual mentioned: I’m Happy Just to Dance With You (only the C sharp minor triads that sustain through the four-measure intro) It’s Only Love (repeating C in the intro and choruses) and Here There and Everywhere (from 1:03 to 1:09 and from 1:37 to 1:43 and also in the final two bars)

Well, I think we have the definitive list of songs played with Rickenbacker 12: Can't Buy Me Love,I Should Have Known Better, If I Fell, I Call Your Name, A Hard Day's Night, You Can't Do That, Anytime At All, Every Little Thing, What You're Doing,Ticket To Ride, If I Needed Someone, I’m Happy Just to Dance With You, It’s Only Love and Here There and Everywhere.