A loving tribute to Jody Carver

Dave Van Allen · From: Doylestown, PA , US , Earth

from his daughter Lorrie, who asked that I post this for her as a tribute and early Christmas present to her dad; (I believe the melody is Irving Berlin's "White Christmas")

quote:

I'm dreaming of an old Fender
Just like the one I used to play
When the strings all glistened
And people listened
To songs of old from yesterday

I'm dreaming of that old Fender
That 4-neck fills the corners of my heart
And the joy it brought me
The songs it taught me
From my heart and soul it never will depart

I'm still dreaming of that great old feeling
Of being filled with harmony
Many years passed by me
The memories find me
Of younger, better days for all to see

I'm dreaming of that old Fender
With every breath of air I take
May you all remember
That great old Fender
And the man who made that 4-neck sing so great

I'm dreaming of those Fender memories
The ones that light a darkened room
They still shine brightly
They still just might be
The best memories that I presume

I'm still dreaming of those golden moments
When everyone knew me by my name
Though they won't forget me
It still upsets me
That times will never be the same

So I dedicate this Fender song
To all of those who have gone
To play with the angels on those golden strings
Where the strings still glisten
And the people listen
To the songs those 4-necks continue to sing

Written for Jody Carver. A devoted, loving husband, a wonderful father anyone would be proud to have,
the best grandpa in the whole world, and an amazing steel guitar player. A legend in his own time.

We love you and are proud of you and everything you have accomplished.

Love,
Lorrie and Casey

Copyright (C) 2002
By Lorrie Carver Ferranto and Casey Reynolds
“All Rights Reserved”

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it brings a tear to my eye...
We love you Jody and Marilyn.

[This message was edited by Dave Van Allen on 09 November 2002 at 09:26 AM.]

George Keoki Lake · From: Edmonton, AB., Canada

Jody was proud as punch about these lyrics when he sent them to me a few weeks ago, and well he should be. How many daughters (or sons), would pay tribute to their parent as she has done ? Not many, I'd say. Jody has not only a beautiful daughter in Lorrie, but also an even more beautiful grand daughter. Of course, Marilyn had something to do with all of that! Their beauty sure didn't come from Jody!!! (ha!)

(edited for spelling errors)

[This message was edited by George Keoki Lake on 09 November 2002 at 09:50 AM.]

Wayne Cox · From: Chatham, Louisiana, USA * R.I.P.

Wow! Wish I had the gumption to write something that beautiful!

Jody,you are a VERY lucky man!
~~W.C.~~

Everett Cox · From: Marengo, OH, USA (deceased)

Lorrie-- Thank you for being so sweet and considerate as to create such a touching tribute. This world has too few loving and caring people. It seems evident the Carver *goodness* must be genetic as it has passed from generation to generation. --Everett

John P. Phillips · From: Folkston, Ga. U.S.A., R.I.P.

I am absolutely speechless. Jody, you have a great family there, one you can be most proud of as they are of you. LOVE YOU MY FRIEND !!!

Gene Jones · From: Oklahoma City, OK USA, (deceased)

Jody, now I know why Casey is such an angel......she got it from her mother!

Gene

HowardR · From: N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville

Wealth is not always measured by what you drive, what you have, or what is in your wallet.....Jody, you are a wealthy man...

Everett Cox · From: Marengo, OH, USA (deceased)

Howard--Thanks! Now, that's BEAUTY!!!

DVA--Thanks for this tread. I've been emailing with a fellow who just bough an HCOA album off eBay. (There's another one currentl listed.) I gave him the links to your 'tribute' and Live365 pages. He, also, sends you a big "Thanks".

Jody-- Did the Tooth Fairy visit Casey?

--Everett

Paul Graupp · From: Macon Ga USA

You're too much to be true
Can't take my eyes off of you.........

Regards, Paul

and Caleb !!

[This message was edited by Paul Graupp on 10 November 2002 at 05:29 AM.]

