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Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 6 Feb 2014 10:40 am |
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It's great to see so much recent interest in the fabulous instrumental work of JERRY BYRD.
Glad to see it!
Keep it up!
Don't forget the JERRYBYRD-FANCLUB.com |
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Jerome Hawkes
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Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 6 Feb 2014 12:02 pm
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see, its paying dividends Ray, you just had to keep pounding it into our young minds of mush 
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Jean-Sebastien Gauthier
From:
Quebec, Canada
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Posted 6 Feb 2014 3:12 pm
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I think that when you start you need to have a hero, someone you love listening and you would like to play like. I know I will ever close to be able to play as good as Jerry Byrd but it give me a direction.
The big thing for me is when I discovered is more western swing stuff he does with Chet Atkins. I like the band they had Jazz from the Hill and album like Hi-Fi Guitar.
I tuned to C6 and try to learn as much song, lick, chord I can from these tune. I feel that when I will be able to figure out and play all this stuff I will be able to play anything!
It will take lot of time and effort but I have a direction. Jerry Byrd have it all, tone, vibrato, picking, intonation, feeling, taste, everything, so why not try to play like him! |
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Jean-Sebastien Gauthier
From:
Quebec, Canada
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Posted 8 Feb 2014 4:04 pm
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| Ray, I have to say that I really appreciated you website. There a lot of great information. I will have to take some time to read everything! |
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Jean-Sebastien Gauthier
From:
Quebec, Canada
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 8 Feb 2014 4:18 pm About the JBFC site.........
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Glad that you found the JBFC site to be worthy of your time.
I have several boxes right here at my desk that I have to research thro'......for addit'l comments and recollections of Mr. Byrd.
Spread the word about the site...........appreciate it. |
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C. E. Jackson
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Steven Cummings
From:
Texas
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Posted 8 Feb 2014 6:04 pm
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Ditto
Thanks Ray!
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Lookin' on the sunny side.... |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 8 Feb 2014 6:12 pm Many Thanks to you!
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Appreciate you fellows visiting the JBFC site and
nice to learn that you benefit from it.
WE TRY! |
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Don Kona Woods
From:
Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Posted 8 Feb 2014 6:23 pm
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| I know I will ever close to be able to play as good as Jerry Byrd but it give me a direction. |
Jerry Byrd once told me that to be as good as he was that "you would have to practice 8 hours each day for the next 40 years."
That was one way of Jerry telling you how much he practiced.
It is practice, folks. |
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Tom Snook
From:
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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Posted 9 Feb 2014 6:30 am
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Jerry once told me"What the hell was that"?
Are there any photos in his autobiography?
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I wanna go back to my little grass shack........ |
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Jim Smerk
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 9 Feb 2014 7:41 am
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Who's this Jerry Byrd guy?  |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 9 Feb 2014 10:08 am It's obvious...........you were kidding, eh?
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| You've got to be kidding! |
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Jim Smerk
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 9 Feb 2014 10:24 am
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Jim Mckay
From:
New Zealand
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Posted 9 Feb 2014 11:00 am
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Are there any recordings still about with Jerry playing with Chet Atkins?
I am very much a fan of both of them but have never heard them playing together.
Another qoute from Jerry "The harder you work the luckier you get"
That said Jerry had magic fingers and you either have it or you do'nt
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Canopus d-8
Excel Jerry Byrd frypan
T-8 Stringmaster |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 9 Feb 2014 11:03 am Jerry Byrd & Chet Atkins................
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The COUNTRY ALL STARS on RCA would be a good place to start. Several Homer & Jethro albums and singles will find both BYRD & Atkins.
Then if you visit the JBFC you can hear random tunes with various vocalists on which they both played. |
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Jim Pitman
From:
Waterbury Ctr. VT 05677 USA
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Posted 9 Feb 2014 11:09 am
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| I had the pleasure of having lunch with him and Jerry Fessenden in 1984 or so at the St Loius SGC. What a gentelemen...and...the king of the bar slant in my book. |
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Jim Mckay
From:
New Zealand
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Posted 9 Feb 2014 3:38 pm
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Thanks Ray, I'll try my luck
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Canopus d-8
Excel Jerry Byrd frypan
T-8 Stringmaster |
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