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Chris Templeton


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Post  Posted 8 Feb 2024 6:53 am    
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This is from a cassette that Buddy Emmons gave to me, which Speedy West had given to Buddy of records he had played on
https://soundcloud.com/bluespruce8/speedy-west
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Ethan Shaw

 

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Post  Posted 8 Feb 2024 10:19 am    
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Man, that's so cool! Thanks for sharing that, Chris!
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Chris Templeton


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Post  Posted 8 Feb 2024 11:16 am    
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Yes, that ia cool. I think Speedy broke his turntable needle shortly after he made that tape.
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Earnest Bovine


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Post  Posted 8 Feb 2024 11:30 am    
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That nurd singing Honky Tonk Blues is as clueless as Pat Boone singing Tutti Frutti.
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J D Sauser


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Post  Posted 9 Feb 2024 12:05 pm    
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Chris Templeton wrote:
This is from a cassette that Buddy Emmons gave to me, which Speedy West had given to Buddy of records he had played on
https://soundcloud.com/bluespruce8/speedy-west


THANKS! That's very cool.
Speedy could "comp" and backup like a champ.

... JD.

Earnest Bovine wrote:
That nurd singing Honky Tonk Blues is as clueless as Pat Boone singing Tutti Frutti.
Very Happy Very Happy
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Herb Steiner

 

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Post  Posted 9 Feb 2024 8:46 pm    
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Earnest Bovine wrote:
That nurd singing Honky Tonk Blues is as clueless as Pat Boone singing Tutti Frutti.


He's singing as if he never heard Hank Williams' version but was sight reading the melody and lyrics from a publishing company's lead sheet.

BTW, Chris: If that's your playing on "Aura Lee" and others on your Tapsteel songlist, you play magnificently. Smile
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Chris Templeton


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Post  Posted 10 Feb 2024 5:47 am    
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Herb-"Aura Lee " is played by Buddy. He called it "Aura Lee" not "Love Me Tender", because of royalties.
Thank you for your complement about other songs, it means a lot to me coming from you!
Here's a long one, I just posted, I wrote for my Dad, called "Waiting". Buddy plays on the second half:
https://soundcloud.com/bluespruce8/waiting
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Mike Sweeney


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Post  Posted 10 Feb 2024 8:17 am    
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The melody is very old. And Aura Lee is the original title. You're probably correct in the royalties issue, I would venture to say, the original title is PD.
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Peter Freiberger

 

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Post  Posted 11 Feb 2024 3:27 pm    
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I can't i.d. them all, but "Setting The Woods On Fire" is Jo Stafford and Frankie Laine; "Oakie Boogie" is Ella Mae Morse; "I'll Never Be Free" is Tennessee Ernie Ford and Kay Starr; and "Y'All Come" is Bing Crosby.

I'm surprised he didn't include "Tennessee Newsboy (The Newsboy Blues)" for Frank Sinatra (reportedly done under duress when Mitch Miller was head of A&R at Columbia).

Good audio quality clips of all of these are on YouTube.


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J D Sauser


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Post  Posted 12 Feb 2024 2:05 am    
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Peter Freiberger wrote:
I can't i.d. them all, but "Setting The Woods On Fire" is Jo Stafford and Frankie Laine; "Oakie Boogie" is Ella Mae Morse; "I'll Never Be Free" is Tennessee Ernie Ford and Kay Starr; and "Y'All Come" is Bing Crosby.

I'm surprised he didn't include "Tennessee Newsboy (The Newsboy Blues)" for Frank Sinatra (reportedly done under duress when Mitch Miller was head of A&R at Columbia).


Wesly W. West & Francis Albert F.

Tennesee Newsboy Blues

https://youtu.be/qPu3UxCbXgQ

… JD.
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Those who produce Tablature did never use it.

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