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Topic: David Farenthold |
Marty Holmes
From:
Magnolia ,TX USA
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Posted 3 Dec 2024 6:38 pm |
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| David passed away Sunday from what I've been told . David worked with many artists including Chestnutt and was one hell of a picker. |
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Susan Alcorn
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Baltimore, MD, USA
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Posted 6 Dec 2024 1:37 pm
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It is so sad to hear this. David Farenthold was a great, and underrated, steel player. I used to love watching and hearing him play - he had such great ideas.
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Marty Broussard
From:
Broussard, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2024 11:31 am
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David was a cool guy and accomplished player.
I was Chesnut’s first steel-guitarist when he started The New South Band. I exited when we had our first baby and David took over. Subsequently, I’d take his place for 2 weeks at a time at Cutter’s in Beaumont while he’d go home on vacation. I’d slip over occasionally to watch him because I liked his playing so much.
RIP
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Gordon Borland
From:
San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Posted 10 Dec 2024 11:16 am First band
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I put together the first band David ever played in. He took lessons from Jerry Blanton. Years later I worked for Crash Stewart that booked Johnny Bush and when David joined Johnny and the Bandoleros Crash invited me to fly to Wichita Falls in his private single engine airplane to see David with the band.
I got on the plane but when Crash gulped a big swallow of Jim Beam I got off the plane. I did not trust Jim Beam as Crash's co-pilot. God Bless David. |
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 10 Dec 2024 3:59 pm
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I met David sometime in the late 70's at Sumet-Burnet Studios in Dallas. He was with Bush and I was with Alvin Crow, both of us cutting radio spots for Pearl Brewery.
Lone Star beer had the Lost Gonzo Band, Pearl had Bush and Crow... 
I liked David right off, too bad our paths didn't cross more often. RIP.
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