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Gary Hoetker

 

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Post  Posted 16 Dec 2024 5:01 pm    
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Keith Hilton

 

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Post  Posted 16 Dec 2024 6:25 pm    
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If I were guessing, I would say it is Walter Haynes.
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Gary Hoetker

 

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Post  Posted 16 Dec 2024 10:34 pm    
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Could be. I think he was the producer for many of Mel's albums on Kapp Records. Whoever it is, he's sensational.
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Steve Hinson

 

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Post  Posted 17 Dec 2024 5:17 am    
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Didn't Jim Baker play on the Tillis shuffles of this era?

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Bill C. Buntin

 

Post  Posted 17 Dec 2024 6:05 am    
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I’m thinking Walter Haynes on the session (may 1969) (also Walter was the producer for kapps)
Statesider steeler at that time was terry bethel. Jim baker was before bethel.
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Mike Sweeney


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Post  Posted 18 Dec 2024 3:08 pm    
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More than likely Lloyd Green.
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Franklin

 

Post  Posted 20 Dec 2024 5:43 am    
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Pretty sure this is Terry Bethel because it doesn't sound like Jim Baker...Jim Baker played on "Heart Over Mind" Jim has a different tone from Terry.

Mel always tried to use his players in the studio...Lloyd and later Emmons played on his hits until the late 70's...Sometimes Mel would have Terry filling while Lloyd would do the intros and turns.
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