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Topic: Rare Jerry Byrd Live Video - 1960s, Surprise Waltz |
Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Tony Dingus
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Kingsport, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2024 8:58 am |
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That's great playing and tone. Master of the bar too.
Thanks Doug.
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Jim Mckay
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Posted 12 Dec 2024 9:39 am
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That's a great post Doug. What a find, I've seen video of Jerry playing this same arrangement at Steel Guitar conventions but not on National TV.
I have Jerry's album "Admirable Byrd" featuring some of Jerry's E9th arrangements including "Surprise Waltz". I believe Jerry played on his "Shot Jackson Frypan" on that album.
That tune his one of many that Jerry composed. Truly a legend of our instrument. 
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Greg Vincent
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Folsom, CA USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2024 2:25 pm
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Are THREE-NOTE bar slants happening there???
That’s nuts.  |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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J D Sauser
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Wellington, Florida
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Posted 13 Dec 2024 12:05 pm
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| Greg Vincent wrote: |
Are THREE-NOTE bar slants happening there???
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... no, that's Byrd!
That guitar was auctioned off in the 90's... I almost bought it and regret not having done so then. Forrest White reeled JB into trying a Fender and JB gave them several conditions: a machined metal bridge resembling he shape of a Rickenbacher B-bridge instead of the round bar, and the tuning keys set back one row... (looks like a 10-string pan with only 8 strings) because JB regarded the nut as any other fret and wanted to be able to slide down off it into the keyhead without being entangled in the keys sticking up, and then, BLACK... becasause BE already must have found out that Black sounds just better, Ha!
The guitar is said to have been used on the Admirable Byrd Album.
Thanks for posting the video!... J-D.
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A Little Mental Health Warning:
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Doug Beaumier
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Lee Baucum
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McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 13 Dec 2024 2:08 pm
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Just think how well he could have played had he learned how to hold his bar straight.
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J D Sauser
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Posted 13 Dec 2024 4:05 pm
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| Doug Beaumier wrote: |
The guitar is on the cover of Jerry's "Satin Strings of Steel" album.
Imagine the mojo in that guitar! A one-of-a-kind, built to Jerry's specs and played by him.
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YES!... J-D.
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Was it JFK who said: Ask Not What TAB Can Do For You - Rather Ask Yourself "What Would B.B. King Do?"
A Little Mental Health Warning:
Tablature KILLS SKILLS.
The uses of Tablature is addictive and has been linked to reduced musical fertility.
Those who produce Tablature did never use it.
I say it humorously, but I mean it. |
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Greg Vincent
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Folsom, CA USA
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Posted 13 Dec 2024 4:24 pm
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| Love the eight set-back tuners in the ten-string pan —brilliant idea by JB! |
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