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Topic: Frankie Miller |
Todd Higgins
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Kentucky, USA
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Posted 5 Jan 2014 11:20 pm |
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I have a "Crazy Arms" channel on Pandora that I listen to a lot. If you know Pandora, you hear a lot of the same songs over time. It's been playing this one recently. Wonder why this guy never made more waves than he did? I dig the steel break in the middle of the song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi6OMWqFjMA[url] |
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Walter Stettner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Posted 6 Jan 2014 12:00 am
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Frankie's career never went really big, maybe he was a few years too late when he started having some chart success with his pure country voice ("Blackland Farmer", "Family Man"). This happened around 1960, when the pop-flavored Nashville Sound was already on the road to success with artists like Jim Reeves and Patsy Cline. As far as I know, Frankie quit the music business in the mid 60s and worked in the car business. He made a comeback around 1999 and even recorded new songs.
Kind Regards, Walter
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robert kramer
From:
Nashville TN
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Posted 6 Jan 2014 5:41 am
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The Frankie Miller records are great. The Starday studio had it's own great sound.
From Praguefrank:
May 1961 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN - Frankie Miller (Jerry Shook [lead gt], Pete Drake [steel], Junior Huskey [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Hargus Robbins [piano], Jimmy Riddle [harmonica] + Darrell McCall [harm vcl] + Tompall & Glaser Brothers. Producer: Tommy Hill)
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Daniel McKee
From:
Corinth Mississippi
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Posted 6 Jan 2014 2:41 pm
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| Ive become a fan of Frankie Miller recordings over the past couple of years especially the Starday songs and I dont think I had heard this one before but I like it and the steel part is really nice too.Frankie was on Tru Country a while back and it was somewhat of a recent show and he still sounded great. |
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Todd Higgins
From:
Kentucky, USA
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Posted 6 Jan 2014 4:48 pm
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It's a great song and the steel is killer. I'll have to get the Starday set. The description on Amazon says...
"(3-CD set) Blackland Farmer includes every 45 and album track Frankie Miller recorded for Starday Records plus the gospel EP and unissued material including alternate takes. In addition, this 3-CD-set includes live performances from the Big D Jamboree, plus Frankie's pre-Starday sides for the Cowtown Hoedown label, as well as all of his recordings, both issued and unissued, for both the United Artists and Stop labels. Finally, the set includes Frankie's vocal/guitar demos from the Starday era. These sides, never intended for commercial release, offer anunprecedented look into the development of individual songs, as well as Frankie's distinctive vocal style. Includes 100 page booklet." |
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Don Euton
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 6 Jan 2014 5:22 pm
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I remember " Black Land Farmer " when it came out in about 1960,or 1961. The DJ`s played his songs here in Texas. If I remember right he was from Victoria, Texas. He had some good songs.
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Bobby Boggs
From:
Upstate SC.
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Posted 6 Jan 2014 10:52 pm
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| The steel break is cool.Very nice twist on the Mooney style. Surprised, by the note he clipped at 112. But this could have been cut on a 2 track machine. Meaning the entire band would have to punch in for the steeler to correct the 1/2 picked note. Just guessing. I was much too young to know the going's on in any studio. Much less Nashville. |
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Daniel McKee
From:
Corinth Mississippi
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Posted 7 Jan 2014 10:22 am
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| I know at one time there was a smaller collection from his recordings at Columbia records but I have always preffered the Starday recordings. |
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Bobby Bowman
From:
Cypress, Texas, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 7 Jan 2014 10:41 am
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I recorded a lot of "demo" tunes with Frankie way back when,,,'60's to early '70's.
he was a good man to be around.
BB
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