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Topic: My Tribute to Tommy Morrell |
Larry Bell
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Posted 1 Feb 2007 10:57 am |
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Last time I talked to him I called early afternoon (STILL WOKE HIM UP) to ask him how to go about licensing 'Pterodactyl Ptales' for my new CD. It took me several trys to finally get the point across to him (you wanna do WHAT?) that I wanted to pay him for the rights to record his tune. He just said, "Oh hell, I don't care, if you really want to talk to somebody about it call the record company . . . or just forget about it."
So I did . . .
. . . I put the tune on my CD and here it is (click)
He had a depth to his playing that few others could boast. He knew every jazz standard ever written -- and recorded most of them. There are wolf tracks in heaven.
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Larry Bell - email: larry@larrybell.org - gigs - Home Page
My CD's: 'I've Got Friends in COLD Places' - 'Pedal Steel Guitar'
2021 Rittenberry S/D-12 8x7, 1976 Emmons S/D-12 7x6, 1969 Emmons S/D-12 6x6, 1971 Dobro, Quilter ToneBlock 202 TT-12 |
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Billy Wilson
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El Cerrito, California, USA
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Posted 1 Feb 2007 1:25 pm
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| Great version of a great tune. Thanks for posting. Did Tom ever get a chance to hear that? |
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Lee Gillespie
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Cheyenne, Wy. USA
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Posted 1 Feb 2007 2:34 pm Toms Tune
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| Larry.... outstanding job. Eventho I play lap and Dobro anymore ....you make me want to pull out my 35 years old MSA. Lee |
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ebb
From:
nj
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Posted 1 Feb 2007 4:51 pm
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| what a great performance and a great tribute! |
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Marlin Smoot
From:
Kansas
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Posted 1 Feb 2007 7:15 pm
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| Super nice pickin' Larry. |
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Larry Bell
From:
Englewood, Florida
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Posted 2 Feb 2007 6:35 am
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Thanks guys
Tom was very special to me. He was walking proof that a TON of music can be played on a nonpedal steel.
You're right, Lee, I did play it using pedals but Tom's version was that really hip T-10 nonpedal Bigsby. TONE TO THE BONE and chops that go for miles. I saw him as the next generation of Joaquin Murphey. Who's gonna fill THOSE shoes now?
Billy,
I kept meaning to send him a copy and I'd hoped to make a trip to Texas but I didn't -- now it's too late. There's a lesson in there somewhere.
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Larry Bell - email: larry@larrybell.org - gigs - Home Page
My CD's: 'I've Got Friends in COLD Places' - 'Pedal Steel Guitar'
2021 Rittenberry S/D-12 8x7, 1976 Emmons S/D-12 7x6, 1969 Emmons S/D-12 6x6, 1971 Dobro, Quilter ToneBlock 202 TT-12 |
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Larry Bell
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Englewood, Florida
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Larry Bell
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Englewood, Florida
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Russ Tkac
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Posted 2 Feb 2007 6:45 am
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Very nice Larry! Great tone. 
Russ |
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Vernon Hester
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Cayce,SC USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 2 Feb 2007 7:38 am Tom's Tune
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Very nice job and a good group hanging in with you
Vern |
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Larry Bell
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Englewood, Florida
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