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Topic: King Records - staff steeler? |
John Poston
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Albuquerque, NM, USA
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Posted 10 Aug 2006 8:33 am |
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| This label put out a bunch of great hillbilly music in the 40s and 50s and Merle Travis played with a lot of different artists on the label. There is also some great steel playing and I was wondering if anyone knew if they had a house guy for that. |
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Mitch Drumm
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Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 10 Aug 2006 10:34 am
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| The bands that recorded for King in that era (Moon Mullican, Hank Penny, Luke Wills, Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins, etc) tended to use their own steel player, rather than a staff musician. Jerry Byrd was a local player during some of that time period and may have been the closest to a house player. |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 10 Aug 2006 2:11 pm
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| Roy Ayres worked as the staff steeler at one time. |
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Lee Jeffriess
From:
Vallejo California
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Posted 10 Aug 2006 3:45 pm
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There, is a great CD out called shuffle town, it is a comp of King Rnb releases but played by western swing guys, lots of great Noel Boggs.
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Roy Ayres
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Riverview, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 10 Aug 2006 4:02 pm
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John,
I played sessions with Moon, Hawkshaw, Copas, Redd Stewart, and scores of others from about 1948 until about 1952. I usually did one or two double sessions each week. The sessions usually ran from 1:00 A.M. until after daybreak because a lot of the regular players were playing night gigs. They also used some of the guys from the Cinncinnatti Philharmonic. (A single session paid $41.25 in those days. That's how I got to be so rich!!!!!)
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Frank Parish
From:
Nashville,Tn. USA
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Posted 11 Aug 2006 3:32 am
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| I don't know how long your sessions were in those days but by todays standards that's pretty good money. $42.25 for a three hour session was really good back then and if you played a couple of double sessions a week you were doing great. |
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Howard Tate
From:
Leesville, Louisiana, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 11 Aug 2006 7:19 am
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Hope this is not a hijack, Roy, what brand guitar did you play on those sessions. Great sound.
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Roy Ayres
From:
Riverview, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 11 Aug 2006 11:42 am
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Frank, the sessions were 4 hours. Later, the rate went to $52.50 for 3 hours.
Howard, Thanks for the compliment. I had a National double neck until December 1949, at which time I signed an endorsement contract with Leo Fender and he gave me a triple 8 and a Pro amp as part of the endorsement deal. I can't recall which axe I played on whose sessions. Everything recorded in the 50's was on the Fender.
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