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clive swindell Member From: Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK |
posted 13 October 2004 07:13 AM
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I have just been listening to this tape (which I have now had put onto CD) from 1976 and it really is very good. Does anyone know if anyone has done recent versions of such things as Gordon Lightfoots 'Early morning rain', 'Sundown', 'Poor Little Allison', 'Cotton Jenny' etc where the rhythm tracks are available as well? If not, then someone should. |
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George Mc Lellan Member From: Duluth, MN USA |
posted 13 October 2004 08:25 AM
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I still have that album on vynle (sp?). My BIAB 12 has the tracks for "Carefree Highway and If You Could Read My Mind". Just about anything that Gordon Lightfoot did is "Steeler Friendly" (IMHO of coarse). ------------------ |
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David Doggett Member From: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
posted 13 October 2004 12:03 PM
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In another recent thread on Curly, someone said they heard him say he hated the Nashville Sundown album. He said he arrived at the session prepared to play his usual C6 stuff. But the session director demanded that he play E9. He had not been playing E9 much lately, and thought he did a very bad job of it. |
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Walter Stettner Member From: Vienna, Austria |
posted 13 October 2004 12:35 PM
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If that was a bad job I wonder what the good job would have sounded like!  Kind Regards, Walter www.lloydgreentribute.com ------------------ [This message was edited by Walter Stettner on 13 October 2004 at 12:36 PM.] |
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Roger Shackelton Member From: Everett, Wa. |
posted 13 October 2004 01:58 PM
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Curly should have been informed before the session, about the demand for the E-9th tuning. He only wanted to know what to expect before the session. It calls for a different mind set. I love Curly's E-9th style of playing. It's very unique. Roger
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Jim Phelps Member From: just out of Mexico City |
posted 13 October 2004 02:08 PM
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quote: Check out Long Black Limosine. |
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James Cann Member From: Phoenix, AZ (heart still in Boston) |
posted 13 October 2004 02:46 PM
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Too bad to hear this aort of thing. I just posted Curly's "Alberta Bound" ride as a solid favorite on another thread. James |
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Bobby Boggs Member From: Pendleton SC |
posted 13 October 2004 10:27 PM
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The only Curly album I had or really it was my dad's was Big Hit's on Big Steel.A killer record even today.Anyway I ordered the Nashville Sundown LP.Seems it took 6 weeks to get it.I thought it would be another BHOBS.Needless to say it's about as far from BHOBS as one can get,I was a very disappointed young man. |
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Roger Shackelton Member From: Everett, Wa. |
posted 13 October 2004 11:57 PM
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Curly Chalker was best known for his C-6th style, and his E-9th playing was unique in its own way. No disappointments for me. Roger |
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Per Berner Member From: Skövde, Sweden |
posted 14 October 2004 12:09 AM
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For some reason I never cared much for Chalker's playing. Except for this "bad" album!!! "Alberta bound" and "Second cup of coffee" are among the very best songs ever played on steel. Maybe not that complex, but incredibly tasteful! |
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Jim Phelps Member From: just out of Mexico City |
posted 14 October 2004 12:10 AM
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As was mentioned in a previous post, Nashville Sundown was in fact recorded before Curly had spent any serious time on E9th, and he went to the studio planning to play C6th. At the studio he was told they wanted him to play E9th, for the "more modern, commercial sound", etc. He did the best he could on E9th and the album was released. Curly was very unhappy about that album. This story's been around for years but I know it to be true because he related the story to me himself. He did go from there to mastering E9th with an equally unique, smooth and impressive style as his C6th, though his C6th has always been what he's most famous for. [This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 14 October 2004 at 12:35 AM.] |
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