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Craig Mckinnon Member From: Inverness, Highland, Scotland |
posted 19 November 2005 02:42 AM
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I have just received the re-released CD of Stoney Edwards first two albums, "Stoney Edwards" & "She's My Rock".What great traditional country music.He had a great voice & is yet another artist who probably did not get the recognition he deserved in his lifetime. The liner notes do not have any musician credits- anyone know who the steel player was? I would also be interested to hear others opinions on Stoney's music & any stories about Stoney, or from forumites who may have performed with him. |
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Chuck Cusimano Member From: Weatherford, Texas, USA |
posted 19 November 2005 10:43 AM
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Hi Craig. I had the pleasure of backing Stoney a couple of times, and He was SUPER nice to me, and the other band members. It was back in 1974 at the "Nashville West" in Lubbock Texas. He had made an impression on me from his first recording about a year earlier, and then just before we backed him in Texas, he came out with "She's My Rock". I had learned the song and sang it every night (except, of course, for the nights we backed him). He was a comical feller, and could he SING! He did quite a few George Jones, and Merle Haggard tunes, along with a mixture of hits from the years gone by. I didn't see him for a long time, and then one night in Nashville, at "The Possum Holler" about 1978(?) I ran into him again, and the first words from his mouth was, "Hey Guitar player, you still in Lubbock?"... You could've knocked me down with a feather! |
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Walter Stettner Member From: Vienna, Austria |
posted 19 November 2005 02:36 PM
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Unfortunately Stoney is no longer with us. He passed away a couple of years ago after long illness. Kind Regards, Walter |
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Barry Blackwood Member From: elk grove, CA |
posted 19 November 2005 04:31 PM
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I backed him several times way back at the inception of his career. Remember 'Two Dollar Toy?'He was a great guy, and really put his all into his singing. Sad to hear of his demise. I'll miss him and his singing ...RIP, Stoney. |
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Chris Bauer Member From: Nashville, TN USA |
posted 19 November 2005 04:33 PM
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When I lived in Berkeley in the early 70s, I knew a couple of guys who worked with him and no one ever had anything but good things to say about him - both as a singer and as a person. I regret that I never got to know him. |
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Per Kammersgaard Member From: Sonderborg, Denmark |
posted 19 November 2005 11:26 PM
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Craig, The two LP's in that CD, isn't his two first. It's his 3rd and 4th. His two first were "A Country Singer" and "Back Home in The Country" PK |
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Jason Stillwell Member From: Soper, OK, USA |
posted 21 November 2005 10:46 AM
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In 1996 I was conducting an agricultural survey and ended up at Stoney's house in Hendrix OK. My co-worker, an older lady, told me he was a country singer. I told him we'd have to get together and pick sometime. When she said he was a country singer, I just assumed he sang at the local street dances or something. I never knew until several years later that he was a pioneer and had quite a following. |
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Craig Mckinnon Member From: Inverness, Highland, Scotland |
posted 26 November 2005 02:36 AM
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Many thanks to all who replied for their stories & information. I hope they continue to release more of his albums on CD in the future.I understand he also recorded an album of country standards which was never released. Chuck, |
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Dale Bennett Member From: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA |
posted 26 November 2005 06:03 AM
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On Stoneys recording of (One Bar At A Time) Doug Campbell who at the time lived here in Okc and a good good steel man was the man on that record and others. He has also passed. db |
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Joe Shelby Member From: Walnut Creek, California, USA |
posted 26 November 2005 08:04 PM
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I believe it was Stoney who cut "You're Cute Little Waitress," with Jay Dee Maness (one of Jay Dee's many great sessions). This record was something of a hit, and if you can find it, your blood will be coursing through your veins. Stoney also cut "Hank and Lefty(raised my country soul)," which was unquestionably a hit, as well as something of an anthem for all of us youngsters who got into country music in the early seventies (I was 15 at that time). The steel on "Hank and Lefty..." had the time honored Lefty Frizell steel lick. I don't think it was JayDee on that one. He lived here in Richmond during his short time on the charts. I never backed him, but knew guys who did, and they always had good things to say about him; his obvious talent, the way he treated those who worked with him. He released an album, "Blackbird," later on in the '70's (a good album, as I recall) and then faded into obscurity. A lot of us felt at the time that he was about as talented and ripe to make it as anybody who had ever been in the local scene. I certainly cannot forget him. Oh, one minor arrow for anyone trying to track down the original releases-he was on Capitol for many or most of his early recodings. Joe. |
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Joe Shelby Member From: Walnut Creek, California, USA |
posted 27 November 2005 02:42 PM
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Just to add a detail, I'm almost certain that was Pete Drake on "She's My Rock." Joe. |
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Chuck Cusimano Member From: Weatherford, Texas, USA |
posted 28 November 2005 09:45 AM
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I had a couple of great conversations with Stoney, and there is one that still haunts me. I was playing lead guitar with a four piece band when I first met him, and I was trying to get a recording contract as a singer. I picked his, and everyones brains about the best way to go about it. Stoney relayed this to me: He said Capitol Records was very eager to sign him, and he (of course) was very eager to sign with them. They were after all, the Record Company the great Merle Haggard was signed with. Capitol released the song (about the Waitress, I think) and it took off! It was gaining ground fast, and He told me Capitol pulled it off the market, and although they did record some things with him to cover their end of the contract, he felt like they were surpressing his chance to be any compitition with Merle. I think it's too bad for the rest of us who enjoyed Stoney Edwards and his music. I feel he coulda, woulda, shoulda, been a SUPERSTAR. |
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Pat Jenkins Member From: Abingdon, VA, USA |
posted 29 November 2005 03:29 AM
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Cut my teeth on Always Late, and I Love You A Thousand Ways, old Hank and Lefty raised my country soul.... Waltzing Through A Rock and Roll Life!! ------------------ |
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