And I take it you've heard the clever sendup of the theme they use locally on the Hardline. I still chuckle every time I hear it.
If you really want to know anything about the ‘green acres’ theme then you really should try to get some sleep....
Just sayin’
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I think the original recording used a very low harmonica.
(Have a great photo of Eddie Albert with my grandfather. They had investment dealings years ago.)
Playing it in my head. Maybe a “treated piano”? Or harpsichord? Electric guitar, certainly. Harmonica.
Apparently its a sin to promote your television business when you don’t have presidential aspirations at the time.
You definitely hear this and it is played thru the programs.
Tombo Pocket Bass Harmonica: http://youtu.be/0i4h8s1GGPI
See BS got rid of GA as part of their ‘rural purge’ back in the day.
I think it’s harmonica. Have you ever heard a Theramin? It sounds spooky.
I could be wrong, but it sounds like a jug instrument might've been used as backup (although might be mistaking it for the harmonica).
No Moogs/synths. The Moog was still a couple years off from any real use.65 was around the year of it’s creation roughly and it was all college music lab territory until Wendy/Walter Carlos did the Hooked on Bach stuff that gained it acceptance.
Well some acceptance. To this day half of the musicians dont consider a synth a legit ‘instrument’.
My Integra 7 would dispute that greatly ;)
When I drove a cab part time, I often got calls to a large sprawling “Green Acres Trailer Court”...I always drove with the windows down, and enroute my very carrying baritone voice in full song would make kids on bicycles and pedestrians turn their heads as I flew by ;) /Noob post
But have you ever heard the Green Acres theme done to the tune of: "Purple Haze"?
If you can find it, it's worth a listen (better even than William Shatner doing Beatles covers....)
I’m no expert, but I could swear I hear Alice pecking the piano.
Its got electric guitar playing melody. It has a cross section of woodwinds. Oboe, bassoon, piccolo, flute etc. Nice arrangement for those. All of the backing music is symphony with an electric guitar playing melody on top of it.
I found this:
“Mizzy composed the title song for Green Acres, the 1965-71 comedy starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor. For the Green Acres theme, Mizzy used the unique combination of a bass harmonica and a little fuzz laden guitar and an electric bass clarinet to create the loopy hoedown vibe.”
I really would not know the answer to that, as I get allergic smelling hay!
Look up Vic Mizzy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic_Mizzy)
The “Porkarana” noise is a bass harmonica.
Mizzy (who also did the Addams Family) loved odd music.
If you ever get to see the movie “The Spirit is Willing” that’s another one by him.