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Topic: Sonny Garrish |
Mark Greenway
From:
Lake Kiowa, Texas
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Posted 26 Oct 2006 2:01 am |
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| What about Sonny Garish? Where is he and what is he doing? |
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Michael Douchette
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Gallatin, TN (deceased)
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Posted 26 Oct 2006 2:56 am
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He's alive and well in Hendersonville, TN, and working all the time... same way it's been for 30 years...
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Theresa Galbraith
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Goodlettsville,Tn. USA
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Posted 26 Oct 2006 3:01 am
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Sonny is great! He lives in Hendersonville Tn. He does Kenny Chesney's session's along with many other's. You won't meet a nicer man!  |
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Michael Douchette
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Gallatin, TN (deceased)
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Posted 26 Oct 2006 3:22 am
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Theresa, I don't know if I'd be admitting to that one... 
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Alan Kendall
From:
Maury County Tennessee
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Posted 26 Oct 2006 3:59 am
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Does anyone know what Sonny Garrish's E 9th copedent is.I've done a search but can't find anything.
Alan
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Theresa Galbraith
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Goodlettsville,Tn. USA
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Posted 26 Oct 2006 5:10 am
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| Admitting to that one? If you're talking about Kenny, we'll you know Sonny plays great behind any artist! |
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Michael Douchette
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Gallatin, TN (deceased)
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Posted 26 Oct 2006 6:22 am
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Sonny always plays great, absolutely... the "artist"... well...
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 26 Oct 2006 6:23 am
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I just picked up Gene Watson's latest CD. It is a great CD, a lot of recording of his old songs and a couple new ones also.
Sonny Garrish is the steel player on the CD and he sounds GREAT!  |
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David Cobb
From:
Chanute, Kansas, USA
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Posted 26 Oct 2006 6:40 am
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In another thread, it was pointed out that Sonny does a lot of gospel or Christian country sessions, what ever you wish to call the genre.
On a weekend radio show, I heard Mike Manuel sing "Welcome to the Lost & Found", along with the distinctive Garrish sound.
Here's another from http://www.mikemanuel.com/
I believe that's Sonny in the studio. |
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Eugene Cole
From:
near Washington Grove, MD, USA
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Posted 19 Jul 2007 5:41 pm Sonny's contact information
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I would like to contact Sonny and am looking for an email address or phone number.
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Sierra U14 8+5 my copedent, 1972 MSA D10 8+4, and nothing in the Bank. 8^) |
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Michael Douchette
From:
Gallatin, TN (deceased)
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Paul King
From:
Gainesville, Texas, USA
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Posted 20 Jul 2007 4:00 am Garrish
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| In 1991 there was a minister friend that called me wanting me to meet some guys to play a concert in DeRidder,Louisiana. I really was not interested but I drove to Fort Worth,Texas and met them. It turns out to be Mike Manuel and his brothers Greg and Mark. That started the Manuel Family Band and I was blessed to play steel for them for nearly two years. Today, Mike Manuel is the only brother singing. The Manuels always use Sonny Garrish on their projects and there is some great steel playing. Sonny has a unique sound that separates him from others. I asked Kevim McManess, the sound engineer on their projects, what effects does Sonny use. His reply was "Paul, it is just him." For years Sonny has played on countless Gospel records as well as country records. One that comes to my mind is by the Kendalls which is "Heavens Just A Sin Away". Now I would love to see Sonny play at a steel show. My understanding from Mike Manuel is that Sonny Garrish is a super gentleman and a joy to be around. Sounds like a class individual to me. |
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Dale Hansen
From:
Hendersonville,Tennessee, (USA)
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Posted 20 Jul 2007 6:15 am
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Alan, This is for you. I'll ask him what changes he's made since, and update later here.
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Alan Kendall
From:
Maury County Tennessee
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Posted 20 Jul 2007 7:01 am
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Dale thanks for posting Sonny Garrish's copedent.It's interesting that he has 4 changes on the left knee and only one on the right.I think I would find that very difficult to deal with.I love Sonny's playing,and am amazed that he has been so prolific for so long.
I'm moving to Middle Tennessee in about 6 weeks or so and would like to know where I can go to hear Sonny (or anyone else for that matter)play Christian Country.Is it still played in churches around Tennessee or is it mostly Christian rock now? |
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Michael Douchette
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Gallatin, TN (deceased)
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Gary Preston
From:
Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Posted 20 Jul 2007 4:14 pm
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 Michael you have to go and hear Alan with the new pickup i sold him ! Wow i wish i lived in Tenn . I surely would attend this same church . G.P. |
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Alan Kendall
From:
Maury County Tennessee
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Posted 20 Jul 2007 6:24 pm
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Thanks Michael.I'll certainly make a point of attending Cornerstone when I get to Tennessee.Is it in Nashville?
By the way Gary did sell me a brand new, in the box 25 year old Bill Lawrence 705 and I must say I am mighty impressed with it.He's a great guy to deal with.
Hi Gary,thanks again for selling me the pick up it was in better condition than you described,and it still sounds great!! (sorry, you can't have it back)I really enjoyed our conversation,and I hope we get to meet one of these days.
Alan |
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Darvin Willhoite
From:
Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 20 Jul 2007 6:33 pm
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Sonny was one of my earliest influences on steel guitar. I was raised on Country Gospel music and was always fascinated with the recording process. There was a great bunch of musicians recording on all those old gospel projects in the '70's and '80's, Sonny, Gregg Galbraith, Bobby All, Gary Prim etc.
I ran across an old album in my collection a while back of Bill Anderson's Po' Boys, that was done when both Gregg, and Sonny were in the band. Man those guys could pick even though they both looked about 16 years old. And, they've done nothing but get better.
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Darvin Willhoite
MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
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Jeremiah Hanley
From:
Springfield, Missouri, USA
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Posted 20 Jul 2007 7:55 pm
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| Every good thing that's been said about Sonny is true! He played on one of our albums that we did for Skylite-Sing. He and my son, Jerry Hanley, played together at Cornerstone for quite a while. In fact, Jerry was a charter member of that church. Sonny Garrish has a very unique way of expressing the feeling of a song...never too much, always just enough. On the album that he did for us I had the privilege of playing right beside him on a couple of songs. A lot of our steel players are No. 1 and he's one of them! |
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Dale Hansen
From:
Hendersonville,Tennessee, (USA)
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Posted 2 Aug 2007 6:15 pm Amendment to Sonny's set- up
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Alan,
Sonny said that he added the first string raise (F# to G#) whole tone, awhile back, but everything else remains the same. He has it on RKR. |
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Ken Crisp
From:
North Carolina
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Posted 2 Aug 2007 6:25 pm
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I loved Sonny on the Florida Boys albums. Such a great tone and feel.
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Michael Douchette
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Gallatin, TN (deceased)
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Ken Crisp
From:
North Carolina
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Posted 2 Aug 2007 7:41 pm
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Mikey, the ones I remember Sonny played ,when Trammell was there.
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Michael Douchette
From:
Gallatin, TN (deceased)
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Alan Kendall
From:
Maury County Tennessee
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Posted 3 Aug 2007 5:25 am
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| Dale, thanks for the amendment to Sonny Garrish's copedent.I appreciate it. |
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