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Topic: Junior Brown Makes Me Smile! |
Walter Stettner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 5 Feb 2006 3:55 am |
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Hot Stuff! Junior's great! He's only
Semi-Crazy though! |
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Ron Whitworth
From:
Yuma,Ariz.USA Yeah they say it's a DRY heat !!
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Posted 5 Feb 2006 6:17 am
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Junior Brown is a true original IMHO!!!
He took the styles of several pickers & molded them together to get his sound.
They man can pick & sing > what a talent..
He makes them Fender Twin Reverb amps just
light up too with his tone...Ron |
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Jan Jonsson
From:
Gothenburg, Sweden
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Smiley Roberts
From:
Hendersonville,Tn. 37075
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Posted 5 Feb 2006 8:44 am
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One of the guys that I work,(Dennis Payne) wrote his "Highway Patrol". Dennis is,also,the nephew of the late songwriter,Leon Payne,who had a few hits in his day too.
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Dick Wood
From:
Springtown Texas, USA
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Posted 5 Feb 2006 8:47 am
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Juniors Highway Patrol has a special meaning to me and it still makes me laugh everytime I hear it.
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Craig Stock
From:
Westfield, NJ USA
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Posted 5 Feb 2006 9:31 am
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Love Junior, His new Live CD from the Continental Club in Austin is great too, as well as 'Downhome Chrome'.
An interseting fact is that Junior is related not far back to Abraham Lincoln. Junior got rid of his beard years ago though.
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Regards, Craig
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Brett Anderson
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 5 Feb 2006 10:11 am
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| Junior's version of 409 knocks me out. |
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 5 Feb 2006 5:55 pm
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| Actually, Dennis Payne co-authored "Highway Patrol" with Bakersfield song writer and recording artist Red Simpson when Dennis lived in Bakersfield [This message was edited by Andy Sandoval on 05 February 2006 at 06:14 PM.] |
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David Wren
From:
Placerville, California, USA
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Posted 6 Feb 2006 8:49 am
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Gotta seem him Live! (and I mean really Live). I was lucky enough to get front row seats in the original Palms Playhouse (Davis, CA) and from the front row you could rest your feet on the stage (risers). This was when he had his first album out..... one of the best times I've had. Man, he must know every slant postition ever invented.
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Dave Wren
'95Carter S12-E9/B6,7X7; Twin Session 500s; Hilton Pedal; Black Box
www.ameechapman.com
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 6 Feb 2006 9:12 am
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| Junior plays with tremendous energy and can mix it up too. EX: on the Semi-Crazy CD there is humor, despair and something to scratch your surf guitar itch. Also, on the "I Hung it Up" cut, he rips on both sides of his guitsteel. [This message was edited by Jerry Overstreet on 06 February 2006 at 09:15 AM.] |
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Tom Zielinski
From:
Buffalo, New York, USA
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Posted 6 Feb 2006 10:08 am
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| Junior Brown live is amazing! I saw him about 8 years ago at the University of Buffalo. He tore it up. His drummer did a big solo (with only high hat and snare) that was amazing too. They filmed it and were supposed to release the video but never have. I think they played it on public TV once too. Can't wait to hear that new CD! |
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Junior Knight
From:
Eustace Texas..paddle faster..I hear Banjos...
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Posted 6 Feb 2006 11:23 am
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The 6 months that I worked for Junior were alot of fun...he is a great guy to work for and to be around...and a GREAT player!
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Bb is where it's at!
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Darryl Hattenhauer
From:
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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Posted 6 Feb 2006 11:29 am
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Somebody told him he sounded like Ernest Tubb on acid. Junior said he was more like Hendrix on moonshine.
Related to Lincoln? Ain't that a hole in the head.
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"Drinking up the future, and living down the past"--unknown singer in Phoenix |
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Michael Haselman
From:
St. Paul
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Posted 6 Feb 2006 6:05 pm
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One of my faves, and one of the all time best song titles: "My Wife Thinks You're Dead." 
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Bobby Boggs
From:
Upstate SC.
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Posted 6 Feb 2006 8:09 pm
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Yep..Loved the video to........bb |
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Per Berner
From:
Skovde, Sweden
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Posted 6 Feb 2006 11:13 pm
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...his "Semi Crazy" must be the ultimate trucking song, with some really GREAT pedal steel on it.
This guy has chops enough for a dozen pickers!
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´75 Emmons p/p D10 8+4, '96 Emmons Legrande II D10 8+5, ca '72 AWH Custom D10 8+3, Peavey Nashville 1000
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Brett Day
From:
Pickens, SC
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Posted 6 Feb 2006 11:38 pm
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| I'm a fan of Junior too. He names his guitsteels. His yellow guitsteel is named "Old Yeller" and his red one is nicknamed "Big Red". The steel bodies on Junior's guitsteels are Fender lap steels. "My Wife Thinks You're Dead" is a hilarious song! I think he plays a Bigsby pedal steel, too. Brett, Emmons S-10, Morrell lapsteel, GFI Ultra D-10 [This message was edited by Brett Day on 06 February 2006 at 11:41 PM.] |
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David Wren
From:
Placerville, California, USA
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Posted 7 Feb 2006 12:45 pm
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My personal fav.... "Joe, the Singing Janitor".... ha ha ha. We could use more JBs in this world!
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Dave Wren
'95Carter S12-E9/B6,7X7; Twin Session 500s; Hilton Pedal; Black Box
www.ameechapman.com
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Wade Branch
From:
Weatherford, Texas, USA
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Posted 13 Feb 2006 2:18 pm
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| Does anyone know for sure or not if Junior Brown plays a pedal steel. |
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Walter Stettner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Brett Day
From:
Pickens, SC
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Posted 13 Feb 2006 3:52 pm
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| I think Junior owns a Bigsby pedal steel too. In an interview, Junior said his favorite steels went as far as Sho-Bud. Brett, Emmons S-10, Morrell lapsteel, GFI Ultra D-10 |
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Michael Johnstone
From:
Sylmar,Ca. USA
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Posted 13 Feb 2006 4:47 pm
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| He plays pedals and plays them well but only once in a while on his records like "Parole Board" (perhaps the saddest prison song ever written). I've met him and seen him live a number of times and he always plays that infernal contraption.He can truly play anything that needs played with no pedals. -MJ- |
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