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Topic: What Are Your Favorite Weldon Myrick Recordings? |
Paul King
From:
Gainesville, Texas, USA
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Posted 3 Jun 2014 2:07 am |
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| With the loss of Weldon Myrick on Monday my mind has been racing. To me this is a devastating loss since I followed him for years as a steel player. A couple of my favorite recordings Weldon played on are "Whiskey River" by Johnny Bush, "Soft Lights And Hard Country Music" and "I Cheated Me Right Out Of You" by Moe Bandy and "Right Or Wrong" by George Straight. I saw a list one time of the artists he had recorded with and played behind and it was a very long list. His personal projects are now considered timeless and a must have for any steel player. Another legend has gone home and it sure has left us mourning. |
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Johnny Cox
From:
Williamsom WVA, raised in Nashville TN, Lives in Hallettsville Texas
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Posted 3 Jun 2014 2:16 am
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All off them. Everything he did with Connie Smith, Johnny Bush, Moe Bandy, Larry Gatlin's first album, "The Pilgrim". His "PedalMan, Man Of Steel record from 1979. The early Bill Anderson records.
He had the gift of the right lick at the right time.
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Johnny "Dumplin" Cox
"YANKIN' STRINGS & STOMPIN' PEDALS" since 1967. |
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Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
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Craig Stock
From:
Westfield, NJ USA
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Posted 3 Jun 2014 3:20 am
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All of his work with Jerry Jeff Walker and Gary Stewart.
Didn't know he passed, great career? RIP
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Regards, Craig
I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no feet.
Today is tomorrow's Good ol' days |
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Ben Lawson
From:
Brooksville Florida
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 3 Jun 2014 4:21 am
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| Everything Weldon did was great. I don't have a specific favorite. |
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Roy Peterman
From:
Muncy Valley, Pennsylvania
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Posted 3 Jun 2014 4:47 am
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| Although I loved all the things Weldon played on, I really like "Hot Foot" on his Pedalman album. (I believe Johnny Cox played bass on that cut.) Awesome! |
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Jack Stanton
From:
Somewhere in the swamps of Jersey
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Posted 3 Jun 2014 4:53 am
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| If Love Was A Bottle Of Wine by Tommy Overstreet. Killer solo, which is basically the "Amazing Two Finger, Three String, One Pedal Song". |
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Floyd Lowery
From:
Deland, Florida, USA
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Posted 3 Jun 2014 5:00 am
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I loved everything Weldon played. One of my favorites is an old vinyl album. Steel Guitars of the Grand Ole Opry - Sonny Hal & Weldon. "Life's Railway to Heaven" is a beautiful cut.
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Carter 12 string 4petals 5knees, Mullen G2 3 petals 4 knees
Alesis QuadraVerb, Goodrich Match-Bro II
Peavy Nashville 400 & Session 500 |
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Jerry Jones
From:
Franklin, Tenn.
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Dale Rottacker
From:
Walla Walla Washington, USA
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Tony Dingus
From:
Kingsport, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 3 Jun 2014 7:47 am
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This like all of Weldon's albums are great.
Tony |
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Dave Bertoncini
From:
Sun City West, Arizona USA
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Posted 3 Jun 2014 7:53 am
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That is the one for me too. Saw Area Code 615 at Fillmore in San Francisco and this song started my steel guitar journey. |
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Frank Freniere
From:
The First Coast
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Posted 3 Jun 2014 9:53 am
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"Stranger Things Have Happened" - Ronnie Milsap.
"Silver Wings" - Pam Tillis on the "Mama's Hungry Eyes" album. |
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Mike Holder
From:
Alabama! Home of the great “Don Helms” & his singer “Hank Williams”!
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Posted 3 Jun 2014 10:15 am
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Paul Siebels "She Made Me Lose My Blues" & Michael Nesmiths album "Rio" Weldon played some great palm Dobro!!
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I thought Nashville was the roughest, but I know I’ve said the same about them all.
I received my education, drivin through the Nation listenin to Paul!.. ( Franklin that is! ) |
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Dave Mudgett
From:
Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 3 Jun 2014 10:33 am
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| For me, everything he did. But, like so many others, I do still marvel at "I'll Come Running" with Connie Smith. |
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Brett Day
From:
Pickens, SC
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Posted 3 Jun 2014 2:43 pm
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| "Once A Day" by Connie Smith", "Me and Paul" by Willie Nelson. I also remember a solo he did on "Farewell Party" with Gene Watson on a show that Gene was on-not the Opry, but it was a different show. Gene introduced him as "Mr Weldon Myrick" before Weldon played the solo. Weldon was playing a black Emmons on the show |
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Alex Cattaneo
From:
Quebec, Canada
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Tiny Olson
From:
Mohawk River Valley, Upstate NY
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Posted 3 Jun 2014 4:33 pm
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I gotta' go with Johnny Cox... all of them. I loved his stuff with Johnny Duncan too. I guess the Johnny Bush, RCA albums rank near the top of my all time favorites. Weldon told me some cool stories about those sessions once.
Sincerely,
Chris "Tiny" O. |
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Alex Cattaneo
From:
Quebec, Canada
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Jeff Harbour
From:
Western Ohio, USA
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Posted 4 Jun 2014 2:21 am
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| One of my all-time favorite steel songs... "I Can't Stop Now" by Reba. A Very quick-paced song full of great runs and open-string fills. When I first heard that song, I spent days and days learning it. My jaw still drops every time it plays. |
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Graham
From:
Marmora, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 4 Jun 2014 4:00 am
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5 songs on this lp - 2 featuring Weldon's steel playing (Beautiful Dreamer and Corn Crib) and 3 with his singing voice - 2 in a trio with Jimmy Gateley and Len Miller and 1 a vocal solo of a song Weldon wrote himself.
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Craig Baker
From:
Eatonton, Georgia, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 4 Jun 2014 7:20 am
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Speaking with Weldon at a a show years ago, of course I had to compliment him on "I'll Come Running". Weldon replied. "I guess I was lucky that day, I hit it perfectly on the first take." Then he said. . . " and I've never played it that good since then."
A few years back we saw Connie Smith in concert with Ray Price. While sitting there in the audience, watching Jack Smith on steel, something occurred to me. Every steel player wanted to play with Ray Price, but just because of Weldon's performance on that one song, I'll Come Running, it would have been ten times harder to pass an audition for Connie than it would have been for Ray. Let's face it, we can all play Crazy Arms.
Respectfully,
Craig
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"Make America Great Again". . . The Only Country With Dream After Its Name. |
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robert kramer
From:
Nashville TN
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Jack Strayhorn
From:
Winston-Salem, NC
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Posted 4 Jun 2014 9:23 am
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Bob, interesting you mentioned, She Found The Key. One of my all time favorites of Weldon and of Lefty. The first time I heard that song I knew it was Weldon. A friend thought it was Rugg and ask. Hal never recorded with Lefty.
Thanks to all that have posted links. The trip down memory lane is awesome. |
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