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chris ivey Member Posts: 1105 |
posted 04 August 2000 01:17 PM
yeh dan....burton is a great dobro player and so is buddy emmons...most people just don't relate that instrument to those two guys! |
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Greg Z unregistered Posts: 1105 |
posted 04 August 2000 01:39 PM
I was lucky enough to have seen Emmylou in the mid 80's in my home town of Worcester, Mass. with the Hot Band. Hank DeVito was on steel at that time. Barry Tashian's harmony singing was out of this world. Still have a pick Frank Reckard gave me. Anybody have her "Live at the Ryman" cd? It's with the Nash Ramblers. A lot of good dobro on that one. Greg Z |
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Lefty Member Posts: 742 |
posted 04 August 2000 07:36 PM
John, I think you are right. The red Tele/white pickguard I saw James with was in Vegas with Elvis. I also saw a picture of him with Ricky Nelson with the Red/white tele, but I don't know what time period that was. Sorry Bob Carlson, if I had a scanner I would post some of these photos. I guess the one thing to come out of this is "Emmylou don't hang with any slack pickers", ths is truth. She has always done uncompromising music. |
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dixieflyer unregistered Posts: 742 |
posted 04 August 2000 08:58 PM
Open mouth - insert foot... I stand corrected guys, oops |
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SKIP MERTZ Member Posts: 1716 |
posted 04 August 2000 09:47 PM
I love James Burton and Alberts' playing, but in 1960 I met and got to know the best string bender of all time. He told me he taught the banjo string change to JB and the control and tone this guy had had to be along time in the making.If you have never heard Roy do Sweet Dreams or I'm a Fugitive you need to here em', even better see him play it on the PBS special in 74 or Austin City Limits. I have a tape of him playing Don't Bogart That Joint in which his steel licks were unreal (no Bender)!Miss You Roy |
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Jason Odd Member Posts: 2665 |
posted 04 August 2000 10:15 PM
Bob Ruggeri, Bob Warford is alive and well in California and is a Lawyer. He never got his doctorate although unbeknown to him in 1973 Michael Nesmith credited him as 'Dr. Robert Warford' on the Countryside LP's that he had. He is still picking and earlier this year played on a recording session with Chris Hillman and Herb Pederson, he's talking about getting an acoustic bender from Gene Parsons as well. ------------------ |
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Lefty Member Posts: 742 |
posted 05 August 2000 06:29 AM
Skip: Roy Buchannan toured here in the early 70's a lot. I got to her him several times at a small club called "Richards". He blew me away each time I saw him. At that time he played that old tele through a blackface deluxe, I believe. He would always sit the amp facing backwards on a chair behind him. I have that album with "Sweet Dreams", and "I am a lonesome fugitive", good stuff. I don't think he ever used a string bender device, just fingers and multi-finger bends. Incredible. He and Danny Gatton were roomates at one time. A lot of talent in that house. |
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John Russell Member Posts: 455 |
posted 06 August 2000 10:50 AM
I don't think enough can be said of Emmy Lou Harris' contribution to modern country music and the huge audience she stirred up. Was it image-related only, cause Emmy's one good lookin' lady to be sure? I'm only gonna say it sure didn't help, but her talent was undeniable and her sound was so fresh back in the late '70s when the Urban Country thing was starting to wear thin. Add to this the fantastic choice of songs she covered (including some of her own compositions) and the lineup heavy-weight of sidemen and all I can say is "wow--more of this!" I guess I'm raving here, OK, hell yes I'm raving! What a babe! What a sound! It was this artist who got me out into honky-tonks and beer joints just to learn to play steel and lead guitar in hopes that maybe someday I could work with an artist of her stature or just play music with such integrity. I like to think that's still possible. But enough about me. What steel player isn't amazed by the wizardry of James Burton's and Albert Lee's fantastic picking!? Hank DeVito played some excellent steel but I must say that PSG wasn't really featured in that band the way lead guitar and other instruments. No matter, the whole sound was so fine! Then add Ricky Skaggs and Rodney Crowell's talents to the brew and it got even better. I guess I got to hear her about three times with different lineups each time. The final version with Frank Reckard and Steve Fishell was in every respect a "hot band" and the pickin' was the equal of her brilliant talent. The last concert was an eye-opener for me since she drew a wonderfully diverse audience and so much different than the beer-joint crowd I'd been playing for. I have to add this observation: I'm afraid her voice didn't survive intact from those years of belting out over an electric band and we may not hear her perform in this format again. The delicate sound you hear on recordings is sometimes hard to reproduce live with all the excitement of hot players and a pumped-up audience and she did the right thing by going acoustic on subsequent records. Her new sound is certainly different from the Hot Band days and she constantly challenges herself with new sounds, I can't say I'm as enthusiastic as I was of her stuff of 20 years ago. But I'll always be a fan and anytime she performs in town or on TV, I'll check it out, oh yeah! John |
