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Drew Howard Member Posts: 2390 |
posted 16 December 1999 08:41 PM
Can you recommend Jimmy Day's best album? Same for Curly Chalker? thank you, |
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Mike Perlowin Member Posts: 6731 |
posted 16 December 1999 11:07 PM
Curly only made 4 albums (5 if you count Nashville Sundown), and I'd say all 4 are worthwhile, but if I only had to choose only one, I'd take "Counterpoint" (which is available from Tom Bradshaw.) I think that some of his best playing though can be heard on the 2 hour concert video from 1986 that I edited and Scotty sold. I don't know if there are any copies left, but I have the master can have more copies made if there is enough of a demand. |
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road runner unregistered Posts: 6731 |
posted 17 December 1999 07:18 AM
i have an old album of curley,BIG HITS ON BIG STEEL,Prodecer Pete Drake.very good,also JIMMY DAYS STEEL AND STRINGS |
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Bill Stafford Member Posts: 1347 |
posted 17 December 1999 11:37 AM
IMHO the very best cut on a single song was done by Curly behind Stan Hitchcock' "The Shadow of Your Smile". And we need more singers like Stan out there today. BS and thats no BS. |
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Mark Herrick Member Posts: 1154 |
posted 17 December 1999 12:47 PM
For Jimmy Day’s work, look for the double CD “Golden Steel Guitar Hits / Steel And Strings” and for “The Offenders Reunion - Can’t Get The Hell Out Of Texas.” Both on Bear Family Records out of Germany. Sometimes you can find them at Tower or HMV. Also Johnny Bush’s recent “Talk To My Heart” with Jimmy Day and Herb Steiner. |
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joe long Member Posts: 319 |
posted 17 December 1999 12:51 PM
If you can get your hands on a copy of an old Carl Smith album "I Love You Because" on Harmony (Columbia Records) you will hear some excellent playing by Curly. I really wish someone would re-issue that album. |
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louie hallford Member Posts: 812 |
posted 17 December 1999 02:38 PM
I had heard of Jimmy Day and Curly Chalker and Jimmy Day for years but after hearing Day's Steel and Strings,and Chalkers Counterpoint,I really felt I really got to know the music of both men.The recordings speak for themselves. In my opinion each recording is a legacy to their peak years----if they ever peaked out. |
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Winnie Winston Member Posts: 542 |
posted 18 December 1999 01:20 PM
For Day... All the old Ray Price stuff. For Chalker? Yeah... the Counterpoint album. BUT... there was a record done LIVE at the Truck Driver's Convention in Wheeling, WV. Can't remember who the artist was for the life of me. But Chalker played on it. During one tune, Chalker takes an AMAZING solo-- so good that the singer forgets the words.. Wish I still had a copy of it! |
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Steelruss unregistered Posts: 542 |
posted 18 December 1999 05:52 PM
Winnie, The recording is "Dick Curless-Live at the Wheeling Truck Drivers Jamboree". It was recorded Sept. 2, 1972. The record was Capitol ST-11119. Also, incidentally, on guitar was steel guitarist Buzz Evans. Russ [This message was edited by Steelruss on 12-18-99] |
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Bill Cunningham Member Posts: 381 |
posted 19 December 1999 06:12 AM
Another great Curly set as a sideman is Merle Travis' album "Travis". It was cut in California before he moved to Nashville. He played a Fender 1000 at the time. I sure wish this one would be reissued on CD. I only have a poor quality cassette copy. Bill C. |
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louie hallford Member Posts: 812 |
posted 19 December 1999 10:01 AM
Drew ,your topic caused me to go dig out all my old Jimmy Day,Curly Chalker albums. After three hours of listening I have to change my vote on the my favorite Day album.For the more uptown sound the production on Steel and Strings fit. By the way does anyone know what the story is on the two different album covers for the " Steel and Strings" album.There is a Tom Bradshaw "Vintage Classic" cover and a white "Limited Addition" cover.
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P Gleespen Member Posts: 751 |
posted 20 December 1999 03:16 AM
Winnie, that Dick Curless album is out of print, but two songs from it (including the one where Dick forgets the words, what a solo!) are available on a recently released "Best of" CD called "The Drag 'Em Off The Interstate, Sock It To 'Em Hits of Dick Curless".
