Carry Fire, Robert Plant, 2017

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 07/12/2020 at 15:23 • Filed to: None

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Drummers: what kind of drum carries the beat? It leads out. Also: is that a viola?

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/12/2020 at 20:36

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Not sure about the drum. Might even be a recorded track, since I can’t see anybody playing it. But it doesn’t sound like something struck by hand, perhaps Eastern,  Middle Eastern, or  African in origin. And yes, that’s a viola. The backing band is the Sensational Shape Shiftes.

Wait, just found this:

Carry Fire once more features the Sensational Space Shifters, whose slightly cheery moniker belies their excellence. Their instrumental contribution is worth listing in full as it conveys not just the credits but the flavours of the album’s bill of fare. There’s John Baggott (keyboards, Moog, loops, percussion, drums, brass arrangement, t’bal, snare drum, slide guitar, piano, electric piano, bendir); Justin Adams (guitar, acoustic guitar, oud, E-bow quartet, percussion, snare drum, tambourine); Dave Smith (bendir, tambourine, djembe, drum kit); and Liam ‘Skin’ Tyson (dobro, guitar, acoustic guitar, pedal steel, twelve-string). Albanian cellist Redi Hasa performs on three tracks, as does Seth Lakeman on viola and fiddle. ( louder sound.com )

You’re on your own to figure out what those instruments are, but the bendir is a type of drum from North Africa. The djembe is a west African drum.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 07/12/2020 at 20:57

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Did you watch the video? I think it’s perhaps Robert Plant’s finest effort.

I started a “song radio” on Spotify with Carry Fire  as the seed and got some pretty good stuff.

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/12/2020 at 21:10

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I did. I’m impressed by how good he still sounds at age 69. He can’t scream like he used to, but he knows how to make the best out of his older voice. Good stuff.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 07/12/2020 at 21:30

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I’ve still to find you the date on the picture of the girls you sent.

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/12/2020 at 22:42

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No rush. Just wondering. Youngest looked about 12-14?