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John Russell Member Posts: 455 |
posted 06 August 2000 11:14 AM
Correction: "...sure didn't help..." Make that: "...sure didn't hurt..." (Ugh--pretty poor editing for a professional editor!) |
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Bob Ruggeri Member Posts: 25 |
posted 07 August 2000 07:47 AM
Al Moss is right; Head Hands and Feet were a British band. I just meant that I thought they were Albert Lee's first band in the States........... |
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Jason Odd Member Posts: 2665 |
posted 07 August 2000 09:02 AM
Yes Heads Hands And Feet were basically the first group that Albert toured the USA with. Regarding acoustic Emmylou, with all respect to the current group, but the Nash Ramblers could have stayed together forever and kept me happy. |
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Al Moss Member Posts: 170 |
posted 07 August 2000 09:10 AM
Right Bob, -don't mean to be overly picky about stuff. H H and Feet was Albert's first band to tour the States. I do think it is interesting though that lots of cats from England, Australia, or wherever can be out there being great and cats in the States can have little or no knowledge of it. Of course we cannot know everything and the 'net (and the Forum) can help to close the info gap. Albert's history is especially interesting insofar as if he had never left England he may still have had a remarkably brillant, but to us obscure, carreer. In looking at David Goodman's terrific resource book, "Modern Twang" the profile of Albert Lee describes him playing in a band before Head, Hands, etc. called "Country Fever" (sometimes called Black Claw). a collection of their output is/was available in 1991 from Line Ger records. After H H and Feet, Albert became an in demand sideman playing with, among others, Jerry Lee Lewis, the Crickets, Don Everly, and Joe Cocker. It is also interesting to consider a particular band chemistry that becomes a catalyst for not only great musical moments but also a tremendous level of public recognition. Emmy Lou's band was the perfect fit for Albert's playing style(s) and that compbimnation of players, songs, and singer is truly a delight. |
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Lefty Member Posts: 742 |
posted 07 August 2000 04:19 PM
Hey John Rusell: The last time I saw her was with the spyboy tour. I must tell you, her voice sounded as good. I was a little apprehensive, not seeing the lineup before the concert (3 piece band..??), but it was a wonderful night (Steve Earle opening). I was on the front of the stage at the last of the show, she is more beautiful than ever (my wife says so too "Its not fair"). |
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LowellG Member Posts: 86 |
posted 08 August 2000 12:34 PM
I can't believe that in all these postings about hot pickers that Danny Gatton's name hasn't shown up. Didn't Buddy Emmons say "He's the only guitar player I don't want to follow"? |
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Jonathan Gregg Member Posts: 178 |
posted 08 August 2000 03:05 PM
Even before HH&F Albert played with a British old style rock'n'roller called Chris Farlow (& the Thundebirds). In an interview I remember him saying they opened for Cream and he showed up with a little Fender and took one look at the stack of Marshalls and said uh-oh. (Funny he should end up playing with Clapton all those years later.) He was building a rep in the UK then for sure; the first I ever heard of him was in a Dave Davies interview saying the Kinks had hired a lot of their favorite guys for the Muswell Hillbillies album, and he said Albert was awesome. The Albert interview had him giving ample props to Jimmy Bryant. I'm pretty sure that's where he also said that one of his first gigs stateside was with Buddy Emmons, playing club dates in California. |
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John Russell Member Posts: 455 |
posted 08 August 2000 07:48 PM
Hi Lefty: You're right on about her Emmy Lou's appearance, how can a person age so gracefully? It's not fair. She was on the show Session from 54th St. (?) with John Hyatt a few weeks ago performing Gram Parson songs with several well known other performers including Cheryl Crow, Chris Hillman, The Mavericks, Steve Earle and others. She did sound pretty good--she'll always sound wonderful, even at a whisper. JR |
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Jim Palenscar Member Posts: 1566 |
posted 08 August 2000 10:47 PM
Great Phase Shifter in Tulsa Queen!!! |
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Lefty Member Posts: 742 |
posted 09 August 2000 03:32 PM
Ah phase shifter, the lost sound. Sounds like the old Electro-Harmonix small stone, good sound thru a twin. I finally found the "Return of the Grievious Angel" CD, and I think the live versions from "Sessions at 54t" are better. Greg Leitz was in fine form on that show, as was Bernie Leadon and Hillman. I got a tapeing of it, picture is not too great, but the sound is hi-fi stereo, and good quaility. I hope they release it on VHS/DVD. |
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