zephonic Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 The Pointer Sisters song. Wikipedia lists John Barnes, Greg Phillinganes and William D. Smith on keyboards, with Michael Boddicker credited for synths (usually programming, I think). Anybody know who plays the solo? Quote local: Korg Nautilus 73 | Yamaha MODX8 away: GigPerformer home: Kawai RX-2 | Korg D1 | Roland Fantom X7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzjazz Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 I"ve wondered that too. Pretty damn hip especially in a pop tune. Quote www.dazzjazz.com PhD in Jazz Organ Improvisation. BMus (Hons) Jazz Piano. my YouTube is Jazz Organ Bites 1961 A100.Leslie 45 & 122. MAG P-2 Organ. Kawai K300J. Yamaha CP4. Moog Matriarch. KIWI-8P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Link Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 The video shows a guy who actually looks like he"s playing it. Quote aka âmisterdregsâ Nord Electro 5D 73 Yamaha P105 Kurzweil PC3LE7 Motion Sound KP200S Schimmel 6-10LE QSC CP-12 Westone AM Pro 30 IEMs Rolls PM55P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan_evett Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 The video shows a guy who actually looks like he"s playing it. I think so. Just tried it on my piano, it's a lot of fun. Doesn't hurt that it's based off of the Gm blues/Bb maj/min pentatonic scale either The video shows a bit more than expected as well, between 00:55 - 57. Another 'Were the censors sleeping moment?', similar to the time Festus (Ken Curtis) said 'Aw f*#k' in a Gunsmoke episode.. Quote 'Someday, we'll look back on these days and laugh; likely a maniacal laugh from our padded cells, but a laugh nonetheless' - Mr. Boffo. We need a barfing cat emoticon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MathOfInsects Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 According to a single-click Google search....it's William D. Smitty Smith. Quote Now out! "Mind the Gap," a 24-song album of new material. www.joshweinstein.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadroj Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 Playing those octaves sucked on a synth action. Fun solo though, used to be one of the few moments in the night where I got to go "hey look at me, I exist!" Quote Hammond SKX Mainstage 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Link Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 The video shows a guy who actually looks like he"s playing it. The player in the video looks like Smith. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=william+d+smith+keyboard&t=iphone&iax=images&ia=images&iai=http%3A%2F%2Frecord.ticro.com%2Frecord%2Fjacket%2FW00000776.jpg Quote aka âmisterdregsâ Nord Electro 5D 73 Yamaha P105 Kurzweil PC3LE7 Motion Sound KP200S Schimmel 6-10LE QSC CP-12 Westone AM Pro 30 IEMs Rolls PM55P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Link Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 BTW, this is a tune I didn"t mind having stuck in my head all day! Very sticky. Quote aka âmisterdregsâ Nord Electro 5D 73 Yamaha P105 Kurzweil PC3LE7 Motion Sound KP200S Schimmel 6-10LE QSC CP-12 Westone AM Pro 30 IEMs Rolls PM55P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobadohshe Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 I think it's Cory Henry. Quote Kawai C-60 Grand Piano : Hammond A-100 : Hammond SK2 : Yamaha CP4 : Yamaha Montage 7 : Moog Sub 37 My latest album: Funky organ, huge horn section https://bobbycressey.bandcamp.com/album/cali-native Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linwood Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 According to a single-click Google search....it's William D. Smitty Smith. Smity was something else. I worked with him on a few songs in the 80's. Great player and songwriter. (rip) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drawback Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 Just a side note - I was lucky enough to see The Pointer Sisters just when this song was hitting the charts. They, their band, and this song were a force of nature.They opened the show with it and I"ve never forgotten it. Quote ____________________________________ Rod Here for the gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 The Pointers seem to have an affinity for hot keyboard players. Check out this burner from early in their career. [video:youtube] Quote Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrythek Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 Just a side note - I was lucky enough to see The Pointer Sisters just when this song was hitting the charts. They, their band, and this song were a force of nature.They opened the show with it and I"ve never forgotten it. Yeah, what a talented group. Back then we (Casio) were endorsing their two keyboard players (Marc Ritter and Greg Whelchel) who used CZ synths among their array of gear. I also remember endorsing Smitty Smith as well.... Mate: Wowsa, that was a burning performance. Piano player played some hip lines. What a tempo! Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelSmith Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Im so Excited. The piano solo was Willian D Smith, but he was a very close frined of mine before he passed from Cancer at Cedars Sinai Hopsital . A few days before he passed I got a call from Edda James, she was there said Smitty wantes to talk with you for a while Michael. We called him Smitty,not William. We spoke for a while as I hade been out fo country. Smitty and I recorded many songs with Bernie Larson (Dave Lindleys band) and Ian McGlaggin (Faces), Ian Wallace, and an album for many John Woodwin, and many great artists. Smitty brough to my home studio Lenny Castrao, Paulina D Lacosta and so many cool guys, he recorded great keyboards on many of my songs as I was only playing guitar and vocals then, but keyboards also and he tought me alot about finding the grove. So to this end he spoke about all the music he played and one of the tunes was Im So Excited and he play the piano solo. Smitty was always there when I needed his coolness. After speaking with him he handed the phone back to Edda, and she said he really wanted to see me before he left, but I was still in Korea, we never got to hang out again. So there is the answer to the mystery on Smitty and Im So Excited and that killer piano solo. Peace out guys !!!! Michael S Smith Raining Thunder Michael Smith Music Score 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadroj Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 That's a pretty cool story. Thanks for sharing. It is indeed a great solo. Quote Hammond SKX Mainstage 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old No7 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 The video shows a bit more than expected as well, between 00:55 - 57 Yeah, just as the lyrics say: "And if you move real slow, I'll let it show..." That was NO accident.......... ) I like the piano solo too -- as I never would have gone "back in time" to catch that again, if not prompted by this posting. Old No7 Quote Yamaha MODX6 * Hammond SK Pro 73 * Roland Fantom-08 * Crumar Mojo Pedals * Mackie Thump 12As * Tascam DP-24SD * JBL 305 MkIIs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Towne Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 The great JR Robinson on drums as well. Quote Endorsing Artist/Ambassador for MAG Organs and Motion Sound Amplifiers, Organ player for SRT - www.srtgroove.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherScott Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 I don't like the drum beat, though. Similar to "I'm Still Standing" and "You Make My Dreams Come True"... it kinda counts on everyone else to give the song a groove. Quote Maybe this is the best place for a shameless plug! Our now not-so-new new video at https://youtu.be/3ZRC3b4p4EI is a 40 minute adaptation of T. S. Eliot's "Prufrock" - check it out! And hopefully I'll have something new here this year. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishcough Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 This should be the definitive response, since it comes from one of the horses' mouths â the great drummer JR Robinson ("Ain"t Nobody," "Don"t Stop Till You Get Enough," "Higher Love"), who was featured on the track. In an interview (conducted by a drum equipment company), Robinson was asked what he remembered about the recording session for "I'm So Excited." Here's his response: "This was a great band with Nate Watts on bass, Tim May, Paul Jackson and Ira Newborn on guitars, and with John Barnes on keys." On the album credits for the track, William "Smitty" Smith is credited with playing organ, while John Barnes plays "acoustic piano." http://slapklatz.com/endorsers/john-jr-robinson/stories-behind-the-biggest-hits/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Warnelis Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 John Barnes piano on I'm So Excited. It's in the liner notes for the Big Break Records 2011 2CD special edition set. I'm a 55 y.o. musicologist who worked for Dick Clark Prods. One of the best pop piano solos of all time. Feeling!!! Brett Warnelis on Facebook. Anyone know John Barnes??? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delaware Dave Posted Friday at 12:57 AM Share Posted Friday at 12:57 AM It was me .... 