LiveMusic Posted October 30, 2002 Share Posted October 30, 2002 At least, that's what it looked like. I went to his concert last weekend. I noticed he was using an odd looking mic stand early on. S-shaped. I thought to myself I had never seen one like it. Almost an hour later, I said "Gee, his mic is smoking!" Then we confirmed that yep, it is definitely smoking. Well, as it turns out, his mic stand wasn't s-shaped, it was a regular stand with plastic hose fastened to it and carrying something. Oxygen? CO2? I have never seen anything like this, so whatever it is, I sure would like to know. His show was good, BTW. > > > [ Live! ] < < < Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S_Gould Posted October 30, 2002 Share Posted October 30, 2002 Helium for help hitting the high notes? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted October 30, 2002 Share Posted October 30, 2002 Um....helium and other gases should be invisible right? If you saw smoke then maybe you should have looked for the hidden bong or something :D . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wewus432 Posted October 30, 2002 Share Posted October 30, 2002 It's got to be a [url=http://www.vintageamps.com/talkbox.html]guitar talkbox[/url] . The smoke was probably condensation caused by the difference in temperature between the warm air in the tube and the temperature of the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted October 30, 2002 Share Posted October 30, 2002 [quote]Originally posted by PinheadWewus: [b]It's got to be a [url=http://www.vintageamps.com/talkbox.html]guitar talkbox[/url] . The smoke was probably condensation caused by the difference in temperature between the warm air in the tube and the temperature of the air.[/b][/quote]DOOO YOUUUU FEEEEELLLLL...LIKE WEEE DOOOOO????? "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wewus432 Posted October 30, 2002 Share Posted October 30, 2002 Listen to that song sometime. At one point it sounds just like the guitar throws up when he goes BLAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy clay Posted October 30, 2002 Share Posted October 30, 2002 I don't think the Boz plays guitar, at least not on stage. Maybe it's O2, maybe it's not.... I'm trying to think but nuthin' happens.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhmusicmindspring.com Posted October 30, 2002 Share Posted October 30, 2002 Oh he sure do play guitar...! Quite well, and quite a bit on stage. Check him out sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botch. Posted October 30, 2002 Share Posted October 30, 2002 It was controlled amounts of Vick's Vapo-Rub. In small amounts it causes visions of sweet babushkas and dancing bolsheviks, giving the recipient a slight Tchiakovskiesque lilt to his musical performance. Damm this is goood beere :freak: Botch "Eccentric language often is symptomatic of peculiar thinking" - George Will www.puddlestone.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveMusic Posted October 30, 2002 Author Share Posted October 30, 2002 He definitely plays guitar (every song except maybe one... I think it was a Les Paul) and it definitely was not a talkbox. Well, put it this way, it kinda looked like a talkbox tube but he didn't do anything like that. He just sang normally the whole show. I am curious as hell about this. I thought maybe he piped in some kind of gas for his vocal chords. Very odd. > > > [ Live! ] < < < Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jotown Posted October 30, 2002 Share Posted October 30, 2002 I would bet if it wasn't a talk box, it was plain old Oxygen. A singer can never get too much of that. Jotown:) "It's all good: Except when it's Great" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted October 30, 2002 Share Posted October 30, 2002 Boz Scaggs! Geez, he DO play a fine guitar! Or DID! Haven't seen him live since '71, so don't know if he still plays onstage. In his disco-funk days of the late '70's, I saw him on the tube without it. Hope his baby's still callin' him home! Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted October 30, 2002 Share Posted October 30, 2002 You mean NO rather than CO2? C02 = carbon dioxide (can't get it medically) N0 = nitrous oxide (can be used medically) :) The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael saulnier Posted October 30, 2002 Share Posted October 30, 2002 I remember reading about some musician / inventor who noticed that one reason so many people "sing in the shower" is that the steamy conditions are good for the vocal chords... warms 'em up... so he built a device that would provide "steam" for singers while they were playing live... My "guess" is that Boz had something like that going... 'Ya think? guitplayer I'm still "guitplayer"! Check out my music if you like... http://www.michaelsaulnier.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jotown Posted October 30, 2002 Share Posted October 30, 2002 By george, I think you may be right. Jotown:) "It's all good: Except when it's Great" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathtoallwhoopposeme Posted October 30, 2002 Share Posted October 30, 2002 I've seen Hall and oats use Vaporizor/Humidifiers on stage as well as some other artists..This is my bet for what Boz was using..... Sean Michael Mormelo www.seanmmormelo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wewus432 Posted October 30, 2002 Share Posted October 30, 2002 Yeah that must have been what it was. Sounds like a good thing to have. I remember doing this outdoor festival. I got on stage and my throat was so dry I could hardly sing. So I go into this instrumental thing and start walking around the stage looking for the so called stage manager who is nowhere to be found or, something to drink, anything. So, tho only thing on stage was an old