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Topic: Mike Johnson Website |
Rich Mounce
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Dunfermline, Il
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Mike Brown
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Meridian, Mississippi USA
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Posted 21 Dec 2004 8:00 am |
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| Mike a phenominal player. Check him out when you get the opportunity. |
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Frank Estes
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Huntsville, AL
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Posted 21 Dec 2004 8:28 am
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Great Site! Thanks for posting the link to it. Mike has been a hero of mine for a long time.
Back when I started losing interest in steel guitar around 1986, I found "You Can Be a Star" on TNN and Mike's cool playing really renewed my interest in steel guitar like never before. I even bought a red Mullen from Herby because Mike was playing that red Emmons push-pull. (I wish I had known about push-pulls back then!)
I remember the first song I heard him play on that show, it was "My Baby Thinks He's a Train." The singer (Tamara Jo?) was not that good, but wow, what playing!!!
I also remember him playing a very cool version of "Steel Guitar Rag" on the "Play it Again Nashville" show without any accompaniment. I wish I had recorded it.
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Frank Estes
1978 Emmons D-10 8+7 #2441D
1968 Emmons D-10 8+4 #1234D
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Bobbe Seymour
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Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 21 Dec 2004 1:09 pm
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Great Mike! Looks and sounds great, glad you're doing well.
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Rich Mounce
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Dunfermline, Il
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Posted 21 Dec 2004 2:30 pm
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Frank...Yep Mike was definitely a great player on "You Can Be A Star"...The entire band was hot...My buddy Les Singer was the guitar player...They both went on to work with Bill Anderson...Les is still with Bill...
Rich Mounce http://takeoff.to/steeljam |
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