From their album "Ruins" comes this clever song "Postcard. Written by Klara Soderberg, it features a beautiful piano accompaniment from Steve Moore. It reminded me so much of the slip-note piano style of Floyd Cramer.
From The Record Shop website comes the following explanation: "In 1960, during the recording of Hank Locklin's "Please Help Me I'm Fallin' " Cramer used a style of playing that had not been heard before. Described as a slip-note style it had been familiar to guitar and steel guitar players, would would slide half a tone. Cramer was using a whole tone slur, hitting a note and sliding almost simultaneous into the next."
Late in 1960 Floyd Cramer released his own single "Last Date" complete with his new slip-note sound. The single only failed to reach number one in the USA because of Elvis whose "Are You Lonesome Tonight" featured Cramer on piano. Has that ever happened before, an instrumental track and a song at one and two with the same artist? Next up for Cramer was Patsy Cline's classic hit "Crazy" with that great intro from Floyd.
So Steve Moore. Just compare his solo (at 2minutes 42 seconds) on YouTube - (First Aid Kit Postcard - "Live From The Rebel Heart's Club") with those above. I think Cramer would be impressed.
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