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Topic: Billy Mize Bigsby photo |
Andrew Brown
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Houston, Texas, USA
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Billy McCombs
From:
Bakersfield California, USA
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Posted 26 Jun 2011 12:53 pm |
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Herbs sitting down, Jelly Sanders with the Fiddle.
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Mitch Drumm
From:
Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 26 Jun 2011 1:56 pm
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Left to right:
Henson, Johnny Cuviello, Mize, Jelly Sanders, Bill Woods, Dallas Frazier, Carlton Ellis
About 1953-4. |
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Andrew Brown
From:
Houston, Texas, USA
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Posted 26 Jun 2011 2:24 pm
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| Thanks guys. |
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Steven Finley
From:
California, USA
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Posted 26 Jun 2011 3:22 pm
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I hava several billy mize albums,unreleased
willing to sell or trade if your into the billy
mize,bakersfield nostalgia thing. |
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Bob Hickish
From:
Port Ludlow, Washington, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 26 Jun 2011 4:54 pm
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some more photos
http://www.kcmuseum.org/stories/storyReader$912
I remember Cousin Herb - he had a TV show on a UHF channel back in the late 50’s just about all the country stars appeared on this show -- they worn’t big stars back then -
I’m sure it was Al Brumley - Tom’s Brother was a bass player at one time - I think he got Tom on the show to introduce his Steel picken around 1960 |
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Jerry Hayes
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Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 27 Jun 2011 8:28 am
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Billy was really a great steel player but it was overshadowed too much by his vocals and songwriting ability. Who can forget the classic "It All Depends on Who'll Buy The Wine" which was one of Billy's many compositions and recorded by Charlie Walker, Jerry Lee Lewis, Micky Gilly and others. He hosted the Melody Ranch TV Show on Gene Autry's station for many years as well as holding down the bandleader position at Bonnie Price's Foothill Club in SoCal. All that plus his recordings which are outstanding. I like Billy's tune "Terrible, Tangled Web" which was also recorded by Dean Martin. Billy told me that Bob Wills had offered him a job as his steel player and when Billy turned it down, ol' Bob got highly offended and wouldn't speak to him. Billy just didn't have time to play with Bob with everything else going on. In addition to Dean Martin, Ray Price and others recorded his songs. And lastly, with all his talent and success I'll have to say that he was without a doubt the nicest and best band leader I've ever worked for!....JH in Va.
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Don't matter who's in Austin (or anywhere else) Ralph Mooney is still the king!!! |
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Steven Finley
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California, USA
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Posted 27 Jun 2011 4:03 pm
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Jerry, you are correct that Billy chose a career as lead singer rather than a sideman position. He dearly loved to be in the spotlight. Matter of fact, back in the early 80's, when Billy's backup band, me included, won Non Touring Band of the Year, it was Billy who went to the awards show and collected ALL of the awards for the band; and then never even brought them in for us to see. It has been 20+ years, and to this day we don't even know what they look like.
Next time someone talks to Billy, remind him, "isn't it time that you give the awards to the players that they were awarded to?"
Maybe there was another reason that Bob Wills stopped speaking to Billy. Nothing wrong with his singing, but the way a person conducts business says a lot about his personal character, such as not abiding by union rules. And no, I never signed a confidentiality contract. |
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Bobbe Seymour
From:
Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 28 Jun 2011 9:21 am
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Ha! Ha! Yes, I never signed one either!  |
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Chris Lucker
From:
Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 28 Jun 2011 10:30 am Re: Billy Mize Bigsby photo
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| Andrew Brown wrote: |
| This is the earliest photo I've seen of Billy Mize. |
This one was taken from the same location. It is a publicity photo i bought on ebay several years ago.
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Chris Lucker
Red Bellies, Bigsbys and a lot of other guitars. |
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Jason Odd
From:
Stawell, Victoria, Australia
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Posted 29 Jun 2011 6:53 am
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I got a magazine (currentyl playing hide and seek in storage here) with a picture of Billy Mize in the group 'Johnny McAtee & his Sons Of The San Joaquin', the group includes Bill Woods and Cousin Herb Henson.
It's dated 1949 and it's taken at the Clover Club.
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Robbie Daniels
From:
Casper, Wyoming, USA
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Posted 29 Jun 2011 10:35 am
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Good to see a picture that includes Johnny Cuviello. I haven't seen him for a long long time. I worked with John in San Francisco area back in the early to mid 60s.
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Ben Rubright
From:
Punta Gorda, Florida, USA
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Posted 29 Jun 2011 11:41 am
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Bobbe Seymour said:
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| Ha! Ha! Yes, I never signed one either! |
That's another book you need to write!!! (possibly a whole 24 volume set) |
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