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Topic: Music for Charmaine |
Roy Thomson
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Wolfville, Nova Scotia,Canada
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Posted 17 Feb 2002 5:55 pm |
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I was able to get the chords after searching around the Net to-day but no melody line.
Has anyone got the music or know where I could get it.
This is the old standard that Mantovani and many other big bands played so beautifully.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 17 Feb 2002 6:41 pm
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Yes, Herby Wallace recorded a killer version of this. Check his website and I'm sure you'll find the disc it's on.
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Al Marcus
From:
Cedar Springs,MI USA (deceased)
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Posted 18 Feb 2002 5:54 pm
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It is a beautiful song. I used to play it back in the old days. I played it as a waltz and the dancers really liked it.
Roy, I'll look it up and see if I got it around here. By the way , guys, Roy Does some beautiful stuff on Pedal and Non pedal....al  |
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Paul Graupp
From:
Macon Ga USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2002 6:47 pm
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When I was talking to Pat Garrett, Bobby's wife, (in preparation for an article for SGWM that Wayne Yakes, who being much better qualified, actually wrote...) she told me that Bobby's inspired rendition of Charmaine, on the Hank Thompson State Fair of Texas Album, was her favorite work of Bobby's.
Enough said.......
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Rick Garrett
From:
Tyler, Texas
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Posted 19 Feb 2002 5:02 am
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My Dads version with the Brazos Valley boys was the best I ever heard. Man he was all over that guitar. I think he played that one on the first D-10 Shobud ever built. Hank Thompson Live at the Texas State Fair. man what a band!
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Herb Steiner
From:
Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 19 Feb 2002 7:22 am
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The Hank Thompson version on "State Fair" is that band's "knock off" of the Spade Cooley version of Charmaine from 1945, and IMHO the HT version transcended Cooley's.
On the Cooley cut, Joaquin took a great little solo, split with the piano.
Bobby played more on the Hank Thompson cut. His first solo is very similar to Joaquin's (though still undeniably Garrett), and BG told me that the first solo was his tribute to Murph, "since I ripped him off for so much stuff  ". His second solo went into the stratosphere and was pure Garrett.
The Cooley version is hard to find since it was only issued on 78 and then on a Club of Spade vinyl LP in the 60's, but if you have the bucks, the Bear Family Hank Thompson box set has the "State Fair" album included. Along with everything else Hank cut for Capitol. This is truly a "must-have" set for those who are really into this great band, regardless of who the steel player was.
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Herb's Steel Guitar Pages
Texas Steel Guitar Association
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