John P. Phillips · From: Folkston, Ga. U.S.A., R.I.P.

Hey Gene, And mother got it from Marilyn HUH ????????

Gene Jones · From: Oklahoma City, OK USA, (deceased)

...she must have!...

HowardR · From: N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville

Everett, can you post the ebay auction link for the HCOA album?

Everett Cox · From: Marengo, OH, USA (deceased)

Howard-- I just checked and the auction closed with no bidders. It had been scheduled to end Nov 15th, so I emailed the seller to see if the LP is still available.

I would want it only because of my friendship with Jody. (We seldom play vinyl anymore.) So... If I were to aquire the record, allowing it to find a home with some other of you 'Jody admirers' might be nice. I have his music burned to CD and *do* listen to that - often and with much enjoyment. --Everett

Craig Stock · From: Westfield, NJ USA

Howard, Your quote reminds me of my favorite:

I cried because I had no shoes, the I saw a man who had no feet.

I try to keep that in perspective. Good seeing you this weekend in Norwalk. Craig

Al Marcus · From: Cedar Springs,MI USA (deceased)

HowardR-You said it!

What a beautiful tribute, Jody. From a beautiful and loving family .

You are a real lucky fellow, to have family like that.

I don't have your current Email address? ....al

Jody Carver · From: KNIGHT OF FENDER TWEED

This is a tough act to follow,,I'll try and make it as short as I can,,stop laughing Dave
:

App: three years ago, I was at Lorrie's house
visiting Lorrie and Casey and my son in Law
John and his son John Jr. we call him J.J.for short,,but like his dad he stands at
6 feet 5 and weighs in at about 220 LBS and that all muscle,,at least he said it is.

This one night I sat and watched the baseball
game as John Sr was at the PC,he is quite knowledgable on the PC,he yelled out,,hey everybody "LOOK AT THIS" we all ran into the
living room,,John said Mr.Carver (Thats what
he calls me) not Jody,not pop,not dad, but as
always to this day (Mr. Carver) some of you out there probably call me other things.

We all ran to where John was sitting at the PC and,I saw a photo that filled the screen of his monitor.
It was a web site called.."Bar Slammers Cocktail Lounge". There was music coming from the site and it was "Brazil" played by Johnny Cucci and myself. I stood there amazed at what I saw and the comments made by this person who did this wonderful tribute to the
HCOA. There was another gentleman on the site
by the name of Joe Maize and his Chordsmen.

Joe was a fine musician and a nice man,I knew
a little about him as we shared the bandstand years back. It was like this man was looking for and paying his respects to music from a long time ago, and more than likely something that had been forgotten.
And that my friends was the case,,,until someone tried to attract attention to these people of which I was a part of.

Three Little Words spell it all.

DAVE VAN ALLEN. That is a name I will NEVER
forget. I right there asked John (Big John) if there was anyway I could get in touch with Mr.Van Allen to thank him,he said sure,lets send him an e mail,I said whats an e mail?,,I didnt know beans about computers and couldn't care less,to me they were a waste of time. Many times John would tell me to get a PC,,I said No Way,,only those who are into that hi tech stuff can do that.

John typed the words of appreciation to Dave
Van Allen as I stood by telling him what to write.

A few weeks later John called and said Dave
had replied to my e mail. Very few if any know that Dave and I have never met,in fact we never even had a telephone conversation.
That still holds true to today.

I saw on Buy and Sell that Dave was looking for a Fender Volume and Tone pedal. I had second thoughts regarding contacting him about his request,I was afraid to say NO and yet I wanted to see him have it.

I try to keep what little memories I have left for myself. This pedal was the same one I
used on the HCOA,and I was hesitant on my making an offer to Dave. I didnt want to say
NO,,and I wasn't sure I wanted to part with it.

