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Amazing Songs & Other Delights # 21 – The They Play a Strat, So Does Carlos edition by Carlos Fortes & Raquel Pinhero @ Yé Yé Radio

Amazing Songs & Other Delights # 21 – The They Play a Strat, So Does Carlos edition air today, Monday 28th, circa 2:40-4pm (gmt) on Yé Yé Radio: https://yeyeradio.com/ or on the app Carlos Fortes (Mão Morta/Um Zero Amarelo) picked 18 songs played/written with a Startocaster or predominantly played/written with one, including two of his – Ventos Animais and Anjos Marotos by Mão Morta – Carlos picked the first, I the second. The Shadow’s Apache, a joint choice, is a superb display of using a Stratocaster.

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Amazing Songs & Other Delights # 21 – The They Play a Strat, So Does Carlos edition by Carlos Fortes & Raquel Pinhero

Fender American Stratocaster Grey with 10-position switch (Bula installation) © Carlos Fortes

The Fender American Startocaster Grey with 10-position switch (Bula installation) of the illustrative photo for Amazing Songs & Other Delights #21 The They Play a Strat, So Does Carlos edition belongs to Carlos Fortes (Mão Morta/Um Zero Amarelo – it was previously owned by António Manuel Ribeiro (UHF)). The show airs tomorrow (Monday 28th) on Yé Yé Radio: https://yeyeradio.com/ or on the app from about 2:40pm to 4pm (gmt). Carlos and I selected 18 songs played/written with a Strartocaster or predominantly played/written with one, including two of his – Ventos Animais and Anjos Marotos by Mão Morta – Carlos picked the first, I the second. The Stratocaster was given its name in 1953 by Don Randall, Fender’s sales chief. The Fender Stratocaster, introduced in 1954, has several differences and innovations from the Telecaster. The two-horned shape was adapted from the Precision Bass by Freddy Tavares, it has three pickups, rounded edges and body contour to make it more comfortable and came in a vibrato and a non-vibrato model. It was also the first time that Fender used a sunburst finish. Back to the songs. There is a joint choice, The Shadow’s Apache with Hank Marvin on the Strat, songs in which the guitarist isn’t usually associated with a Strat – Bernard Butler, Noel Gallagher here with a Nash Strat (like with Telecasters no all Stratocasters are Fender) – and a number of songs with more or less proper Strat men and women. As with its twin Telecaster show of a fortnight ago the songs go through different eras and styles from Deep Purple’s Smoke On The Water with its trademark riff from the hand of Ritchie Blackmore to Bonnie Raitt covering Talking Heads’ Burning Down The House. We pretty much broke all the rules, if existing. Along with Carlos’ two songs there are two Bob Dylan songs, one with him as the Strat man another with Mark Knofler as such. Jimi Hendrix and George Harrison appear both on this and the Telecaster edition. And so on. 🙂

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Amazing Songs & Other Delights #20 The They Play a Telecaster, So Does Carlos edition by Carlos Fortes & Raquel Pinheiro @ mixcloud

The beautiful Telecaster that illustrates this show belongs to Carlos Fortes (Mão Morta/um zero amarelo). Carlos and I picked 25 songs played/written with a Telecaster or predominantly played/written with one, including two of his – Sem Perdão by Um Zero Amarelo chosen by him and Budapeste by Mão Morta chosen by me. Our 25 songs include Prince’s iconic Hohner Madcat Telecaster, Carlos’ own Fender Telecaster with custom build Bula pickup and 5-position switch installation, also from the hands of Bula – a friend of Carlos who custom builds pickups. Telecasters with B-Benders are also represented. We included a variety of players and eras to showcase the History and versatility of the Telecaster and created over one and an half hour of songs with a Telecaster and those who play it. See tracklist for more info on players and guitars.

Monday, February 14th, 2022
Running time: 60:35:44

Tracklist:
01 – Bruce Springsteen – I’m on Fire (Bruce Springsteen) (Carlos)
02 – David Bowie – Be My Wife (David Bowie) (Raquel)
03 – Graham Coxon – No Good Time (Graham Coxon) (Raquel)
04 – Jeff Buckley – Mama, You Been on My Mind (Studio Outtake – 1993) (Jeff Buckley) (Carlos)
05 – Johnny Cash – New Cut Road (James Burton) (Carlos)
06 – Led Zeppelin -Stairway to Heaven (Jimmy Page – Dragon Telecaster, given by Jeff Beck, originally unpainted) (Raquel)
07 – Mão Morta – Budapeste (Carlos Fortes) (Raquel)
08 – Muddy Waters – Let’s Spend The Night Together (Muddy Waters – Rolling Stones’ cover) (Carlos)
09 – P.J. Harvey – Missed (P.J. Harvey) (Raquel)
10 – Pink Floyd – Astronomy Dominé (Syd Barret) (Carlos)
11 – Prince & The Revolution – Take Me With U (Live 1985) (Prince – Hohner Madcat Telecaster) (Raquel)
12 – Radiohead – Airbag (Jonny Greenwood) (Carlos)
13 – Spoon – The Hardest Cut (Britt Daniel) (Raquel)
14 – The Beatles – Dig A Pony (Remastered 2009) (George Harrison – Rosewood Telecaster) (Carlos)
15 – The Byrds – You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere (Bob Dylan’s song) (Clarence White – Modified Telecaster, Stringbender – B-bender) (Carlos)
16 – The Clash – I’m Lost In The Supermarket (Joe Strummer) (Raquel)
17 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix) (Raquel)
18 – The Police – Walking On The Moon (Andy Summers) (Carlos)
19 – The Pretenders – Precious (Chrissie Hynde) (Carlos)
20 – The Raconteurs – Somedays (I Don’t Feel Like Trying) (Jack White – Three-Wheel Motion Low Rider Fender Telecaster – built-in B-bender) (Raquel)
21 – The Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar (2009 Remaster) (Keith Richards) (Carlos)
22 – The Smiths – This Charming Man (2011 Remaster) (Johnny Marr) (Raquel)
23 – The Stranglers – Princess of the Streets (1996 Remaster) (Hugh Cornwell) (Carlos)
24 – The Yardbirds – Ever Since The World Began (The Mono Album) (Jeff Beck) (Raquel)
25 – Um Zero Amarelo – Sem Perdão (Carlos Fortes) (Carlos)

[photo: Fender American Telecaster Blue with CB5 Bula neck pickup, 5-position switch (Bula installation) © Carlos Fortes]

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