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Joachim Kettner


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Post  Posted 12 Jul 2016 7:25 am    
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TB is Tom, DR is Don Rich



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Greg Milton


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Post  Posted 12 Jul 2016 6:11 pm    
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Thanks Joachim - that's an interesting read
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Joachim Kettner


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Post  Posted 13 Jul 2016 7:26 am    
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You're welcome Greg!
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Don R Brown


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Post  Posted 13 Jul 2016 8:14 am    
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A great read, thanks for posting.

Interesting that even back then there was a lot of discussion about pop vs. country, whether they would meet, etc. I know music is constantly evolving, and is generational, but it's hard for me to think that some day today's "bro-country" will be considered by some to be classic.
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scott murray


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Post  Posted 17 Jul 2016 6:33 pm    
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great stuff thanks for sharing. amazing how many times Buddy Emmons was mentioned, by Tom and Don both.

I wonder when the interview was actually conducted. seems like Waitin' In Your Welfare Line was their latest hit (released Jan '66) and Tom was long gone by 1970.
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Darrell Criswell

 

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Post  Posted 20 Jul 2016 8:20 am    
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Tom says he guesses Bob Willls is responsible for electrifying country music, but didn't Jimmie Rodgers use an electric steel guitar before Wills?
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Tim Weaver

 

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Post  Posted 22 Jul 2016 1:19 pm    
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Darrell Criswell wrote:
Tom says he guesses Bob Willls is responsible for electrifying country music, but didn't Jimmie Rodgers use an electric steel guitar before Wills?


I'm not sure Jimmie Rodgers ever played steel guitar did he? I've only heard recordings of him playing standard acoustic guitar.
I always like Cliff Carlisle's steel playing; to me his and Jimmie's songs have a very similar feel. Probably the yodeling.
Rodger's died in '33, which seems a bit early for an electric lap steel.
I wonder if as a band Bob Wills' band was one of the first to go electric (guitars, steel, etc..)?

In the interview I think all of the questions about blues are pretty interesting. Most of Don's licks I've figured out on guitar are pretty closely around minor penatonic, and have a very bluesy feel to my fingers. Still working on figuring out some of Tom's licks; that is a pretty big challenge!

Thanks for posting the interview
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Darrell Criswell

 

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Post  Posted 22 Jul 2016 3:12 pm    
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Billy Burke was Jimmie Rodgers steel player, in the Jimmie Rodgers museum in Meridian Mississippi they have his electric steel guitar. Burke, I believe moved to Tucson AZ and played there for many years.
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Darrell Criswell

 

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Post  Posted 22 Jul 2016 3:26 pm    
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I did some research and Billy Burke's did record steel guitar on Jimmie Rodgers last two recordings, don't know if it was electric or acoustic. In the Jimmie Rodgers museum is a a double-neck Elektra steel guitar owned by Burkes, which I am certain is not the instrument he used with Rodgers.
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Dan Robinson


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Post  Posted 22 Jul 2016 8:00 pm    
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Joachim, fun seeing this. Thanks for posting it.

TB was a big inspiration for me. Tom won't be "labelled" in that interview. Ha! Good on him. I dig the respect Tom has for Jerry Byrd and Buddy Emmons. As for playing what he feels, yep for sure. When I listen to him I can feel it too. Probably why I listen often.

Dan
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Tom Brumley


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Post  Posted 23 Jul 2016 6:29 am    
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Thanks Dan. Tom idolized Jerry Byrd and Buddy Emmons.
and thanks to Joachim for posting this super article. I had to get mine out and read it again. Lots of love Very Happy
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Joachim Kettner


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Post  Posted 23 Jul 2016 8:57 am    
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You're welcome, especially Rolene!

scott murray wrote:


I wonder when the interview was actually conducted. seems like Waitin' In Your Welfare Line was their latest hit (released Jan '66) and Tom was long gone by 1970.

Since your husband had already joined Rick Nelson in '70, maybe you can clear this up, Rolene?
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Abe Levy


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Post  Posted 23 Jul 2016 5:51 pm    
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Thanks for posting. Really liked reading this.
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