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wayne yakes md Member Posts: 650 |
posted 20 December 1999 08:42 AM
Jimmy Day did "City Lights" with Ray Price in 1956. Jerry Byrd asked a 20-year-old Jimmy if he cut that song with Ray. Jimmy sheepishly answered "yes". Jerry then said that after listening to his ride in the middle of the song, there must be more frets on his steel than on anybody else's! Jimmy told me this story and said that it was the best feeling he ever had in his life!Bear Family did an outstanding job of preserving the monumental work of Jimmy Day, Buddy Emmons, Bobby Garrett, Jerry Byrd, Buddy Carleton,etc. Ernest Tubb box sets feature Jerry Byrd(yes he was a Troubadour!),Dickie Harris, Buddy Emmons, Bobby Garrett, Jimmy Day, Buddy Charleton, Johnny Cox, and Lynn Owsley. The TwinSteels of Emmons & Garrett will blow you away on songs such as "Am I That Easy to Forget".Altho' the credits list Emmons as the session player, he was sick with rheumatic fever and couldn't play, so Day played his sessions and signed Emmons' name on the union card so Buddy could have something coming in while he was laid up. Listen to the sessions that include "Thoughts of a Fool" and you'll know it was Day, not the Emmons that was listed. It will knock you out! E.T. always considered Day an honorary Troubadour after that, and Day had his Texas Troubadour Belt Buckle to prove it! The Ray Price box set again features Day & Emmons( a must!). The Hank Thompson box set features Culy Chaulker(on lap steel and later on pedal steel; note the progression!); Pee-Wee Whitewing, Bobby White(listen to their twin steels on"Red Skin Gal"); Bobby Garrett(all 3 live albums and the great Capital session work that made him a household name among steel guitar players); and Bert Rivera(elected 2 years ago to the Texas Steel Guitar Hall of Fame). |
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Jim Loessberg Member Posts: 229 |
posted 21 December 1999 01:17 AM
Two absolute must-have albums for Jimmy Day fans are the Johnny Bush LP, "Sound Of A Heartache", Stop SLP 10002; and the Ray Price LP, "Ray Price Sings A Tribute To The Great Bob Wills", Columbia CS 8556. Best wishes, Jim [This message was edited by Jim Loessberg on 12-22-99] |
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wayne yakes md Member Posts: 650 |
posted 21 December 1999 10:34 AM
I agree with Jim. Johnny Bush's first album after he left Ray Price as his drummer to start his solo career was "Sound of a Heartache" in 1967. Johnny was in the band when Willie Nelson told Ray to have him play drums and he did. Day was on steel. After Willie's songs started to hit(Faron's "Hello Walls", Patsy's "Crazy",etc), Day left with this unknown singer and the rest is history. Ray then asked Day who he should get and Jimmy saidthe only two people he felt could do his music were Buddy Emmons and as yet an unknown steel player Buddy Charleton(Jimmy told me this.). As it turns out, Ray hired Emmons. Emmons independently told E.T. that the guy for him to hire after he left was Charleton. E.T. did that and the rest is history(Leon was already with E.T.). Now, Bush was playing with the Big "E". So on his first album Day and Emmons were on it(Bush told me this). Emmons on that 1967 Bush album was on "Sound of a Heartache" and "A Moment Isn't Very Long". Day is on all the rest;"Farewell Party" shows Day at his zenith in which his ride is over 60 seconds! As much as I love what Lloyd Green did with David Houston's version, Day "owns" this one and is the standard to be compared. Bush's CD "Talk To My Heart" is Day's last session work 1997 and is an absolute must! |
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wayne yakes md Member Posts: 650 |
posted 21 December 1999 11:14 AM
I almost forgot. "Big Hits on Big Steel" by Curly(@1967) is a landmark C6th album by antone's standard. On the cover is Curls leaning back on a dbl-10 Sho-Bud, however, the steel he played on the album was a Fender 2000. His tone on that guitar could only come out of Curls' hands. |
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Jim Saunders Member Posts: 973 |
posted 21 December 1999 03:30 PM
I just picked up a C.D. of Jimmy Day and Herb Remington, recorded live at the Limelight in Dickenson, Texas. It has a date of issue of 1999. I called Herb and he said it was recorded about 5 years ago and has been out on cassette tape and it has been reissued as a C.D., probably due to the death of Jimmy Day. It includes Tom Morrell on guitar, among others. If you are interested, call Glad Music, 281.397-7300. |
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