Prog Bands, Artists and Genres Appreciation

Dave Greenslade

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Topic: Dave Greenslade

Posted By: chopper
Subject: Dave Greenslade
Date Posted: February 01 2019 at 07:00

As a Star Wars fan I probably should have known this but apparently Dave Greenslade scored the music for the band in the cantina scene in A New Hope.

Now everyone's going to tell me they knew this already.

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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: February 01 2019 at 07:10

I wasn’t aware of this fact, but I’ll stick with Cactus Choir and Bedside Manners.....

Posted By: SouthSideoftheSky
Date Posted: February 01 2019 at 11:30

No, I didn't know this! Interesting!

Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: February 01 2019 at 11:32

I also stick with the first 4 Greenslade albums.....I thought that music in the cantana scene was a bit silly.

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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 01 2019 at 13:17

Hmmm, not so sure about that. Dave Lawson was a player during the recording, but I find no evidence Dave Greenslade composed the cut. John Williams hired several musicians to help with the jazzy theme and Greenslade may've been part of that group, but nowhere have I found anything indicating DG wrote the piece.

"In Star Wars, Lawson can be heard playing the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARP_2600" rel="nofollow - ARP 2600 to conjure the sounds of an electric tuba in the famous Tatooine cantina scene.^{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Lawson_%28musician%29#cite_note-romano-4" rel="nofollow - [4]"}

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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: February 01 2019 at 20:42

Atavachron wrote:

Doh, you're right, I misread the article in Prog magazine, they were talking about Lawson, not Greenslade.

I wasn't aware of that either, must have missed this little fact.

Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: February 02 2019 at 00:15

Lawson is still awesome !! Great player.

Posted By: SouthSideoftheSky
Date Posted: February 02 2019 at 02:02

Ah, so it was fake news Big smile

Posted By: SouthSideoftheSky
Date Posted: February 02 2019 at 02:05

dr wu23 wrote:

I also stick with the first 4 Greenslade albums.....I thought that music in the cantana scene was a bit silly.

Of course it is silly, it is a comic scene. Even if it had been true that he wrote it, it would not be appropriate to compare it to the albums of Greenslade the band - apples and organges.