Welcome to Singled Out! where we ask artists to tell us the inside story of their latest single. Today noted guitarist Jerry Jennings tells us about "One Blue Lady" from his album "Shortcut To The Center," which was produced by Ronnie Montrose who also appears on this track. We now turn it over to Jerry for the story:On the song "One Blue Lady" you can hear Ronnie throughout. His guitar is the screaming overdriven tone, and mine is somewhat cleaner and bluesier. His sound is the one you hear doing leads in the intro. And I think you'll agree, his solo is off the map. There was no prep time, and the song is in 6/4 time. He knocked that out in about three takes. I remember just asking Ronnie off the cuff, "Hey so do you think you'd want to take a solo on one of the songs? We ended up doing a bunch of trading licks toward the end. The trading off actually starts before the bridge in the breakdown area, and continues through the outro section.
Ronnie is electronically knowledgeable and likes to rebuild all of his stomp boxes. I don't remember which pedal this was, maybe a ring modulator. It was one he had just finished working on. But after my struggling with getting the perfect take on so many of my solos, and then having this amazing solo falling in place in a second, I remember thinking, well I guess there is a reason they call him Ronnie Montrose! Anyway, that solo will always be a reminder.
Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and learn more about the album - right here!
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