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Topic: ol' friend Lonnie Harper |
Gary Atkinson
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Arkansas, USA
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Posted 18 Sep 2006 6:30 pm |
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| I called my ol' friend Lonnie Harper last week and we talked for 45 minutes.I haven't seen him in over 30 yrs.but we keep in touch by e-mail and phone.If any of you pickers ever saw a short round man who played a telecaster with his left hand upside down,that was Lonnie.I've been around a lot of lead players who don't like steel and vice-versa,but when the two play together it can be beautiful.Lonnie is the best I have ever worked with and he taught me a lot.A lot of you steel players from coast to coast Know Lonnie so you know what I'm talking about,especially from the Kansas City Mo. area.If you run on to him pay close attention he is a delight to watch.Tell him I was talking about him and it was good.Gary A. |
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Jack Stoner
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Kansas City, MO
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Posted 19 Sep 2006 2:16 am
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Gary, I used to live in KC (from 74 to 96) and got to see and listen and be amazed at his picking and picking style quite a bit. We still keep in touch via e-mail and the next time I'm in KC we are going to get together and jam. Lonnie lives about a mile from where I did in KC.
Lonnie and steel picker Lew Houston worked together for a long time. |
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Keith Hilton
From:
248 Laurel Road Ozark, Missouri 65721
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Posted 19 Sep 2006 8:17 am
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| Lonnie was a country picker, but he could play Sailor's Horn Pipe better than a Bluegrasser. |
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Gary Atkinson
From:
Arkansas, USA
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Posted 19 Sep 2006 7:59 pm
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| Keith,Lonnie was bragging on your steel playing on our cd.He said you were just full of hidden talents.He told me all his friends he told about the cd said they had already heard it so he couldn't tell them anything new.Maybe we can talk him into comming to the jam at Baxter Springs in Oct. later Gary A. |
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Keith Hilton
From:
248 Laurel Road Ozark, Missouri 65721
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Posted 20 Sep 2006 4:54 pm
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| Yes, see if you can get him to come to the Jam in Baxter Springs. Call him and invite him to play with us. |
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