I finally decided,OK,what the heck,how often
if any will I use it or play out again.
He wanted this pedal not only because he wanted one, but I believe he felt a personal
thing about it being the same pedal used on the long forgotten and deleted Hot Club LP.

He asked me how much I would want,the money to me was not the issue,it was whether or not
I wanted to sell it to him. I pondered over and over and decided OK,,I'll sell it to Dave.

He was most appreciative and asked if I would allow him to make up a web site for the Hot Club Of America.

I agreed but I wondered,,now why would anyone
want to listen to this thing we did so many years ago,where there is such great new players and music out there???.

I never thought much of the HCOA and all of us who recorded that LP knew all to well that
we could have done better than what you hear
today.After all,it was meant as a "demo" and
not a "finished" product. There are many flaws I can hear in my playing as well as the
less than perfect recording techniques.

There were no effects added,we didnt want any
to start with,but when Coral accepted the "demo" we were shocked to learn that in fact they used the "demo" as a master.

To put it straight,,we were not business men,
we were musicians and two people who were supposed to represent Johnny and myself,Augie
and George sold us out,we never got a dime.

The story goes on much more,,but the thing that is most important to me is that Dave Van Allen took a livlely interest in an old
and long discontinued recording and made me
proud. I often wondered why he liked that LP
so much,I really didnt think it was anything
special.

I then bought a computer and found out
about this Forum,I slowly became a pain in the butt to many with my ancient history and more times than not just plain BORING. I never had a copy of the LP..I did years back and loaned it to someone who didnt return it.

A few years back,my good friend Forrest White told me that Leo's wife would be happy
to send the LP I had sent to Leo and his first wife Esther which was signed to Leo & Esther from Johnny and myself and Augie and George.

I received the HCOA LP from Forrest about 7 years ago shortly afterwards Forrest too passed away. Leo passed in 1991,,Forrest in 1995.

Those "Three Little Words"

DAVE VAN ALLEN was what put some life into this other wise lifeless guy,,ME..and for that Iam forever grateful,I'm even starting to play again. Though we have tried,we have never met face to face and with the present
situation here at home,I have had to put that
on hold. But I hope sometime I could shake his hand and say "Thank You" and give him a
big hug.

This is getting long and I know Im boring some if not all of you,so I'll quit for the time being,but I want to tell you a little bit about my daughter Lorrie and my Granddaughter Casey,,I dont think that will bore you,,well maybe? well just a little.

Thanks again Dave. I appreciate all you have done,just look at the friends you have made for me. You have done me proud my friend.

I'll be back when you or "ya'll recover from this episode of my long drawn out stories.
There is more I can say about Dave and what a
fine and unique player he is,,but I will at
another time. Ask him to send you a clip of
his rendition of "Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart" you will feel what I felt,,a fine
musician and more than that a fine man.

Thank you Dave.

Jody & yes,,Its FENDER OF COURSE.

[This message was edited by Jody Carver on 11 November 2002 at 12:05 PM.]

Dave Van Allen · From: Doylestown, PA , US , Earth

...aw, shucks; 'twern't nuthin'...

you da man Jody.

It is a great record, demo or not, despite any "flaws" you percieve. It's music worth hearing, and part of what appealed to me so much about it was that it ain't country. It was using steel in a pop music genre, unabashedly forging ahead into uncharted (well, except for chord charts) territory, and basically "taking no prisoners".

You guys deserved so much more recognition in your "time." But life takes it's own turns and twists, and we follow the maker's plan.

I'm just glad I got to hear HCOA, and to share it with others who might never have gotten to hear it. For that I thank my yard-saling spouse. She was the one who found the record with the two smiling Fender players on the front...

Discovering you were still around and so willing to share your memories of those times is the very thick icing on the cake

I didn't just find a great obscure record, I found a friend.

My most heartfelt best wishes for you and Marilyn in your times of trouble.

