Our Nashville Cats;A Celebration of Session Players first program is coming up this weekend with Lloyd Green as our first guest.
Hope to see you there.
Bill
Bill Lloyd
Stringed Instrument Curator
Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum
222 5th Ave. South
Nashville, TN 37203
Phone:615-416-2032
blloyd@countrymusichalloffame.com

Tommy Minniear

[This message was edited by Tommy M on 16 February 2006 at 08:37 AM.]

A friend at the Country Music Hall of Fame alerted me to a new series of events that every studio musician should know about and support. Bill Lloyd, a great writer, musician, and part of the duo Foster & Lloyd, recently joined the staff of the Country Music Hall of Fame. Bill put an event together that honors steel guitar legend Lloyd Green. It will take place this coming Saturday, the 18th, in the Ford Theater on the ground floor of the Country Music Hall of Fame.

No one can question that Lloyd Green is one of the greatest steel guitarists who ever played a Nashville session. His decades-long string of hits is enviable.

Lloyd’s first recognition was for the great licks he played on Warner Mack’s records on Decca, including The Bridge Washed Out (And My Baby’s On The Other Side).

Lloyd became part of Charley Pride’s sound, playing on most of the hits in Charley’s golden era.

And Lloyd’s dobro was a major part of Don Williams’ sound.

Lloyd’s most recent hit was Alan Jackson’s Remember When. For the first month that record was out, I had to pull the car to the side of the road when it came on. After the modulation and Lloyd’s wonderful solo, I could drive on.

Lloyd’s fills are perfection. He is always good to the song and the singer. Another great steel player, Weldon Myrick, told me once that after Lloyd plays a song you realize that’s the way it should have been played all along—a high compliment from one great steel player to another.

This Saturday’s event will document Lloyd’s career. I called Lloyd for details and he says it will include some film, questions and answers, and some information even I never knew about Lloyd—and I’ve known him since before he played on his first hit.

Lloyd will have his steel set up and will demonstrate a few intros, solos, etc. You’ll hear a portion of the hit and then Lloyd’s live steel along with a story. For instance, Lloyd told me about the intro to Tammy’s D.I.V.O.R.C.E. He will share technical and historical information about the pedal that was used and how the intro came about.

My hat’s off to Bill Lloyd for starting what promises to be a series that will honor Nashville’s unsung heroes and my heroes, studio musicians. Anyone who agrees our studio players should have more credit should turn out Saturday. Let’s fill the Ford Theater up so this series will continue.

RONNY

Saturday, February 18
2:00 p.m. Nashville Cats: Salute to Session Player Lloyd Green
The first in a new series, this program looks at the career of Lloyd Green. One of country music's most renowned pedal steel guitarists, Lloyd Green has played on 117 #1 hits over the course of his fifty-year career. His sound and style set new standards for the instrument. He has contributed to a range of hits, stretching from classics such as Tammy Wynette's "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" and Freddie Hart's "Easy Lovin'" to recent hits such as Alan Jackson's "Remember When." Moderated by Bill Lloyd. Free with museum admission and to museum members. $5 for the program only.

OK, I get it, live and in color, but this sort of thing ever get to video or DVD?

[This message was edited by James Cann on 17 February 2006 at 12:06 PM.]

Kind Regards, Walter