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Stephen Gregory Member From: |
posted 05 March 2006 05:04 PM
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Has any one else noticed that in the latter part of Faron's career he started to emulate the "Italian Crooners", or is it just me? His pronunciation of the word "year" for example in "Wine me up". |
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Ron Sodos Member From: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA |
posted 05 March 2006 07:48 PM
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I opened for Faron at the Caravan in Amarillo in 1981. We actually discussed his sounding like Dean Martin that night. |
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Janice Brooks Moderator From: Pleasant Gap Pa |
posted 05 March 2006 08:55 PM
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To turn the table Faron recorded "In the Chapel in the Moonlight 13 years ahead of Dean. |
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Perry Hansen Member From: Bismarck, N.D. |
posted 06 March 2006 04:43 AM
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I worked with Faron in the late 50s and he was doing some Dean Martin imitations then. |
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Tommy M Member From: Indiana |
posted 06 March 2006 07:30 AM
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I always liked it! I thought Faron's style of singing sounded very classy and somewhat "uptown" - yet, downhome. It made an interesting contrast when used with the country instrumentation(twin fiddles - pedal steel guitar) and honky tonk lyrics that a lot of Faron's songs contained. I believe it may have started creeping into his vocal stylings in the late 50's to early 60's. I think this may have been done in an effort to gain more of a pop appeal. Irregardless, I liked it a lot! There are three former Country Deputies that post on the Forum occassionaly: Richard Bass, Cal Sharp & Stu Basore. I'd sure like to read their opinions on this topic of discussion. Tommy Minniear |
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Jack Therrell Member From: Conroe, Texas, USA |
posted 06 March 2006 08:32 AM
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Speaking of Faron, sometime ago there was some discussion about someone writing a book about Faron. I have forgotten the details about who was doing this but wondered does anyone know anything about how this may be progressing? Faron, now there was a man who could really sing a country ballad. Jack |
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Deborah Mundell Member From: Arizona, USA |
posted 06 March 2006 08:46 AM
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The book is written by Diane Diekman: http://ddiekman.tripod.com/id8.html "I recently finished writing the biography of Faron Young (1932-1996). Tentative publication is February 2007, his 75th birthday." ------------------ |
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Cal Sharp Member From: Gnashville |
posted 06 March 2006 02:52 PM
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It all started in the 50's when Dino was playing bass for Faron and Emmons was always going on about what a great singer he was, and Faron picked up some of his inflections. Unfortunately, he also picked up other habits. |
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Stephen Gregory Member From: |
posted 06 March 2006 04:45 PM
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Thanks Cal, I knew we would eventually get to the bottom of this! |
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Herb Steiner Member From: Cedar Valley, Travis County TX |
posted 06 March 2006 10:54 PM
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Thanks for the "rest of the story," Cal. It's a little known piece of country music history, but Faron so pissed off Jerry Lewis for breaking up the Martin and Lewis act that he was never again asked to perform on the "Jerry's Kids" telethon. ------------------ |
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Jack Therrell Member From: Conroe, Texas, USA |
posted 07 March 2006 07:29 AM
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Thx Deborah that is the information that I was looking for. Jack |
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Dave Grothusen Member From: Scott City, Ks |
posted 07 March 2006 02:23 PM
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Good try Cal but that looks like the "Doctor" made that picture. However I don't doubt that you are right about the influence. I love your site by the way. |
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Howard Kalish Member From: Austin, Tx USA |
posted 09 March 2006 12:35 PM
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The Dino influence on ol' Faron is pretty evident. He was one of Elvis' favorites too. In the Faron box set, one of the CDs has a record from the early 60's that has pop arrangements and tunes with a 6 piece vocal group (3 women, 3 guys) and great guitar by Buck Owens. Quite hip. The Dinoisms run throughout. I like my music Faron Balanced |
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David L. Donald Member From: Koh Samui Island, Thailand |
posted 10 March 2006 03:07 AM
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In the late 60's early 70's aprox, Faron was on my fathers lable via Mecury, didn't last long... Apearently too much trouble... Too bad. I did get to meet him for 5 minutes. |
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Barry Blackwood Member From: elk grove, CA |
posted 10 March 2006 08:37 AM
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Howard, was that vocal group the "I-need-a-Coors" singers? |
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Kevin Ruddell Member From: Toledo Ohio USA |
posted 10 March 2006 02:24 PM
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I saw an interview on TV somewhere with Faron and he said he was adding the " hony tonk " mannerisms to some material to make it more apppropriate and then sang a demonstration of his crooner style and then his Hank style on the same song |
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Richard Bass Member From: Hendersonville, Tn |
posted 10 March 2006 09:50 PM
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I started with Faron in 1972. He was doing a Dean Martin impersonation as part of the show, his voice just flowed into that style. He was a big fan of Martin and many of the "crooners" of that era. Nat King Cole was one of his favorites. On the album Faron did with Ray Price he cut the Dean Martin song "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime". You can almost hear Faron consiously trying not to sound like Dean. Richard |
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Stephen Gregory Member From: |
posted 11 March 2006 05:57 PM
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Yes, The Dean Martin "effect" seemed to creep into everything Faron did in the latter part of his career. I think it was heavily overdone towards that part of his career. It seemed as though he was really trying to sound sophisticated but it just came out very "effected". I didn't care for it. |
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rpetersen Member From: Tipton, Iowa |
posted 11 March 2006 07:37 PM
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Richard - I played on a show in Clinton, Iowa around that Era - Our Band put on our little stint and Faron came on afterwards - Do you remember if you were at that one?? ------------------ |
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Richard Bass Member From: Hendersonville, Tn |
posted 11 March 2006 09:45 PM
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Ron if it was after Dec of 1972 I was there. I was his lead player up til his death in 1996. Richard [This message was edited by Richard Bass on 12 March 2006 at 09:27 PM.] |
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Dan Sawyer Member From: Studio City, California, USA |
posted 11 March 2006 11:40 PM
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The year was 1949 and the date was March 17. |
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rpetersen Member From: Tipton, Iowa |
posted 12 March 2006 05:49 AM
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Richard - I don't recall the date anymore - But I distincly remember my Old Tube Ampeg Bass amp going up in smoke, and Faron showed up about 10 minutes before we started and I was able to use his bass players amp - I was very happy, but When I met Faron, I think he was "Happy" too - if you know what I mean. What a great singer and showman!! thanx for the reply Richard ------------------ |
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Joe Casey Member From: Weeki Wachee .Springs FL (population.9) |
posted 13 March 2006 05:37 AM
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I guess its simpler to say why Faron rather than when Faron started. The answer would be "Because he could". ------------------ |
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Tommy M Member From: Indiana |
posted 13 March 2006 11:00 AM
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Good put, Joe! I agree....  Tommy Minniear |
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Gary Harris Member From: Hendersonville, TN, USA |
posted 16 March 2006 10:58 AM
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Faron, what a sad ending. A good reason to give up smoking. |
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