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Rick Alexander
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Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 5 Oct 2008 8:40 am |
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I always liked this ol' tune, ever since I heard it on the radio when I was about 13.
I played the Gibson Console Grande T-8 into the Fender Pro.
A6 tuning.
On the backup track I played that old Strat you'll see in the chair, a Taylor 714CE and a Fender P Bass.
YOU'RE THE REASON
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-Stg50sNoA
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BIG STEEL
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Mike Gross
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Manchester, Connecticut, USA
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Posted 5 Oct 2008 11:39 am
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Nice going, Rick! Well done all around.
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James Kerr
From:
Scotland, UK
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Posted 5 Oct 2008 2:26 pm
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That's it, I'm going to build myself one of those.
James. |
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Gerald Ross
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Posted 5 Oct 2008 3:34 pm
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Nice one Rick.
That's a Johnny Tillotson tune right? Or did someone else write and record it? Sounds like it could easily be a Lefty Frizzel or Carl Smith tune.
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Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'
A UkeTone Recording Artist
CEO, CIO, CFO - UkeTone Records
Gerald's Hawaiian Steel Guitar/Ukulele Website |
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Rick Alexander
From:
Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 5 Oct 2008 4:48 pm
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Thanks Mike!
James, if you mean the Console Grande there are some great pics of it here.
Gerald, several artists recorded that song - Johnny T was probably one of them.
Bobby Edwards wrote it along with 3 other writers and had a hit with it in 1961.
Johnny Burnette recorded it, as did Joe South and Hank Locklin.
More recently ('99) Hank III had a whiz bang version on his Risin' Outlaw album. |
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Rick Alexander
From:
Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Michael Winslow
From:
San Francisco, California, USA
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Posted 7 Oct 2008 8:03 pm
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| Nice singin' and playing. Love the tune too. Also I really like the steel guitar patterned wallpaper you have on the wall to your right. |
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Howard Tate
From:
Leesville, Louisiana, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 9 Oct 2008 5:38 am
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Good job Rick, and you look so suave while doing it.  I always liked the song too, and it always makes me want to play 'Coconut Grove' next. |
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Rick Alexander
From:
Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 9 Oct 2008 3:54 pm
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Thanks Mikey!
Yeah they don't make that wallpaper anymore - it's vintage.
Thank you Howard - suave is exactly what I was going for (I was hoping for debonaire too).
I know - it's pretty much the same riff isn't it?
You could even do them in a medley . . |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Rick Alexander
From:
Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 10 Oct 2008 5:42 am
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Thanks Doug!
Well it came out in '61, which in terms of pop culture was still the 50s. |
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