Spirit In The Sky - Muziek
Spirit In The Sky by Norman Greenbaum
Norman Greenbaum
Biografie van de kunstenaar Norman Greenbaum
Norman Joel Greenbaum Born November 20 1942 Is An American Singer-Songwriter. He Is Best Known For Writing And Performing The 1969 Song “Spirit In The Sky”. Greenbaum Was Born In Malden Massachusetts. He Was Raised In An Orthodox Jewish Household And Attended Hebrew School At Congregation Beth Israel. His Initial Interest In Music Was Sparked By Southern Blues Music And The Folk Music That Was Popular In The Late 1950s And Early 1960s. He Performed With Various Bands In High School And Studied Music At Boston University For Two Years. In College He Performed At Local Coffeehouses But Eventually Dropped Out And Moved To Los Angeles In 1965. Greenbaum Is Best Known For His Song "Spirit In The Sky". The Song With Its Combination Of 'heavy' Guitar Hand-Clapping And Spiritual Lyrics Was Released By Reprise Records In 1969. It Sold Two Million Copies In 1969 And 1970 And Received A Gold Disc From The R.I.A.A. It Has Subsequently Been Used In Many Films Advertisements And Television Shows. Although "Spirit In The Sky" Has A Clear Christian Theme Greenbaum Was And Remains An Observant Jew. Greenbaum Says He Was Inspired To Write The Song After Watching Country Singers Singing A Song On Television. In An Interview Greenbaum Stated That Western Movies Were The Real Inspiration For "Spirit In The Sky". Though Greenbaum Is Generally Regarded As A One-Hit Wonder Several Of His Records Placed Prominently In The Charts Including "Canned Ham" In 1970 Which Reached Number 46 On The Billboard Pop Chart. In 1966 Under The Name Dr. West's Medicine Show And Junk Band He Recorded The Novelty Hit "The Eggplant That Ate Chicago". In The 1960s Greenbaum Also Performed Under The Name Bruno Wolf With The Jim Kweskin Jug Band. Greenbaum Has Been A Long-Time Resident Of Santa Rosa California. He Was Critically Injured When The Car In Which He Was A Passenger Made A Left Turn In The Path Of A Motorcycle On Occidental Road On March 28 2015 Killing The Motorcyclist And Also Injuring The Motorcycle Passenger. Greenbaum Has Since Gone Back To Performing.
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Norman-Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky
"Spirit In The Sky" Is A Song Written And Originally Recorded By Norman Greenbaum And Released In 1969. The Single Sold 2 Million Copies In 1969 And 1970 And Got To Number 3 In The U.S. Billboard Chart As Well As Number 1 On The UK Australian And Canadian Charts In 1970. Rolling Stone Ranked "Spirit In The Sky" #333 On Their List Of The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time. The Song Was Featured On The 1969 Album Of The Same Name. Cover Versions By Doctor And The Medics And Gareth Gates Have Also Made The Number 1 Spot In The UK. Original Version By Norman Greenbaum Greenbaum Had Previously Been A Member Of Psychedelic Jug Band Dr. West's Medicine Show And Junk Band. When They Split Up He Won A Solo Contract With Producer Erik Jacobsen Who Had Previously Worked Successfully With The Lovin' Spoonful. He Was Inspired To Write The Song After Watching Porter Wagoner On TV Singing A Gospel Song. Greenbaum Later Said "I Thought 'Yeah I Could Do That ' Knowing Nothing About Gospel Music So I Sat Down And Wrote My Own Gospel Song. It Came Easy. I Wrote The Words In 15 Minutes." "Spirit In The Sky" Contains Lyrics About The Afterlife Making Several References To Jesus. However Greenbaum Who Identifies Himself As Jewish Stated That He Had No Particular Religious Intentions With The Song. Greenbaum Recorded His First Solo Album With Jacobsen For Reprise Records. The Song's Arrangement Came Together In The Studio In San Francisco Where Lead Guitarist Russell DaShiell Bass Player Doug Killmer And Drummer Norman Mayall Worked With Greenbaum. According To One Source And To DaShiell Greenbaum Used A Fender Telecaster With A Fuzz Box Built Into The Body To Generate The Song's Characteristic Guitar Sound. Moreover DaShiell Explained How He Created The Song's Distinctive "beeping" Fills I Actually Played The Lead Guitar Parts On Spirit Using A 61-62 SG Les Paul A 68 Marshall Plexi 100w Half Stack And A Home-Made Overdrive Box In Front Of The Marshall. Regarding The 'beep Beeps' As I Call Them When The Producer Asked Me To Play Some Fills In Between The Verses As A Joke I Said How About Something Spacey Like This And I Did The Pickup Switch/string Bending Thing. I Saw Him Stand Up In The Control Booth And He Said "that's It! Let's Record That!" So