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Roy McKinney
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From: Imnaha, OR

posted 22 November 2006 05:02 AM     profile     
Just heard a song by a Joe Nichols (Farewell Party). Who is the steel player? Great recording.
Dave Burr
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From: Tyler, TX

posted 22 November 2006 05:38 AM     profile     
The player was Terry Crisp. He knocked that one out of the park, didn't he!
Bill Cunningham
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From: Cumming, Ga. USA

posted 22 November 2006 07:54 AM     profile     
I'm glad someone brought this up. It is a really nice ride that Terry played.

And I think Joe Nichols is a great country singer. HOWEVER, his cut of this tune compared to the original or AJ's, caused me realize that Gene Watson and Alan Jackson (and our local youngster Brad Williams) are on a higher plane with few others.

Just my opinion...........

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Bill Cunningham

Billy Wilson
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From: El Cerrito, California, USA

posted 22 November 2006 08:29 AM     profile     
Who did the original Farwell Party? For some reason I have it in my mind that it's Little Jimmy Dickens.
Bob Knight
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From: Bowling Green KY

posted 22 November 2006 08:58 AM     profile     
Johnny Bush?
Alvin Blaine
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From: Sandy Valley, Nevada, USA

posted 22 November 2006 09:25 AM     profile     
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Who did the original Farwell Party?

A guy by the name of Lawton Williams wrote the song and had it on the "B" side of a single in 1960.
I don't know when Little Jimmy Dickens recorded it, but his version is a uptempo 4/4 shuffle.

Gene Watson had it on a album in 1978 and it was a big hit for him.

[This message was edited by Alvin Blaine on 22 November 2006 at 09:35 AM.]

Ron Page
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From: Cincinnati, OH USA

posted 22 November 2006 09:29 AM     profile     
Johnny Bush did it before Gene Watson. However, the fact remains that only one singer named his band after the song-- for the obvious reason.

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HagFan

BTW: You didn't hear that one by Joe Nichols on the radio, did you? On FM? That'd be hard to believe these days.

[This message was edited by Ron Page on 22 November 2006 at 09:31 AM.]

Roy McKinney
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From: Imnaha, OR

posted 22 November 2006 10:13 AM     profile     
No,I didn't hear it on the radio. Found it on the web by chance. Would like to hear more of his music, especially that steel.
TRAP TRULY
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From: mobile,al

posted 22 November 2006 11:30 AM     profile     
The Joe Nichols/Terry Crisp version is very similar to the way Jimmy Day played it with johnny Bush ,which is very hard to top in my opinion.Both play over the modulation and Terry did a great job!
Mitch Drumm
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From: santa rosa, ca

posted 23 November 2006 10:42 AM     profile     
The original Lawton Williams version is also a shuffle, recorded in Fort Worth I think. Dickens presumably was familiar with Lawton's take on the song. Lawton was a damn good singer, but is much better known as a writer--Fraulein, Shame On Me, Color of the Blues, etc. Wish I knew who played steel on the original.

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