It's somewhere near the beginning of the 'Ask Buddy' pages.

A great record - especially 'Wichita Lineman'! Maybe now the Great Man has passed away, they'll be a little more energetic about releasing some back-catalog on CD. My personal favourite was 'I feel So Bad' with Buddy's terrific C6th solo!

RR

PS: If I had the remotest idea how to post a 'link' to the above I'd do it..... Ernie, any chance? It's a great tale!

[This message was edited by Roger Rettig on 11 June 2004 at 06:18 AM.]

That night, I was in the studio green room surrounded by thirty or so musicians talking about whatever LA musicians talk about. The buzzing faded away and I saw everyone shift their attention to three figures walking toward us in a dimly lit hallway. When they entered the room, the man in the middle turned out to be Ray Charles. If I remember correctly we all applauded. I stood there stunned because of the mindset I had for a Glen Campbell album. I gathered my wits and headed for the studio.

Our chemistry worked extremely well from the start. The first thing Ray did was to sit at the piano and ask me to play behind him as he sang a blues tune. After a couple of passes, he would smile and respond with comments like, "Yeah man, I think you've got it," or "Um hum; you know what the old man likes." I did know what he liked and it came from the many hours Jimmy Day and I spent listening to his music.

Wow is right!

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[This message was edited by Al Marcus on 11 June 2004 at 01:06 PM.]

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Every time I sit down to play I admire and wonder at the engineering and workmanship that produced my Emmons psg

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and heart too... I realize that every time I sit down to mine.

Thanks a million Mr. E.

[This message was edited by Ray Minich on 11 June 2004 at 04:35 PM.]

My dad is 97 years old and he still plays in a band. In fact he is the oldest drummer in the Netherlands. He refuses to write an autobiography simply because for him it would mean that he is retiring and he is giving up his music. (He is collecting a bunch of anecdotes however, and he is sharing them with us.)
He came to play here in South Africa, and when some of the 60-plus local musicians saw his enthusiasm, they were very pleased to realise that they still have another 40 years of music to go!

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Peter den Hartogh
Emmons 1978 S10-Fender Artist S10-Remington U12
Hilton Volume Pedal-Gibson BR4-Guya "Stringmaster"
MusicMan112RP-Peavy Rage158
My Animation College in South Africa

Mike

PS It would be an honor to play bass behind you

[This message was edited by Mike Hoover on 13 June 2004 at 04:56 PM.]