beer with a cigarette floating in it. So I'm thinking, do I take a swig of this or totally stop the show to get some water. Luckily someone had noticed my dilemma and came out with the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gtoledo3 Posted October 30, 2002 Share Posted October 30, 2002 The first use of talkbox on an album was on The Iron Butterfly's Metamorphosis album, on the track Butterfly Blue. It's really a ground breaking album, not a lot like any thing else the Iron Butterfly did. It's in the veign of Moby Grape, dual guitar lead, proto-prog, Righteous Brothers type harmonies, psych california style rock. Mike Pinera, one of the guitar players, worked with the inventor of the talk box, to hone the sound. The "magic bag"(talk box) that Jeff Beck used on his classic recordings was the very same original prototype used by Mike Pinera on the Iron Butterfly material. After the recording, Jeff balked about giving it back because he had replaced the driver (after burning it out). He still has it. By the way, Peter Frampton started using his talk box after a stint opening up for RAMATAM, Pinera's band after Iron Butterfly. Mike Pinera deserves the credit for popularizing the electric lisp sound we're all so familiar with today. Want mix/tracking feedback? Checkout "The Fade"- www.grand-designs.cc/mmforum/index.php The soon-to-be home of the "12 Bar-Blues Project" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wewus432 Posted October 30, 2002 Share Posted October 30, 2002 I just looked at the title to this thread again. If he was sucking CO2 all through the show wouldn't he be dead. Each song he would become a little drowsier and incoherent and then he would just fall dead into the audience. What a way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFOracle Posted October 30, 2002 Share Posted October 30, 2002 CO2 won't kill you (you exhale it all the time). CO will kill you. Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity. Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong: James Bryce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wewus432 Posted October 30, 2002 Share Posted October 30, 2002 Ah, so I have confused the di-oxide with the mono-oxide. Needless to say I flunked Chemistry. Carbon Dioxide is everywhere in soft drinks and whatnot. Never mind. But what if he was sucking Carbon Monoxide from a car parked back stage. That would be funny, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanThomas Posted October 30, 2002 Share Posted October 30, 2002 Come [i]on[/i] peeps... You just know that thing was connected to a [url=http://www.hookahstore.com/]Hookah[/url] ! ;) Signatures can appear at the bottom of your posts. This option may be disabled by the message board administrators at any time, however. You may use UBB Code in your signature, but not HTML. UBB Code Images are permitted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted October 31, 2002 Share Posted October 31, 2002 [quote]Originally posted by SFOracle: [b]CO2 won't kill you (you exhale it all the time). CO will kill you.[/b][/quote]Wrong, both will - if you wre ebreathing CO2 through an 'oxygen' mask etc instead of 02, eventually your electrolytes would go to shit etc and death.... Never argue with a nurse :) The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundcrafter Posted October 31, 2002 Share Posted October 31, 2002 Actually, both will kill you. Monoxide of the carbon form is more deadly though, and is more well known for that. Carbon Dioxide will kill you if you're in an environment with almost no oxygen. :wave: "If you're flammable and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit. Unless you are a table." -Mitch Hedberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Knutson Posted October 31, 2002 Share Posted October 31, 2002 Are you sure Boz Scaggs wasn't just sucking in general? :D https://bunny.bandcamp.com/ https://theystolemycrayon.bandcamp.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_dup3 Posted October 31, 2002 Share Posted October 31, 2002 John Entwistle used to have a gizmo attached to his mic stand that was made of several bicyclist water bottles that allowed him to sip various bevvies (water, cognac, etc.) while continuing to play! Re: Boz Skaggs---I once saw him on a bill with Little Feat (the Lowell G. version); they invited him out to sing "Willin'"---shoulda seen him trying to catch the "...Tucson to Tucumcari, Tehachepe to Tonopah..." lyrics! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roto Posted October 31, 2002 Share Posted October 31, 2002 still laughing at the thought of Boz Scaggs on a talkbox. I'd pay to hear that! Lido, whoa-oh-oh-oh.... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halljams Posted October 31, 2002 Share Posted October 31, 2002 [quote]Originally posted by Count dracuBunny: [b]Are you sure Boz Scaggs wasn't just sucking in general? :D [/b][/quote]Oh, Boz does not suck my friend. Check out SUPERVIBE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Knutson Posted October 31, 2002 Share Posted October 31, 2002 ...it was a [b]JOKE[/b]!!! :D https://bunny.bandcamp.com/ https://theystolemycrayon.bandcamp.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeVW Posted October 31, 2002 Share Posted October 31, 2002 [quote]Originally posted by GT3: [b]The first use of talkbox on an album was on The Iron Butterfly's Metamorphosis album, on the track Butterfly Blue. [/b][/quote]I believe that Alvino Rey (b. Alvin McBurney, 1908) was the first to record using that effect on his steel guitar back in the '50s, and possibly as early as the '40s. It's certainly evident on quite a few of the sessions he did for Esquivel during the '50s. George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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