AoT 166: ABBA Sounds feat. Jimmy McGowan
Academy Of Tone 166: ABBA Sounds feat. Jimmy McGowan
Special guest: Jimmy McGowan
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:26 - Thomas and Jimmy play Abba
00:04:42 - Who is Jimmy McGowan?
00:07:32 - What is the show about today?
00:07:58 - Weekly Artist Report
00:16:03 - A few things about Abba
00:17:41 - What about all the places Jimmy has lived in
00:21:08 - Meeting Jennifer Batten
00:24:15 - Stuttgart is Stuttgart
00:24:51 - Music city Mannhein
00:27:57 - Thomas's past as a session guitarist in Mannheim
00:29:46 - Besides the ABBA project, what other projects does Jimmy have?
00:33:56 - HX Effects?
00:36:14 - HX Effects - The first thing
00:40:58 - The Blubox
00:41:53 - General reactions to chat
00:43:28 - Back to Abba
00:44:44 - Pop Music
00:46:09 - Thomas and Jimmy play Abba - Dancing Queen
00:48:21 - The genious of Abba's chord choices
00:51:20 - Thomas and Jimmy play Waterloo
00:52:24 - The genius of Waterloo
00:53:50 - Mamma Mia rehearsal
00:54:51 - Thomas and Jimmy play Mamma Mia
00:56:27 - The story about the guitar lick for Mamma Mia and it'es guitar player
00:57:37 - Here is another one
00:57:54 - Thomas and Jimmy play Gimme gimme gimme
00:59:45 - The magic of the 70's
01:01:54 - The melancholy of Abba
01:02:52 - Ritchie Blackmore and the Abba influences
01:04:39 - The "role" of Jimmy in Abba Mania, the show
01:09:44 - Abba's classical masterpiece
01:12:06 - Thomas and Jimmy play Intermezzo
01:15:45 - The genius about Intermezzo
01:16:55 - The Lydian sound
01:18:40 - Can Jimmy read music? How does he learn the songs?
01:19:15 - The importance of modes
01:21:52 - "Play" Music
01:23:19 - Thomas's arrangement of a classical piece of music
01:27:35 - Clip from Thomas's rehearsal with a symphonic orchestra
01:28:51 - People from Los Angeles visiting Thomas
01:29:45 - Thank you Jimmy for visiting us
01:32:16 - See you guys next week, outro