We Did. There Was No Slide Involved Just My Fingers And I Used The Bridge Humbucker And The Pickup Switch . The Fuzz Part Is Norman With A Built-In Overdrive Circuit Built Into His Tele Pickguard. I've Been Asked A Lot Over The Years How I Did The 'beep Beep' Guitar Parts On Spirit So For Any Guitar Players Out There Who Would Like To Learn How Try The Following Using A 2-Pickup Gibson Set The Neck Pickup Volume To Zero Bridge Pickup Volume To Max With The Pickup Switch In The Middle Position With Gibson Wiring This Gives You Silence In The Middle Position . Do A String Bend Picking The B & E Strings Together With One Hit Just Ahead Of The Beat Then Use The Pickup Switch To Kick In The Bridge Pickup In Triplets 6 Per Bar As You Let The B String Bend Down Two Frets. I Mainly Used Two Positions On Spirit Which Is In The Key Of A. For The Low Position Fret A Stationary C Note 8th Fret On The E String While Bending The B String Up To An A Note For Your Starting-Position Then Pick The Two Strings Together Once While The Guitar Is Silent And Work The Pickup Switch As You Let The A Note Bend Downwards To A G. For The High Position Do The Same Thing At The 15th Fret Holding A Stationary High G Note On The E String While Bending Down From E To D On The B String. I Must Give Credit To Jimi Hendrix As My Inspiration For This Technique As Well As For The Double-String Riffs I Did At The Beginning Of The Spirit Solo Tail Section . I Saw Him Perform Live In A Small Club In Madison Wisconsin And Loved The Way He Used His Strat Pickup Switch To Create Staccato Feedback On Songs Like Voodoo Child. The Difference Is On A Gibson You Can Start From Silence And Create The On/off Effect Which Worked Well With The Downward String Bending Thing I Did On Spirit.
The Resulting Sound Was An Innovative And Compelling Combination Of Gospel And Psychedelic Rock Music With Loud Drums Distorted Electric Guitar Clapping Hands And Tambourines. The Production Team Brought In The Stovall Sisters An Oakland-Based Gospel Trio To Sing Backing Vocals. Because Of Its Unusual Lyrics And Style The Record Company Was Initially Reluctant To Issue It But Was Finally Released As A Single After Two Other Singles From The Album Had Poor Sales. "Spirit In The Sky" Became A Worldwide Hit And Was At The Time The Best-Selling Single Ever For The Reprise Label. Of The Song Greenbaum Once Said In An Interview "It Sounds As Fresh Today As When It Was Recorded".
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Biography - Norman Greenbaum
Norman Joel Greenbaum Born November 20 1942 Is An American Singer-Songwriter. He Is Best Known For Writing And Performing The 1969 Song “Spirit In The Sky”. Greenbaum Was Born In Malden Massachusetts. He Was Raised In An Orthodox Jewish Household And Attended Hebrew School At Congregation Beth Israel. His Initial Interest In Music Was Sparked By Southern Blues Music And The Folk Music That Was Popular In The Late 1950s And Early 1960s. He Performed With Various Bands In High School And Studied Music At Boston University For Two Years. In College He Performed At Local Coffeehouses But Eventually Dropped Out And Moved To Los Angeles In 1965. Greenbaum Is Best Known For His Song "Spirit In The Sky". The Song With Its Combination Of 'heavy' Guitar Hand-Clapping And Spiritual Lyrics Was Released By Reprise Records In 1969. It Sold Two Million Copies In 1969 And 1970 And Received A Gold Disc From The R.I.A.A. It Has Subsequently Been Used In Many Films Advertisements And Television Shows. Although "Spirit In The Sky" Has A Clear Christian Theme Greenbaum Was And Remains An Observant Jew. Greenbaum Says He Was Inspired To Write The Song After Watching Country Singers Singing A Song On Television. In An Interview Greenbaum Stated That Western Movies Were The Real Inspiration For "Spirit In The Sky". Though Greenbaum Is Generally Regarded As A One-Hit Wonder Several Of His Records Placed Prominently In The Charts Including "Canned Ham" In 1970 Which Reached Number 46 On The Billboard Pop Chart. In 1966 Under The Name Dr. West's Medicine Show And Junk Band He Recorded The Novelty Hit "The Eggplant That Ate Chicago". In The 1960s Greenbaum Also Performed Under The Name Bruno Wolf With The Jim Kweskin Jug Band. Greenbaum Has Been A Long-Time Resident Of Santa Rosa California. He Was Critically Injured When The Car In Which He Was A Passenger Made A Left Turn In The Path Of A Motorcycle On Occidental Road On March 28 2015 Killing The Motorcyclist And Also Injuring The Motorcycle Passenger. Greenbaum Has Since Gone Back To Performing.
