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Topic: Vern Gosdin question? |
Niels Andrews
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Salinas, California, USA
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Posted 22 Sep 2012 10:49 am |
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Does anybody know if he was a heavy drinker?
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Andy Sandoval
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Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 22 Sep 2012 12:49 pm
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No, not that heavy, only 190 lbs.  Sorry, couldn't resist. I'm sure someone more serious than me can answer your question Niels. |
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Niels Andrews
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Salinas, California, USA
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Posted 22 Sep 2012 4:41 pm
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 OK, Thanks again for the BIAB files.
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Steve Hinson
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Hendersonville Tn USA
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Posted 23 Sep 2012 3:19 pm
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| Worked with him 6 months...never saw him take a drink. |
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Cal Sharp
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the farm in Kornfield Kounty, TN
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Alvin Blaine
From:
Picture Rocks, Arizona, USA
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Ron Page
From:
Penn Yan, NY USA
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Posted 28 Sep 2012 8:35 am
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I'm as curious about the question as the answer. All I know is he was among my favorite singers. The Voice!
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Joe Casey
From:
Weeki Wachee .Springs FL (population.9)
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Posted 4 Oct 2012 6:15 am
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| Truthfully I never seen him drink,And a lot of his records don't have steel..I just remember him and his brother from his West coast days.. |
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Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
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Posted 4 Oct 2012 12:05 pm
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Vern and Rex:
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Niels Andrews
From:
Salinas, California, USA
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Posted 4 Oct 2012 12:20 pm
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Just curious, I love his work.
Niels
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 4 Oct 2012 3:40 pm
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| Funny, I always sorta imagined him as a religious fellow? |
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Steve Hinson
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Hendersonville Tn USA
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Posted 7 Oct 2012 11:10 am
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...I've seen religious fellows take a drink plenty of times...
In the six months I worked for Vern,I never saw him take a drink or any kind of drugs...but I've heard all kinds of stories about him doing both...
He was a great country singer...and a really different kind of fellow. |
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Todd Brown
From:
W. Columbia , South Carolina
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Posted 7 Oct 2012 2:48 pm
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| Niels, I seem to recall a post of yours where you stated that alcohol should be banned. The Randy Travis thread, maybe. Are you just checking his history before you dive in too deep as a fan? |
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Niels Andrews
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Salinas, California, USA
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Posted 7 Oct 2012 4:36 pm
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I am a great fan of Vern Gosdin. Any statement on alcohol was in jest . It is Sad though how many lives it ruins. But I am not advocating banning anything
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Kevin Hatton
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Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 8 Oct 2012 11:12 am
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| It seems every time I visited Nashville I would meet Vern sitting in the Cracker Barrel eating breakfast or lunch. He would just be there. I remember once even Linda Lay was there. I sat with him a few times and talked. He was a REAL poet. Extremely funny joke teller. Most all the time he wanted to talk about anything but music. Like most successful artists he was a little damaged. He had had his stroke. He had a lot of wisdom on life and was cynical also, which I could understand. He was tempermental like most great artists. People told me that he was hard to work with, but when we talked I forgave him any of his excentricities. I could understand where they came from. He paid his dues and then some. Chris Hillman told me how he was a mentor when he was young and would follow him around. Most great artists are excentric, and some tempermental. That's okay. |
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