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Topic: Jerry Byrd - On The Shores of Waikiki |
Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 1 Jul 2010 6:15 am |
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My all-time favorite JB record. This is the Mercury LP re-issue of JB's early 50s session that was recorded on 78. The classic JB Rickenbacher bakelite-thru-Volutone amp sound in all it's glory. Long out of print and, to the best of my knowledge, unavailable on CD though someone owns the Mercury masters. Let your conscience be your guide.
http://tamtammelodie.blogspot.com/2010/06/guitar-of-jerry-byrd-and-his-orchestra.html |
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Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 1 Jul 2010 7:30 am How many of you have heard JERRY BYRD's earliest ...........
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Have any of you heard JERRY BYRD's 1939 rendition of BEACH at WAIKIKI.......as played live on the Renfro Valley Barn Dance?
He did so with Ernie Lee and was playing it in C#min tuning.
Songs like this can be heard from time to time on the JERRY BYRD FAN CLUB site............
jerrybyrd-fanclub.com/ |
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Garry Vanderlinde
From:
CA
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Posted 2 Jul 2010 11:43 am
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There was a Japanese CD release of “On the Shores of Waikiki” a couple of years ago. It has a great cardboard case that resembles the original in every way except that it is 5” square instead of 12”. It even has a little plastic sleeve protector.  They turn up on ebay from time to time.
Ray, I’d like to hear Jerry’s “On the Beach at Waikiki”! It's not on your site yet is it?
I've got the tab but have never heard him play it. There is a lot of single string work with hammer-on and pull-offs I see but not much of a clue of what it’s suppose to sound like. This tab is in his C6/A7th tuning. |
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Mitch Drumm
From:
Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 2 Jul 2010 1:33 pm
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Thanx, Mitch!
I wonder where that old B6 Rick is these days? |
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Mitch Drumm
From:
Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 2 Jul 2010 2:04 pm
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Ron:
I saw one of JB's Ricks hanging in a display at the Country Music Hall Of Fame in 1983. Not far from Bob Dunn's guitar as I recall.
I saw JB perform twice, first at the Royal in 1985. I mentioned I had seen one of his guitars in Nashville and he asked if it was a 6 string or a 7 string. I did not know then and I don't know now--but I assume it is still there, whichever guitar it was.
Seeing him at close range (10 feet) in that historical outdoor setting was a very memorable experience. I think I was the only person in attendance and got to call a couple of tunes--"At Sundown" remains riveted in my brain. |
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 2 Jul 2010 2:32 pm
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To see JB perform any time is a memorable experience. Once is never enuf!
The HoF used to have a honky tonk Lefty Frizzell/Jerry Byrd display in the old museum, JB's pic/historical text w/VoluTone amp and B7 steel, but since the renovation/move they've redesigned the exhibit and no longer have much mention of him.
The (assumed for '39...) B6 played is most likely the one treasured by Jerry's first wife as "the only thing I have left of Jerry", and may/may not have stayed in similarly revered stature with siblings since her death. |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Jussi Huhtakangas
From:
Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 3 Jul 2010 1:17 am
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^Good thing I have both the LP and the 78' Album!!!  |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 3 Jul 2010 7:24 am WOW! I must be sitting on a gold mine!
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$278.00!
I wonder what MY collection of JERRY BYRD music might be worth?
A 60 year project that remains incomplete to this day.
$278.00! I couldn't imagine. |
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Garry Vanderlinde
From:
CA
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Posted 3 Jul 2010 8:36 am
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Mitch, Many Thanks! 
Where do you guys find this stuff? |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 3 Jul 2010 9:11 am Regarding Mitch's comment..................
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Anyone interested in seeing the display about which Mitch has referred to (above) ........
can go to the JERRYBYRD-FANCLUB site....Just click on the LINK below my signature on this post.
Also in the pix is a good shot of Jerry's VOLU-TONE amplifier and the gutiar. |
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Dave Kirkey
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 4 Jul 2010 7:18 pm Hey Garry, do you read your Pm's
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| Sorry for the change here ... but I thought I might be able to see if Garry Vanderlinde reads his PM's I sent you one yesterday and hope you read it and respond.. I'm wondering, were you the same guy in the 70's Bottom Dollar String Band In OC? |
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Matthew Dawson
From:
Portland Oregon, USA
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Posted 4 Jul 2010 8:12 pm
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| This same site has a Ray Kinney record with what I believe to be some tasty playing from Tommy Castro. |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 9 Jul 2010 12:27 pm
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| Matthew Dawson wrote: |
| This same site has a Ray Kinney record with what I believe to be some tasty playing from Tommy Castro. |
I can't even begin to find the Kinney tune, any help? Do they have a main page/listing of what's available? |
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Derrick Mau
From:
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 9 Jul 2010 1:36 pm
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| 1 used copy $278.37!! |
This one is listed as a CD remastered in Japan.
Maybe they only re-mastered a limited amount?
Still . . . I've seen this album in vinyl pop up here from time to time. And one could get it for $6.00 - $8.00 |
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