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Topic: Goodness gracious.. Bill Johnson was a great steeler |
GaryHoetker
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Bakersfield, CA, USA
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Posted 5 May 2012 7:53 pm |
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| Catch the ballads by Marty Robbins from his TV program posted on youtube. All of them feature Mr. Johnson. What an accomplished artist that man was. |
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Ray Harrison
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Tucson, Arizona, USA (deceased)
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Posted 6 May 2012 8:25 am
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My favorite was his cut, with Marty, on "The Shoe Goes On The Other Foot Tonight".
It took me years to find out who recorded it with Marty. Russ Hicks and I were talking about it in Dallas one year and he's the one who finally answered my question. It's a great track.
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Ray Harrison
Bass/sing/Love PSG
77 Stingray/Kiesel 5 string bass
Telonics , Fender Rumble500, Polytone Amps
D-16 Martin, 1970 Ovation guitars |
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Diane Diekman
From:
South Dakota, USA
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Posted 7 May 2012 4:01 am
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My favorite, too. I recognize that song on the first two notes. And it sounds great throughout. Bill used the fuzztone to sound like a race car when Marty recorded "Twentieth Century Drifter."
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Diane Diekman
Sioux Falls SD
Author of "Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story"
Author of "Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins" |
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Cal Sharp
From:
the farm in Kornfield Kounty, TN
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Posted 7 May 2012 5:17 am
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After all my years in the music bidness i never met Bill until I quit the road and went to work at a Kinko's as a computer guy and Bill came in a couple times to get some things printed. I may be wrong, but I've always had the idea that his wife was a co-writer on "A Way To Survive".
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Me: Steel Guitar Madness
Latest ebook: Steel Guitar Insanity
Custom Made Covers for Steel Guitars & Amps at Sharp Covers Nashville |
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Jack Strayhorn
From:
Winston-Salem, NC
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Posted 7 May 2012 3:12 pm
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| According to Bill, his wife was cowriter on "A Way To Survive". Bill wrote,"Wound Time Can't Erase". |
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Rick Johnson
From:
Wheelwright, Ky USA
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Posted 8 May 2012 7:15 am
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I met Bill back in '85. I was traveling
with a gospel group and we were recording
in Bristol, TN at Joe Deatons studio.
Bill played the steel and DJ Fontana played
drums. Those guys were fast, the whole session
took 3hrs.
Rick
www.rickjohnsoncabinets.com |
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