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Topic: Who is the steel player who... |
Jack Hanson
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San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 7 Jan 2015 5:40 pm |
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| ...played on the road with George Jones from the '60s into the '80s? From the Atlanta area, perhaps? |
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David Higginbotham
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Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 7 Jan 2015 5:47 pm
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| Tom Killian played years with George Jones. Not sure if that's your guy? |
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 7 Jan 2015 5:59 pm
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| David Higginbotham wrote: |
| Tom Killian played years with George Jones. Not sure if that's your guy? |
No, don't think so. The guy I'm looking for is an older gentleman. |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 7 Jan 2015 6:16 pm
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David Higginbotham wrote:
Tom Killian played years with George Jones. Not sure if that's your guy?
No, don't think so. The guy I'm looking for is an older gentleman. |
Older than Tom Killen? 
Wild guess: Sonny Curtis? |
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John Booth
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Columbus Ohio, USA
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Posted 7 Jan 2015 6:48 pm
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Sonny did but only until Tammy had some kinda excuse and divorced him 
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Jack Hanson
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San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 8 Jan 2015 6:38 am
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| Barry Blackwood wrote: |
| Wild guess: Sonny Curtis? |
Bingo!
Sonny Curtis is the guy. Always thought he was from the Ohio area. Could he have recently relocated to Georgia? |
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Brett Day
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Pickens, SC
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Posted 8 Jan 2015 7:07 am
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| Tom Killen played for George in the eighties, nineties, and part of the 2000s |
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John Booth
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Columbus Ohio, USA
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Posted 8 Jan 2015 7:56 am
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| Jack Hanson wrote: |
| Barry Blackwood wrote: |
| Wild guess: Sonny Curtis? |
Bingo!
Sonny Curtis is the guy. Always thought he was from the Ohio area. Could he have recently relocated to Georgia? |
No, Sonny still lives here in Columbus Ohio
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 8 Jan 2015 8:20 am
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| No, Sonny still lives here in Columbus Ohio |
Thanks for confirming that, JB. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 8 Jan 2015 10:10 am
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I saw him (well...) and Tammy here in the Bay Area during his "No-Show" days, and Sonny was with them. George didn't show, by the way. We were treated to a fantastic, very long show by Tammy and the Jones Boys. I think I enjoyed that as much, or more, than seeing George.
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John Booth
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Columbus Ohio, USA
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Posted 8 Jan 2015 10:25 am
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| Richard Sinkler wrote: |
| I saw him (well...) and Tammy here in the Bay Area during his "No-Show" days, and Sonny was with them. George didn't show, by the way. We were treated to a fantastic, very long show by Tammy and the Jones Boys. I think I enjoyed that as much, or more, than seeing George. |
Richard,
Ex-San Franciscan here.
Where was this show at?
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Daniel Policarpo
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Posted 9 Jan 2015 4:01 am
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Sonny's one of the best in my book.
Put a little link below with Tammy and George and Sonny with the rest of the Jones Boys, errr, Country Gentleman. Ha!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOUMjLM9Ysg |
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 9 Jan 2015 7:53 am
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| Daniel Policarpo wrote: |
| Sonny's one of the best in my book. |
Agreed. I gotta watch the following clip at least once a week. Just love that early black stereo push-pull with nary a knee lever in sight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nw7jIaRDgA
(Isn't that the guitar that Mike Cass now owns, or once owned? It's gotta be fairly high up on the list of "Holy Grail" pedal steels.) |
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Jerry Roller
From:
Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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Posted 9 Jan 2015 11:52 pm
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If you have a video of Sonny Curtis playing just pay attention to his pedals. He holds pedals A and B down for an E9th chord and releases them for the A chord. Yep, backwards to the rest of us. Setting up his LeGrande II was a challenge. The raises became lowers on the pedals on E9th. By the way Sonny is one of the nicest gentlemen I have ever met.
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joe long
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San Antonio, Texas
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Posted 10 Jan 2015 8:51 am
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| Saw George at Panther Hall in the late 60's with Buddy on steel. |
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Sonny Curtis
From:
Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2015 9:26 am Sonny Curtis
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Here is my webpage. It might answer some questions.
www.sonnycurtis.net
Thanks Everyone!! |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 10 Jan 2015 9:59 am
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| Thanks for sharing, Sonny. May I say you've had a remarkable life that most (steelers) could only dream of.. |
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2015 3:11 pm Re: Sonny Curtis
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| Sonny Curtis wrote: |
Here is my webpage. It might answer some questions.
www.sonnycurtis.net
Thanks Everyone!! |
Thank you, Mr. Curtis.
Sorry about the "Georgia" misunderstanding, but now you know why I was originally misconstrued. |
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