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Hi, If you not have had the possibility to visit my site I hereby give you a little tast of The Bluesmates. If you like it there is more to hear. If not, I am sorry to have taken your time.
Much respect. Grandpa_Erik
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Located 10 miles outside of downtown Nashville in the town of Old Hickory, TN, the Fry Pharmacy is a 2" 16 track classic analog recording studio.
Our building was indeed once a Pharmacy, built in 1928 and boarded up in 1962. With the original tin ceilings and tile floors intact, the Fry Pharmacy is truly A TIME CAPSULE.
We are analog recording junkies.
We have a shit load of FENDERS and Ampeg and other assorted vintage gear that is waiting for you to use on your next record.
The Fry Pharmacy has amazing sonic properties and is a super cool environment for hanging out and making recordings.
We have one ghost and a bunch of vintage gear ranging from a circa 1957 Ampex 351 MONO tape deck to a 1974 Ampex 2" 16 track.
Book your session at The FRY : email scott@frypharmacyrecording.com or call 615-500-8215
Some thoughts on recording at the Fry Pharmacy by Michael Tarbox.
RECORDING. THE FRY PHARMACY.
Waiting for morning coffee, I'll tell you something about the music we've recorded for the new CD... first of all, though, you must know someting about The Fry Pharmacy, the studio the songs were recorded in... It's in Nashville, or more specifically in Old Hickory, just outside Nashville, out by the lake that Johnny Cash made his home on. (Parenthetically: Johnny's old house burnt to the ground last month. We in the Ramblers have theorized that it committed suicide upon learning that it had been recently acquired by one of the Gibb Brothers, of Bee Gees fame.)
Anyway, back to The Fry Pharmacy. It's owned by Scott McEwen, the Ramblers bass player, and his recording pal, Phil Hummer... the place was indeed a Pharmacy, built in the 1920s (or was it the 30s?), and operating for thirty-odd years until closing its doors in the early 60's.
It remained dusty and shuttered until Phil and Scott opened its doors and walked into a ghosted time capsule... Tin ceilings. Cryptic graffitti scrawl on the walls in childlike hand. Walls the weird institutional pale green that was everywhere in the 50s and 60s but is rarely seen today (needless to say we think of that ghastly green as one of the colors of a lost childhood and so, perhaps perversely, it evokes pleasant memories).
The Fry Pharmacy Studio graces the hills of Old Hickory with a certain dusty primitive splendor. It's a grimy gem whoses essence was sensed and only enhanced when Scott and Phil filled it with the tape machines whose acquisition has, over the years, become a life pursuit. These tape recorders are the faithful relics of the pre-digital; their whirring, mechanical personalities have largely disappeared from the studio scene as computers replaced them.
But who can deny the beauty of the sounds captured by these creaky beasts? The Fry Pharmacy’s crazy treasures include a machine that has recorded the pride of Michigan - The Stooges, The White Stripes and The Detroit Cobras... machines like it also recorded masterpieces like "Sticky Fingers." Tucked away in a corner is an old machine of the sort used to capture the exquisite genius of "Kind of Blue."
And when these machines are turned on, they produce smells - the slightest scent of dust burnt off as tubes warm up - and heat. Like all living animals do.
- Michael Tarbox
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Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 8:09am on August 18, 2009,
Grandpa_Erik said…
- Hi, If you not have had the possibility to visit my site I hereby give you a little tast of The Bluesmates. If you like it there is more to hear. If not, I am sorry to have taken your time.
Much respect. Grandpa_Erik
- At 8:33am on January 25, 2009,
Harpdog Brown said… - Nice to meet you
- At 11:13am on January 24, 2009,
Mark Porkchop Holder said… - Some of your gear was culled from one of the Chess studios, wasn't it, Scott?
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