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Jon Jaffe


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Post  Posted 29 Sep 2018 3:10 pm    
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I was scanning old negatives and came across this one. Its from Philadelphia in '72-'73. Loretta's name is printed on the bass drum head.
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Bob Knight


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Post  Posted 29 Sep 2018 3:21 pm     ??
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Jon,
That looks more like Bob Hempker??
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Jon Jaffe


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Post  Posted 29 Sep 2018 3:37 pm    
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I could be wrong but Jimmy played steel with Loretta in 72-73. Jimmy's look was changed by prednisone later in life I suspect. In 72 he was younger, also. Here are shots of Bob and Jimmy you decide; right hand ring and curve.

Bob Hempker


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Post  Posted 29 Sep 2018 4:33 pm    
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Bobby Boggs

 

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Post  Posted 29 Sep 2018 7:58 pm    
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If I had to bet the farm? I'd have to say Bob Hempker. Let's see if I'm still farming tomorrow.

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Bill Lowe


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Post  Posted 29 Sep 2018 9:15 pm    
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Skip Edwards

 

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Post  Posted 29 Sep 2018 9:28 pm    
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I saw Loretta in '73, with Bob Hempker playing a blue mica p/p - with a jumping trout decal smack dab in the middle of the front apron. Funny, the things you remember...
I do remember him playing his tail off, though...

What strikes me about the pic above is the guitar player isn't playing a Tele, but rather a 345.
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Walter Stettner


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Post  Posted 29 Sep 2018 11:17 pm    
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Whoever...it is a great pic! Very Happy

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Jon Jaffe


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Post  Posted 30 Sep 2018 6:47 am    
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The guitar player.


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Barry Blackwood


Post  Posted 30 Sep 2018 8:38 am    
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With that pinky finger sticking straight out, I'd have to guess Crawford...
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Jerry Overstreet


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Post  Posted 30 Sep 2018 12:59 pm     Re: ??
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Bob Knight wrote:
Jon,
That looks more like Bob Hempker??


...yep BK. It's Bob Hempker.
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Tiny Olson

 

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Post  Posted 1 Oct 2018 6:20 am    
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That's Bob Hempker for certain. Regarding his pinky, it is out but, his ring finger is not. Jimmie played with both pinky and ring fingers extended. Lloyd, Weldon and Herby Wallace (along with others) also employ that hand posture. The photo of Jimmie with his JCH shows this clearly.


Both great players and people, that's for sure..!! It is a cool photo too.
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Bill Lowe


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Post  Posted 1 Oct 2018 10:30 am    
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scott murray


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Post  Posted 1 Oct 2018 3:00 pm    
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definitely Bob, but they do have a similar look.

here's late 60s footage of Jimmie with Faron Young for comparison:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6Czkbjhhwc
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scott murray


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Post  Posted 13 Nov 2018 1:04 pm    
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here's a photo of Jimmie with Loretta, just popped up on facebook:


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Buck Reid

 

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Post  Posted 14 Nov 2018 6:44 am    
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Maybe it's Bob channeling Jimmie. Smile
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Mitch Drumm

 

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Post  Posted 14 Nov 2018 8:09 am    
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Attached pic was taken in Portland in 1960. It's a cropped version of a much larger group pic.

Is that Crawford in the middle with his eyes closed?

You can see Buddy Spicher, Jeanne Black, and Billy Strange nearby.

Hank Snow is in the uncropped version of this pic. It's a touring group of some type--Snow, Grandpa Jones, Hank Thompson, Merle Travis, The Crickets, Everly Brothers, etc.

When did Crawford become part of Snow's band?

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Steve Allison

 

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Post  Posted 14 Nov 2018 10:22 pm    
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I'm guessing Jack Molette on guitar. He was a Texas Troubadour for a while which would put him in direct contact with Loretta on many package shows of that time frame. That is a Micro Fret guitar. Short lived in Nashville but very popular for a while.
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Steve Allison

 

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Post  Posted 14 Nov 2018 10:23 pm    
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I'm guessing Jack Molette on guitar. He was a Texas Troubadour for a while which would put him in direct contact with Loretta on many package shows of that time frame. That is a Micro Fret guitar. Short lived in Nashville but very popular for a while.
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Bob Hempker

 

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Post  Posted 15 Nov 2018 4:50 pm    
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The guitar player is Dave Thornhill. He was with Loretta from 1969 thru 1996. The picture that says guitar player under it is Carlton Haney, the show promoter. He must have been moving Dave’s guitar. I did three different stints with her. I was there from ‘69 thru ‘85. I done another stint from ‘92 thru ‘96, then from 2014 until she took time off to recover from a bad stroke. Jimmy was a dear friend. He was there from around ‘88 until ‘92. The “good ‘ole days.”
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