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Pure musical genius, that guy!

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Brad,
Your statement there goes a lot further than you think. The key word being "genius". Not very many people know (but,they will now) that Lloyd is a member of the Mensa Society.
In order to join that organization,you must,first, take a test,& lemme tell ya,you've got to be a little smarter than your average Polock steel player to get into it. So,not only is Lloyd a GREAT steeler,he's a purty durn smart one also.

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To clarify the situation here is Lloyd's comments, from just a few minutes ago:

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""Whoa, just a minute guys. Please don't write my "musical obituary" just yet.
While it's true I've probably cut my final instrumental album/CD I'm still cutting records for other folks.
The new Buddy Jewel CD on Sony, will be released in February, there's a remarkable new CD of Robbie Fulks', featuring Redd Volkaert and me that'll hit the market soon (which among other tunes has us on an instrumental Jazz tune written by Fulks ) and a new CD by the Calhoun Twins on which Ron Elliot and I both play, I think.
Plus, I just finished a new CD on Dec. 23rd, with a fine singer and writer, John Williamson.
Then there are several interesting new projects with which I'll be involved in January and February as of this date. Besides, I'm just getting warmed up!"
 
Thanks,
Lloyd Green
 

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(Posted with permission of course.)

Keep laying down those hit tracks, Lloyd!
If you're on it, I'm buying.

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I recorded 2 albums for L.D. during 1967 and 1968, "The Hit Sounds" and "Day For Decision". In 1969, after I had recorded 3 albums for Chart/RCA Little Darlin' released a 3rd album on me comprised of demos, out-takes, alternate takes and one or two tunes not previously recorded. This one is entitled, "Green Country".

In those days I was playing my first Sho-Bud built in early 1965. It had a pearl inlay heart in the center of the front. My amp at that time was a Fender Black Face Deluxe with 1 D-120F JBL speaker. I switched to a Fender Twin with 1 15" D-130F after June, 1968 when we cut the "Live at Panther Hall" where they had waiting for me the best Fender Twin I ever played through. It still had the "new" price tag on it from the Dallas music store from where it was rented for the occasion.

I looked in the back and there were two D-120F 12" orange seal speakers.

The price tag I can steel see in minds eye was......$575.00!

Had Koch Records involved me in the liner notes on the Little Darlin' liner notes they would have gotten much more incisive and accurate information.

Best regards,

Lloyd Green

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Thanks Lloyd!!! We all deeply appreciate you sharing with us this rich musical history from that encyclopedic database that some call your brain. It's a real treasure to have these historic details shared and illuminated.

Sincerely,
Brad Sarno

[This message was edited by Brad Sarno on 05 January 2005 at 06:55 AM.]

Thanks For The Memory !!