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Jody Carver · From: KNIGHT OF FENDER TWEED

A LETTER OF THANKS FROM LORRIE & CASEY

dated 11/12/02

I received this from my daughter Lorrie and I was not able to place it on the Forum as I dont know how to execute that.This is what was written to me "verbatim" I left nothing out nor added anything,,what you read is as I received it a little while ago. They are offering their thanks to all of you.

Hi Dad,,boy were we all suprised to see what
all your friends had to say about my poem.
I really could have done better but John & Casey liked the one I sent you.

I wanted to send this to you for Christmas but "little Ms.Muffet went and told you the
secret,Oh well it dont matter. Please thank
all of your nice friends for the nice things
they wrote,boy they really think a lot of you
and they all seem very nice.

Please thank Mr. Van Allen for doing this for us,,the kids in school saw it and they went wild when they saw my picture with Casey. If you need a haircut before Thanksgiving,let me know and I'll come up on
a Sunday with Casey & John and cut it for you. I dont want you to look like a "hippie".

John copied everything on your Forum that was sent in. He said he was laughing at the
last one you wrote and said,you should write
speeches for the President of the USA.

Casey is bugging me and wants to say a few things to you,,we LOVE YOU and MISS you and
Mommy,we are praying still and I know everything will be OK you'll see. Love you.

Lor

dear poppy why did you send that pictere ofme
an mommy i think i looked very bad ans funny
with not teeth you know my teeth have come back so why did you do that.all of myfriends
in school saw the computer stories and they
liked it very very much.so did i.

when are you coming back to see us,we miss you and nanny,my freinds aske me if you can bring yourr nice guitar here ans paly it for
them could you would you i would like that too.you have nice friends and so do i they are all very very nice and they like you alot
next time send a picture ofmme with my teeth
how would you like it if everybofy saw your
without your teeth.

i love you and nanny very much and i pray for
youevery day and nite too.dontworry jesus will make allof you beter.

i wish you will bring yout guittae when you coim ands see us. i like your friend mr jones
and i play his cd all the time do you like your guiter yet i do.i love you and nanny and
im pryaing hard for you. love you i like how
you play yourguitar to. love you oxoxoxoxoxox
casey.
I didnt add or take anything out of the e mail I received from Lorrie and Casey. They are both not aware thatIm posting this,I just wanted to share their feelings of thanks
to all of you.

Casey is 8 years old,and goes to school. She
takes dancing lessons and has a "brown belt" in her Karate class. She is very bright and a sweetheart.

Lorrie was a hairdresser and gave that up to go into the medical field,that career didnt satisfy her. She now works as a teacher in a
special school for "Autistic Children" she is
happy doing what she does best and that is helping and sharing her love with other children who are not as fortunate as Casey.

John,,my son in law is an engineer for a surveying company and he handles all the planning of building site's for major companies.

John plays guitar,,he had a Gibson before he
married Lorrie,,but he had to "get rid of it"
That was the agreement we made,,

John Jr. goes to school and is a very bright young man,he works after school at a
major grocery chain as a check out clerk.
He dont like work too much.

I have another daughter Marie who owns her own telephone company,,how do I know this???
because she calls here 200 times a day.She is
a dental hygienist.

Her husband's name is Hans,he is a "pastry chef" and at present is teaching at a "culinary school" in Manhattan. You dont need to see his picture

I have two wonderful grandsons Carl and Greg,,they are
both gentlemen and good boys. Like Howard said "Iam a RICH MAN" now if I could only play like Buddy Emmons..I'd Have The World On A String Sitting On A Rainbow..Lucky Me Im in love,,but regardless Iam a Lucky guy to have a great family and a wonderful wife.

Gene Jones is Casey's favorite steel guitar player,,but she told me she likes me too

BTW,,,John my son in law now plays a FENDER
STRAT and a FENDER AMP..that was the deal we made. Thanks to all of you and to my friend
the Forum photographer Howard R My thanks to what I know is a genuine friend to me. They
dont come any better than Howard. Did any of you know he is really the great grandson of Howard Hughes?? I know because he wears a tuxedo with sneakers and NO SOCKS,,,sometimes
he leaves his pants off as well.

