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Topic: Connie Smith with Gary Carter |
Tony Browne
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Norfolk, UK
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Neil McCollum
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Asheville, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 17 Sep 2012 8:41 am |
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I remember when Connie and Weldon first put out this song. A girl we had auditioning with us in a club in Hollywood, Florida suggested this song. I asked everyone to leave the stage to give me time to work on a tape that the girl had brought with her. A half hour later when I had things in order, we did it. We hired the girl and used this song as her introduction to the audience. I'd studied Weldon for years with his work with both Connie and Bill Anderson, so it wasn't too bad for me.
Sometime later, Weldon changed his E9 tuning for a song and had 3 chromatic strings, F#, Eb and Bb. I tried the tuning at an audition in Orlando and really messed things up; kept tripping on the Bb... |
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Alex Cattaneo
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Quebec, Canada
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Posted 17 Sep 2012 12:41 pm
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Thanks for posting Tony. I sure wish we had the Marty Stuart Show up here in Canada so I could watch Gary Carter every week!
Neil, do you have some listening suggestions as far as Weldon's work with Bill Anderson? |
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Neil McCollum
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Asheville, North Carolina, USA
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Roger Dillingham
From:
Kentucky, USA
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Posted 17 Sep 2012 6:25 pm Connie Smith with Gary Carter
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Neil, Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm quite sure, Mr. Weldon Myrick is still with us. As far as I know, he still performs and on occasion attends various steel guitar jams and events. I sure would like to meet him someday! Roger  |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Bent Romnes
From:
London,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 18 Sep 2012 9:37 am
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A fine choice, Tony. Gary plays great on this one. Thanks.
I may as well post this one for the umpteenth time. Gary deserves it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI56hQOsmos
Gary is number one in my books. Not only is the Lighthouse a fine piece of music, but Gary's playing is a study in great right hand technique, not the mention the superb footwork. Just watch his precise left foot around 2:45
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Jimmy Duvall
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Farmington,New York, USA
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Posted 18 Sep 2012 9:46 am Gary
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Yes, all the above ! I did an outside show here in Le Roy, NY this weekend and he came up to me and said he liked my tone. He is outstanding ! So was I -but in school, out in the hall. Ha !
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Neil McCollum
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Asheville, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 18 Sep 2012 10:17 am
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| Sorry to Jim and Roger and anyone else read my note; I'm sure I read about a year or two ago that he had died. My bad! |
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Alex Cattaneo
From:
Quebec, Canada
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Neil McCollum
From:
Asheville, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 18 Sep 2012 11:41 pm
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| Wow, Alex, at first glance it looks like you've nailed it! Thanks for the 'heads-up' on the two Youtube videos. And thanks for your statement at the end of your messages - so true, so true... |
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