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Topic: Where is Yar and Sharon? |
Ken Thompson
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Great Falls, Montana, USA
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Posted 29 Dec 2004 8:41 am |
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| Have any of you guys ever heard of, or know, Yar and Sharon. I cannot remember their last name. Yar was a very talented guitar and steel player that could sound exactly like George Jones. His wife, Sharon played bass. They did the Holiday Inn circuit in the late 70s' as a duet. The last I heard they were headed for Texas to open their own place. They were great people and I would sure like to know whatever happened to them. |
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Jerry Hayes
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Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 29 Dec 2004 9:58 am
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Hey Ken, that's Yar Kumar and Sharon Whit or Witt. I worked with her in the Martha Lou (Gatches) band in the late 60's when she was just about 18 years old before she met 'ol Yar. He was from India and a pretty good country singer. The last time I saw them was sometime around the early 80's or late 70's and I worked a couple of gigs with them in the Los Angeles area. I don't think they stayed there very long that time. That's where I first worked with Sharon and she and Yar met in the LA area and eventually got married. She was as fine a bass player as there was out there and even played good when she was young.....JH
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Livin' in the Past and Future with a 12 string Mooney Universal tuning.
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Chuck Cusimano
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Weatherford, Texas, USA
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Posted 29 Dec 2004 10:00 am
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You may be thinking of Yar Kumar? I knew him in Long Beach Ca. (1968-72)while I was in the Navy. I used to sit in with his band at Evelyns Panama Room. Not sure if we're talking about the same guy, but "YAR' is not a name you hear every day. He used to play an old Telecaster that he said Jimmy Hendrix gave him, but when I knew him he wasn't playing steel. I asked him one time where he was from, and he told me "INDIA". He came here to become a doctor, but he loved Country music so much that he scrapped that Idea to play Music.
Pull up the "WHERE ARE THEY?" thread, and read about Yar. Good luck. If you get a phone number, let me know, I'd like to say howdy. |
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Ken Thompson
From:
Great Falls, Montana, USA
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Posted 29 Dec 2004 11:41 am
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| Thanks guys. That is the Yar I was thinking of. I thought he played steel but I may be wrong. I met them at the Holiday Inn here in Great Falls. He was rehearsing and I could have sworn George Jones was in the building. We became friends due to our love for country music. Unfortunatly, they were only travelling through. They would look me up whenever they were in town. Ate at my house a couple of times. Great people. I would sure like to get in touch with them. |
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Gere Mullican
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LaVergne, Tennessee, USA (deceased)
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Posted 29 Dec 2004 1:00 pm
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Yar and Sher and young Yar live in the Nashville or Smyrna area. I have played with them a few times. In fact I saw Yar a few days ago at Walmart in Smyrna. You could probably find out how to contact them by contacting Chrissy Moore at the LaVergne public Library where she works.
Gere |
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Ken Thompson
From:
Great Falls, Montana, USA
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Posted 30 Dec 2004 11:21 am
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| Thanks, Gene, I may do that. |
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Reid Fletcher
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Leesville, LA, USA
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Posted 31 Dec 2004 9:15 am
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I first met Yar and Sharon at a friend's house in Cheyenne, Wyoming. We picked a couple of songs and I told them - You should get a band together! They all laughed (I didn't know they had been traveling on a circuit and had settled in Cheyenne. This was in the early 70's. When I bought a steel guitar, they let me set up with them at Little America in Cheyenne ( and almost anywhere they were playing.) I could hardly tune a Sho-Bud Pro.III, at the time, much less play anything, but they suffered through that with me anyway. I guess the audience did too. No one ever said an unkind work about my pickin'
They were and still are my wife and my best friends. They are our son's godparents. Through the years, we haven't been in as close of contact as we should, but still exchange Christmas cards and call occasionally. They now live in Smyrna, Tenn. If you haven't contacted them by now, let me know and maybe I can get you together with them. Yes Sharon's still a great bass player and has a wonderful singing voice.
Reid Fletcher
nancyfl@wnonline.net
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Ken Thompson
From:
Great Falls, Montana, USA
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Posted 3 Jan 2005 6:40 am
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| Reid, I sent you an email. Did you get it? |
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