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Topic: Don Hollimon |
Charles Tilley
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Posted 10 Nov 2020 1:35 pm |
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Bob McCormick just called me and told me Don passed away. He was in a hospital in Las Vegas and had just moved there from Lebanon, Tenn.
His heat gave out after the move I understand.
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Charles Tilley ,
Princeton, Texas |
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Skip Edwards
From:
LA,CA
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Posted 10 Nov 2020 5:37 pm
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Really sorry to hear this. An awesome singer & a great bass player, Don was the real deal.
Vaya con Dios, Don... |
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Mike Bourque
From:
Nashville TN
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Posted 11 Nov 2020 12:40 am sad day
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sad day for sure i just dug this up of a gig i did with don ( i played with him every monday and wed mornings at laylas in nashville for a few years here's a chunk of that i will miss him dearly .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78l20XsO3Yo&feature=youtu.be
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Emmons Wraparounds and cut tails, Zum D10, Blantons , Fulawkas , Franklin D10, Sho Bud Permanents and Fingertips,Jacksons and Telecasters |
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Carol Johnson
From:
Califonia, USA
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Posted 11 Nov 2020 1:22 am
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| Don Holiman was first admitted to hospital with a cardiac issue that was controlled with meds. According to his family, he subsequently fell while at hospital, hitting his head causing brain trauma. He lapsed into a coma. Tests earlier today revealed no brain waves. He has been a dear friend since 1969. A wonderful singer, songwriter & guitar player. It never should've happened. R.I.P. my sweet friend ⤠|
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Peter Freiberger
From:
California, USA
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Posted 11 Nov 2020 4:24 pm
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| Don was a great guy and, indeed, the "real deal". He was a seasoned veteran of honkytonks in Southern California and elsewhere. He came to the Phoenix show a couple years ago and sang with Jay Dee and us and there was no mistaking his authenticity. I sadly doubt conditions exist to create more like him. |
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Herb Steiner
From:
Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 12 Nov 2020 9:50 am
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Here's Don backing Hag, with Red Rhodes on steel, Johnny Davis on guitar, and I assume either Archie Francis or Biff Adams on drums, since the drummer is obscured.
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My rig: Infinity and Telonics.
Son, we live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with steel guitars. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? |
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Mitch Drumm
From:
Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 12 Nov 2020 9:58 am
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Is he the Don Holliman who recorded with Ralph Mooney 55 or 60 years ago?
Song title "I Never Go".
Great sound. Reminds me a bit of Tony/Johnny Booth.
Must be him......."I Never Go" sounds very much like the guy on Mike Bourque's video above. |
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