I will NEVER forget any of you.No Matter what you play I still like all of you,,but to me,,,,IT'S A FENDER OF COURSE...thank you
DVA, from all of us. I wish all of you a joyous and Happy Holiday,but most of all,,good health to you and your's.

This wasn't too long was it

but to me it was worth it.

Jody. edited to say that I will bring my four neck Fender to Casey's school per her request
how could I say no?? would any of you? edited to add a "smiling face" I have teeth.

[This message was edited by Jody Carver on 12 November 2002 at 11:07 AM.]

nick allen · From: France

Yeah, how would you like it if everybody saw you without your teeth??!!

We've already "seen" you (in our mind's eye) without your pants...

Seriously, Jody, this is a lovely thread... Don't know what you must have been doing right to be surrounded by all those beautiful ladies

But you and Marilyn have put a great deal of goodness into the world, in more ways than one.
All the best as ever
Nick

Jody Carver · From: KNIGHT OF FENDER TWEED

I am getting a suprise this Christmas. Casey
bought her poppy a new pair of Levi's

I Love that little girl.

This was posted December 14th 2005 and many changes have taken place since then.But I will always remember all of you.

Thank You, all of you.

[This message was edited by Jody Carver on 14 December 2005 at 06:38 AM.]

Smiley Roberts · From: Hendersonville,Tn. 37075

If it hadn't have been for D.V.A.,I'd have never "re-discovered" Jody,& never started a new friendship w/ Jody. Thank you Dave,for finding this new friend for me. I bought his album,"new",in the late '50's,& always wondered what happened to him. I so glad that I,now,can call him "friend". Bless D.V.A.,& bless Jody Carver,& especially his wife,Marilyn.

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John P. Phillips · From: Folkston, Ga. U.S.A., R.I.P.

Jody, My very sincere thanks also to DVA. Because of him, I can now also call you friend. Casey is like the old Roy Acuff tune "A PRECIOUS JEWEL". BTW, you'd better take that FENDER to school for those kids. I'd even be willing to go along and play the "SPOONS". (remember them ??) Hey, I think you got a great idea there, cut a few more tunes and make us a new C D. Even call it "HCOA REVISITED" or something like that. Here's an idea, get KEOKI to play on it with ya !!! It would be nice to have new stuff from Jody Carver to listen to while we wait for the book. Give Marilyn a big hug and a kiss from all of us. She is a real "PRECIOUS JEWEL" maker. LUV YA MY FRIEND.
P.S. Here's something else you didn't know, I'm really a FENDER man myself. Even did repair work on Fender axes and amps for a few years !!!

Gene Jones · From: Oklahoma City, OK USA, (deceased)

What a beautiful tribute by Lorrie and Casey and what beautiful girls they are!

...tell Casey that her teeth will grow back, but my Chinese dog Metoo (who speaks no English) has lost his teeth and they wont grow back. We have to cut-up his food small enough to be swallowed!

Gene

[This message was edited by Gene Jones on 14 November 2002 at 05:19 AM.]

Paul Graupp · From: Macon Ga USA

my computer is dying, i think. i wanted to write this before i take it to the shop again.

jody; caleb and i sit in my window every morning as we are right now. he has a little cough,,,,,he has been making sounds and wanting the computer to be on, he likes it. now i've found out why. hr fusses until i put up the picture in this thread and then he's quiet as he watches.

he normally wants to see the squirrels and birds and doves that we feed regularly but i see he has found something better,,,,,

regards paul

George Keoki Lake · From: Edmonton, AB., Canada

Jody, when you take your 4 neck to Casey's school, you'll need a good backup man who can play the chords of C G and D flawlessly...I'm your man! Give me a call and be sure to send the air fare....I'll be happy to back you on stage in front of your proud grand daughter!

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