Frank’s services were not retained.įind more information on Colorado’s music history and visit our inductee page for the legends who have made their mark. Even in the Quietest Moments… was Supertramp’s first album to use Henderson, who would work with the band for their next three albums as well. “Not won out, and that’s why the song fades rather quickly,” Likes explains.īoth “Fool’s Overture” and the title track also got a fair amount of FM album-rock play. When it came time to do the final mixing, there was an argument about whether to include it or not. Just as Hodgson was playing the final rhythm for the end of the song, Frank the cat gave out a loud howl that was recorded on the guitar track. After some experimenting with microphone placement and such, everyone was happy with the sound and we began recording.”
“This way the guitars sounded fuller than they did in the acoustically dampened studio. The elevator was lowered halfway between the floors. Hodgson put a chair on the platform, and engineer Peter Henderson ran cables out of the studio onto the platform for microphones and a headset. “Brass gates kept someone from accidentally falling from the second-floor studio to the first floor.”
“There were walls on three sides of it with the front being open,” Likes notes. This exquisite beauty, Even in the Quietest Moments, written and composed by Roger Hodgson, co-founder of Supertramp, is the title track of the 1977 album of. It had a hardwood floor, rather than a huge metal plate, to match the décor of the studio. He had the idea to record them in the elevator, which was a hydraulic lift similar to the ones garages use to raise cars. And it nearly became the recording debut of Frank, the huge black and white cat that lived at Caribou.Īccording to engineering assistant Tom Likes (many of his Caribou tales can be read on ), w hen Hodgson was recording the acoustic guitars for “Give a Little Bit,” he wanted to get a “special” sound.
He had written it at age 19 before introducing it to the band years later. Roger Hodgson’s opening song, “Give a Little Bit,” became an international hit single for Supertramp. The band’s crew dragged a grand piano up to a mountaintop at Eldora Mountain Resort (a ski area near Caribou Ranch), covered it with snow and photographed it for the album cover (the sheet music on the piano, though titled “Fool’s Overture,” is actually “The Star-Spangled Banner”). The English rock band’s fifth album, Even in the Quietest Moments., was released 40 years ago this month and reached #16 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. A veritable who’s who of rock music’s elite was lured to Caribou, located near Nederland, in the 1970s-America, Jeff Beck, Rick Derringer, Earth, Wind & Fire, Dan Fogelberg, Michael Murphey, the Souther-Hillman-Furay Band, Rod Stewart, Stephen Stills, War, Frank Zappa, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Joe Walsh, Chicago, Eddie Rabbitt, Sheena Easton… The second track, 'Lover Boy,' has some undeniably brilliant, subtle electric guitar soloing from singer-guitarist Roger Hodgson there are minute flavorings of Pink Floyds David Gilmour and Genesis. I recorded a cover version of the song about a decade ago with my Yamaha FG720-12 and my Rickenbacker bass.The legendary Caribou Ranch recording studio will be inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame in August 2017. 'Even In The Quietest Moments.,' Supertramps 1977 release, has more to it than the hit single 'Give A Little Bit,' as great a song as it is. I made a guitar tab that shows the correct way of playing the awesome song. If you ever get a 12 string, do yourself a favour and tune it to open C (only takes an hour or so) and play the Moody Blues' "Question". They say you can either play a 12 string or keep it in tune, but you can't do both. 12 strings are awesome if you can get one that doesn't kill you either trying to play it, tune it, or change the strings. A Rickenbacker 360-12, two Yamahas, a Larrivee, a Taylor and now a Gibson.
Guitar collections are not complete (are they ever?) without a 12 stringer in the arsenal. Thanks again, Proclaimer! Gassing for a 12 string is nothing to be ashamed of. I officially now want a 12 string again thanks 2 u drathbun. If Roger comes even close to Carolina, all over it!! Again well done on Even in the Quietest Moments.Believe it or not, a nice guitar tab is available for "Downstream".blaspheme, I know but, it does come close on a guitar. I understand Supertramp to be very well regarded in the Great White North. Just noticed you are from Alberta!! Got lost in Invermere BC before making it to Banf.
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