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"Spirit in the Sky" is a song written and originally recorded by Norman Greenbaum and released in 1969. The single sold 2 million copies in 1969 and 1970 and got to number 3 in the U.S. Billboard chart, as well as number 1 on the UK, Australian and Canadian charts in 1970. Rolling Stone ranked "Spirit in the Sky" #333 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song was featured on the 1969 album of the same name.
Cover versions by Doctor and the Medics and Gareth Gates have also made the number 1 spot in the UK.
Original version by Norman Greenbaum
Greenbaum had previously been a member of psychedelic jug band Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band. When they split up he won a solo contract with producer Erik Jacobsen, who had previously worked successfully with The Lovin' Spoonful. He was inspired to write the song after watching Porter Wagoner on TV singing a gospel song. Greenbaum later said : "I thought, 'Yeah, I could do that,' knowing nothing about gospel music, so I sat down and wrote my own gospel song. It came easy. I wrote the words in 15 minutes."
"Spirit in the Sky" contains lyrics about the afterlife, making several references to Jesus. However, Greenbaum, who identifies himself as Jewish, stated that he had no particular religious intentions with the song.
Greenbaum recorded his first solo album with Jacobsen for Reprise Records. The song's arrangement came together in the studio in San Francisco where lead guitarist Russell DaShiell, bass player Doug Killmer and drummer Norman Mayall worked with Greenbaum. According to one source and to DaShiell, Greenbaum used a Fender Telecaster with a fuzz box built into the body to generate the song's characteristic guitar sound. Moreover, DaShiell explained how he created the song's distinctive "beeping" fills:I actually played the lead guitar parts on Spirit, using a 61-62 SG Les Paul, a 68 Marshall Plexi 100w half stack and a home-made overdrive box in front of the Marshall. Regarding the 'beep beeps' as I call them, when the producer asked me to play some fills in between the verses, as a joke I said how about something spacey like this and I did the pickup switch/string bending thing. I saw him stand up in the control booth and he said "that's it! let's record that!" so we did. (There was no slide involved, just my fingers, and I used the bridge humbucker and the pickup switch). The fuzz part is Norman with a built-in overdrive circuit built into his Tele pickguard.
I've been asked a lot over the years how I did the 'beep beep' guitar parts on Spirit, so for any guitar players out there who would like to learn how, try the following: Using a 2-pickup Gibson, set the neck pickup volume to zero, bridge pickup volume to max, with the pickup switch in the middle position (with Gibson wiring this gives you silence in the middle position). Do a string bend, picking the B & E strings together with one hit, just ahead of the beat, then use the pickup switch to kick in the bridge pickup in triplets (6 per bar) as you let the B string bend down two frets.
I mainly used two positions on Spirit, which is in the key of A. For the low position, fret a stationary C note (8th fret) on the E string while bending the B string up to an A note for your starting-position, then pick the two strings together once while the guitar is silent and work the pickup switch as you let the A note bend downwards to a G. For the high position, do the same thing at the 15th fret holding a stationary high G note on the E string while bending down from E to D on the B string.
I must give credit to Jimi Hendrix as my inspiration for this technique (as well as for the double-string riffs I did at the beginning of the Spirit solo tail section). I saw him perform live in a small club in Madison, Wisconsin and loved the way he used his Strat pickup switch to create staccato feedback on songs like Voodoo Child. The difference is, on a Gibson you can start from silence and create the on/off effect, which worked well with the downward string bending thing I did on Spirit.
The resulting sound was an innovative and compelling combination of gospel and psychedelic rock music, with loud drums, distorted electric guitar, clapping hands, and tambourines. The production team brought in the Stovall Sisters, an Oakland-based gospel trio, to sing backing vocals. Because of its unusual lyrics and style, the record company was initially reluctant to issue it, but was finally released as a single after two other singles from the album had poor sales. "Spirit in the Sky" became a worldwide hit, and was at the time the best-selling single ever for the Reprise label. Of the song, Greenbaum once said, in an interview: "It sounds as fresh today as when it was recorded".
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