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Janice Brooks Moderator From: Pleasant Gap Pa |
posted 03 July 2001 04:53 PM
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The rough news seems to extend out to Bakers field etc. Last evening another country guitar great Roy Nichols secommed to a heart attack. Special forum condulences to members Norm Hamlett, Redd Vockart and any other forum folk who worked with or knew Roy Going thru my head is the intro to Working Man Blues ------------------ |
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Larry Miller Member From: Gladeville,TN.USA |
posted 03 July 2001 06:15 PM
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Good Grief!! They are all leaving us. What's going on. Two of my Guitar heroes gone in a week! I am sad! Larry |
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Pat Jenkins Member From: Abingdon, VA, USA |
posted 03 July 2001 09:11 PM
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My son and I spent a few minutes just the other day talking about what a great player Roy was and how he influenced not just Merle's sound, but, that of several great artists. We were watching a video of Merle on Austin City Limits and marveling at all the things that Roy and Norm were twinning on. This has been a sad couple of days...Pat |
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Ernie Renn Member From: Brainerd, Minnesota USA |
posted 04 July 2001 03:02 AM
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I am truly saddened. Roy was one of my guitar heroes! Just last week I was e-mailing back and forth with Norm Hamlet about Roy. He had a stroke a few years back that paralyzed his left side, leaving him unable to play. BTW: Janice, I'm hearing the solo from "Honky Tonk Night Time Man". Classic Roy! "Workin' Man Blues" was James Burton. (I think Roy played it better, though! ------------------ |
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Janice Brooks Moderator From: Pleasant Gap Pa |
posted 04 July 2001 05:05 AM
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Thanks to a couple folks who set me streight about Burton and Working Man Blues. ------------------ |
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Terry Downs Member From: Garland, TX US |
posted 04 July 2001 11:58 AM
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I entered a post on this in the announcements section earlier with this link to the Bakersfield Califorian. http://www.bakersfield.com/local/Story/513153p-508799c.html Roy was my greatest guitar influence. I just opened my special box of memories and looked at the picks Roy gave me in 1985. My condolence goes out to the Nichols family. ------------------ [This message was edited by Terry Downs on 04 July 2001 at 12:15 PM.] |
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Deana Clark Member From: Beverly, Ohio., USA |
posted 05 July 2001 05:06 AM
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Roy was also a major influence on guitar players where I'm from. All the young pickers learned a pile of licks playing along with Roy on those Hag recordings. (my husband being one of those) What a legend! |
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Ron Page Member From: Cincinnati, OH USA |
posted 05 July 2001 08:54 AM
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I'm thinking of the summer of 1975 when I was still a teenager. I'd just attended my first Hag concert outside of California. It was in Binghamton, NY. The show wasn't up to Hag's standards, but all was not lost because I walked up to the stage and got to meet Norm and Roy for the very first time. I don't even know if I owned a steel yet. Anyway, both of these great Strangers graciously accommodated my brother and I by idly talking about – what else? – Merle Haggard music. I’ve missed seeing and hearing Roy perform since his stroke and am saddened by his passing. I also offer condolences to Norm, Redd and all of Roy’s friends and family. Play on, Roy. ------------------ |
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John Egenes Member From: Santa Fe, NM |
posted 06 July 2001 04:02 PM
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I've always considered Roy Nichols to be the father of modern country guitar. A true guitar hero, and certainly a great loss. |
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Neil Hilton Member From: Lexington, Kentucky |
posted 09 July 2001 09:57 AM
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I've commented before about these 2 albums and the news of Roy's death compells me again - the 2 live albums that Merle & the Strangers recorded in '69 and '70 in Muskogee and Philadelphia respectively are the most quintesential capturing of the magic of Haggard and the band from that wonderful era.... the fantastic tele work of Roy Nichols is and always will be a huge part of the magic that flows from the crackling groves of those vinyls. - Neil H. |
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Peter Dollard Member From: |
posted 12 July 2001 03:26 PM
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In the studio version of Working Man it was indeed James Burton but it also had an annoying "hammer" effect that chinked all the way thru the song driving me crazy. Without any doubt the best Working Man break I ever heard was on the live "Muskogee" album by Roy Nichols; he really out did James especially his throwaway flurry at the tail end of the solo. I still cannot find this version on CD and believe me I have looked. Liven up that heavenly band Roy. |
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Jason Odd Member From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
posted 12 July 2001 04:48 PM
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Pete, they where re-issued a few years back under a different name on a two-for one set, which seems to have been deleted. I hope Capitol reissues them with extra tracks and new tribute notes to Hag and the Strangers. |
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