Tad Lathrop & Don Giller, "Tell Me What You See" (1972)

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Don Giller

Don Giller

Жыл бұрын

"Tell Me What You See" is a throwback to our earliest years creating music together. I had been working on it for a while, little bits and pieces that finally came to fruition by the time we first recorded the then-lyric-less song in my college dorm at Antioch in February 1972.
Tad's interest in the tune was what made it tick. He helped compose the lyrics and melody, and his added guitar part gave the song a dimension I could not have hoped to conceive on my own. It was a realization that we could do much more.
By the summer we were in New York City, spending the evening hours writing and arranging new songs, either all Tad's, mostly Tad's with input from me, ideas I offered that Tad helped flesh out, or fully-collaborative. For 20- and 21-year-olds, it was a heady time.
Back on campus that Fall, we organized our own concert in late November. This performance of "Tell Me What You See" comes from that event.
The song is of its time, with moments we both now cringe. But it represents what we were then capable of, a peek into our early development as players fifty years ago this Fall.
Note: The End-Credits track comes from a 1971 home recording.

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@theblue-hots5548
@theblue-hots5548 Жыл бұрын
This is really good Don. It goes right to my soul
@dongiller
@dongiller Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@kurikokaleidoscope
@kurikokaleidoscope Жыл бұрын
Very lovely and entertaining.
@rustybeltway2373
@rustybeltway2373 Жыл бұрын
Wow. Far out. Folky and dreamy. Holds its own with the tunes of the day.
@katiezee2
@katiezee2 Жыл бұрын
Once again, a lovely and beautiful piece, Don. You two collaborate so well.
@henryjraymondiii961
@henryjraymondiii961 Жыл бұрын
Atmosphere! Breathe folks! Here it is.
@jmc6327
@jmc6327 5 ай бұрын
Wow, I came here by accident, but I really enjoyed this and have added it to my playlist.
@dongiller
@dongiller 5 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@rocketreindeer
@rocketreindeer Жыл бұрын
Fantastic stuff, thanks!
@Hack_The_Planet_
@Hack_The_Planet_ Жыл бұрын
Digging the music Don
@andyinoregon
@andyinoregon Жыл бұрын
Wow, Don, you and Tad were giving Patrick Simmons and The Doobie Brothers a run for their money in 1972 with this song!
@dongiller
@dongiller Жыл бұрын
Another non-existent influence. :)
@andyinoregon
@andyinoregon Жыл бұрын
@@dongiller It's the reverse influence. It sounds like The Doobie Brothers borrowed from your 1972 song when they recorded 1974's "Tell Me What You Want (And I'll Give You What You Need)."
@dongiller
@dongiller Жыл бұрын
@@andyinoregon That certainly makes sense. My “Tell Me…” was in heavy rotation around that time. :) Jeff Baxter actually jammed with a band I was in in late 1976. It was apparent he had a lot of Coca Cola that evening. “Coherent” would not be a word I would describe about him then.
@andyinoregon
@andyinoregon Жыл бұрын
@@dongiller My wife and I saw Jeff Baxter with Steely Dan in April 1974 at the U. of Toledo and with The Doobie Brothers in April 1977 at Bowling Green State U. We went to the nearby Holiday Inn Lounge for drinks after the Bowling Green show, and who did we see showing the pinball machine who's boss but the "Skunk" himself. The band was staying there overnight before resuming their "Takin' It To the Streets" tour. He played some beautiful pedal steel guitar on their song I mentioned above "Tell Me What You Want," recorded in late 1973 for their album "What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits," released in Feb. 1974. So glad you told me about jamming with Baxter.
@SEB-EDIT
@SEB-EDIT Жыл бұрын
Lovely, so genuinely/aesthetically seventies sound/Crosby Still Nash and Young.♪ Heck, you've been creating music for quite some time, my friend. You guys are really a fine guitarist duet.♪ Peace, Don. Respect ;^) ♪ .
@dongiller
@dongiller Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@matttilley8620
@matttilley8620 Жыл бұрын
Holy shit! I always had you pegged to be in your twenties.
@dongiller
@dongiller Жыл бұрын
I wish. :)
@plaws0
@plaws0 Жыл бұрын
As you say, very much of its time. Which means I like it. Even if I was only 9 at the time of the initial recording. 🙂
@dongiller
@dongiller Жыл бұрын
Don’t lie - we spotted you in the audience. :)
@plaws0
@plaws0 Жыл бұрын
@@dongiller Lol! Nope. I'm a 1963. The '64s were on the way and they had to clear me out.
@jeffreyhampton9130
@jeffreyhampton9130 Жыл бұрын
Nice job. Sort of a Zeppelin thing going on; not quite Going To California, but another Zeppelin tune I can’t find in my head currently. Yeah, nicely done.
@dongiller
@dongiller Жыл бұрын
Interesting, as I wasn’t an avid LZ listener at the time. More Bert Jansch, whose one riff was “borrowed” by the band.
@jeffreyhampton9130
@jeffreyhampton9130 Жыл бұрын
@@dongiller I gave this soothing song another listen. Nice job, truly.
@KokoTheGorilla69
@KokoTheGorilla69 Жыл бұрын
Pretty good man!
@jurgostuff
@jurgostuff Жыл бұрын
Wow, beautiful!
@miakialchemy
@miakialchemy Жыл бұрын
Very Stephen Stills 😎
@dongiller
@dongiller Жыл бұрын
You’re the first to notice the correct influence. :)
@gregburke0073
@gregburke0073 Жыл бұрын
Makes me think of The Doobie Brothers "Clear As The Driven Snow". Good job. What tuning are you in?
@dongiller
@dongiller Жыл бұрын
Just the bottom E tuned down to D. And thanks!
@lynnturman8157
@lynnturman8157 Жыл бұрын
Wow. This is the most different Beatle cover I've ever heard.
@dongiller
@dongiller Жыл бұрын
I see what you did there.
@HAL_9000__
@HAL_9000__ Жыл бұрын
Pretty sweet. Is that you on vocals? Hey Don, I was looking for the Letterman bit where Larry Bud Melman came out as Roy Orbison. Have you posted that? Or can the Letterman channel post it? Thanks man.
@dongiller
@dongiller Жыл бұрын
Tad’s the vocalist. A very young Tad. :) You’ll find Calvert as Larry as Kenny as Roy in the Kenny the Gardener compilation.
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