1 Quote 57 Hammond B3; 69 Hammond L100P; 68 Leslie 122; Kurzweil Forte7 & PC3; M-Audio Code 61; Voce V5+; Neo Vent; EV ELX112P; GSI Gemini & Burn Delaware Dave Exit93band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.F.N. Posted Friday at 01:16 AM Share Posted Friday at 01:16 AM 18 minutes ago, Delaware Dave said: It was me .... 1 Quote "You live every day. You only die once." Where is Major Tom? - - - - - Band Rig: PC3, HX3 w. B4D, 61SLMkII Other stuff: Prologue 16, KingKORG, Opsix, MPC Key 37, DM12D, Argon8m, EX5R, Toraiz AS-1, IK Uno, Toraiz SP-16, Erica LXR-02, QY-700, SQ64, Beatstep Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Towne Posted Saturday at 02:32 AM Share Posted Saturday at 02:32 AM On 8/8/2021 at 2:32 PM, AnotherScott said: I don't like the drum beat, though. Similar to "I'm Still Standing" and "You Make My Dreams Come True"... it kinda counts on everyone else to give the song a groove. I’ll be sure to mention that to JR. 😂 3 Quote Endorsing Artist/Ambassador for MAG Organs and Motion Sound Amplifiers, Organ player for SRT - www.srtgroove.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.F.N. Posted Saturday at 04:01 PM Share Posted Saturday at 04:01 PM Great tune, just popped up here in the speakers at my lunch café, excellent production! Quote "You live every day. You only die once." Where is Major Tom? - - - - - Band Rig: PC3, HX3 w. B4D, 61SLMkII Other stuff: Prologue 16, KingKORG, Opsix, MPC Key 37, DM12D, Argon8m, EX5R, Toraiz AS-1, IK Uno, Toraiz SP-16, Erica LXR-02, QY-700, SQ64, Beatstep Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MathOfInsects Posted Saturday at 04:26 PM Share Posted Saturday at 04:26 PM Totally unrelated, but posting here as a crime of opportunity: I was on a break at a gig and sitting under a speaker that was playing their house music. The speakers were hard-panned LR so I was only hearing one channel. I noticed some stuff I'd never noticed in Prince's Kiss before, but then Diana Ross's "I'm Comin' Out" came on, and HOLY CRUD if that's not a funky-ass bassline and drum beat. Even when it was sampled for the Biggie tune, I hadn't really focused on that bassline and performance. DAMN. And the drum beat...funky AF. Go listen, you'll see. 1 Quote Now out! "Mind the Gap," a 24-song album of new material. www.joshweinstein.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted Saturday at 04:35 PM Share Posted Saturday at 04:35 PM 7 minutes ago, MathOfInsects said: ... Diana Ross's "I'm Comin' Out" came on, and HOLY CRUD if that's not a funky-ass bassline and drum beat....DAMN. And the drum beat...funky AF. Yep. Better late than never rediscovery.😁😎 1 Quote PD "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return."--E. Ahbez "Nature Boy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motif88 Posted Saturday at 04:51 PM Share Posted Saturday at 04:51 PM On 9/27/2019 at 4:10 PM, jerrythek said: Yeah, what a talented group. Back then we (Casio) were endorsing their two keyboard players (Marc Ritter and Greg Whelchel) who used CZ synths among their array of gear. I also remember endorsing Smitty Smith as well.... Mate: Wowsa, that was a burning performance. Piano player played some hip lines. What a tempo! Jerry RE: Cloudburst, it's Tom Salisbury: http://www.tomspianomusic.com/home.html Quote Using: Yamaha: Montage M8x| Spectrasonics: Omnisphere, Keyscape | uhe: Diva, Hive2, Zebra2| Roland: Cloud Pro | Arturia: V Collection | NI: Komplete 14 | VPS: Avenger | Cherry: GX80 | G-Force: OB-E | Korg: Triton, MS-20 Sold/Traded: Yamaha: Motif XS8, Motif ES8, Motif8, KX-88, TX7 | ASM: Hydrasynth Deluxe| Roland: RD-2000, D50, MKS-20| Korg: Kronos 88, T3, MS-20 | Oberheim: OB8, OBXa, Modular 8 Voice | Rhodes: Dyno-My-Piano| Crumar: T2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoken6 Posted Saturday at 05:37 PM Share Posted Saturday at 05:37 PM 1 hour ago, MathOfInsects said: Diana Ross's "I'm Comin' Out" came on, and HOLY CRUD if that's not a funky-ass bassline and drum beat. [...] And the drum beat...funky AF. Go listen, you'll see. Nile, 'Nard and Tony Thompson will do that to a track. Cheers, Mike. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George88 Posted Sunday at 01:36 AM Share Posted Sunday at 01:36 AM On 9/25/2019 at 10:42 PM, zephonic said: The Pointer Sisters song. Wikipedia lists John Barnes, Greg Phillinganes and William D. Smith on keyboards, with Michael Boddicker credited for synths (usually programming, I think). Anybody know who plays the solo? Just a wonderful pop performance from top to bottom. Killer piano. “Cloudburst,” from ‘73 is a smoking’ piano take as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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