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Topic: Jimmy Colvard info |
Delvin Morgan
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Lindstrom, Minnesota, USA
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Posted 14 Apr 2007 11:36 am |
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I tried googling Jimmy, but just got a bunch of garbage. You people here are knowledgeable as anybody when it comes to music. So, what is the story of Jimmy, I've heard lots of things, just want the real story. I know he started with Dave Dudley up here in the Twin Cities area. I know someone here knows. Mike D?
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Michael Douchette
From:
Gallatin, TN (deceased)
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Jeff Evans
From:
Cowtown and The Bill Cox Outfit
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Posted 12 Dec 2007 1:07 pm
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| Still no bio. |
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Walter Stettner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Posted 12 Dec 2007 1:28 pm
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Didn't he pass away at a very young age?
Kind Regards, Walter
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Jerry Hayes
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Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 13 Dec 2007 7:53 am
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Did he ever work in the Los Angeles area for a while? In the early sixties I worked with a guy named Jimmy Colvard who went by the name of Jimmy C. He wrote a song that Rose Maddox recorded called "Stand Up Fool"............JH in Va.
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Bobby Caldwell
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St. Louis, Missouri, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 13 Dec 2007 9:02 pm
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| I have some old videos of Jimmy playing in the staff band on the old Ralph Emery morning show out of Nashville. At that time he was playing a Gibson Byrdland. That was a good group of players. He later played in the group "Area code 615". I have a couple of albums of that group. I always thought he was a very good player. I heard rumors of what happened to him but I wish someone closer to the truth would let us all know. Bobby |
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Richard Bass
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Sabang Beach, Philippines
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Posted 13 Dec 2007 9:49 pm
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If I remember correctly, Jimmy committed suicide, shot himself with a shotgun.
Richard |
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Dennis Atkins
From:
St. Paul, Minnesota
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Posted 14 Dec 2007 4:12 pm
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I live in the Twin Cities, and have heard a lot about Jimmy, and had the chance to catch him on an old Porter Wagoner show that was on RFD-TV. If you really want to know more about him, you may want to ask Al Udeen. He knew Jimmy, and will most likely give you all the information you need about him.
He did play with Dave Dudley, and I was told that it was Jimmy who created the bass riffs on Six Days on the Road for Dave. Dave has passed on, and I did hear that Jimmy did commit suicide at a young age.
I wish I knew more, but if Al sees this posting, he may respond. If not email him for information.
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Al Udeen
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Hendersonville Tn
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Posted 16 Dec 2007 7:32 pm
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| I first met Jimmy Colvard in 1957, I used to go to his house in St.Paul Mn. He loved steel guitar & had me bring my 57 Sho-Bud over & play the little I knew at the time, he was able to copy the early Buddy Emmons licks that I was working on & could play them on his guitar flawlessly, In 1958 Jimmy used me on a series of package shows here in Mn. He was 15 at the time & was about the best player anywhere. One of these shows was at the Medina Ballroom, [Which is still booking country artists & is 7mi from my home]The show featured Wanda Jackson,Norma Jean, Bobby Lord & Marvin Rainwater,other shows featured George Jones [all still living]In 59 I moved to Tucson, & Jimmy was playing at the Flame Cafe in Mpls with Dave Dudley & Hal Rugg, I returned to Mpls in 61 & Jimmy got me a gig at the Flame with the band that was playing the front bar.we would carry our guitars to the Main Stage & open for the main show each nite, a few years later Dave Dudley recorded 6 Days on the Road at K-Bank studios here in Mpls with Jimmy playing that popping sound that became famous shortly after that,also in 61 I was in a band with Jimmy C, & Marvis Thompson [who later married Ferlin Husky, In 69 I moved to Nashville & my wife & I lived with Jimmy & his wife Laura in Hermitage Tn, Jimmy was playing several sessions a day & I was on the road with several artists such as Connie Smith, Charlie Walker & Jimmy Dickens, Unfortunately, Jimmy took his life up in Nisswa,Mn in 1977, I have so many memories of those great years! Regards! Al Udeen |
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scott murray
From:
Asheville, NC
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Posted 17 Dec 2007 3:09 pm
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I've got a Wynn Stewart album from '76 with Jimmy on guitar and Russ Hicks and Stu Basore doing the steel duties. Must have been one of the last things Jimmy did. What a shame...
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Delvin Morgan
From:
Lindstrom, Minnesota, USA
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Posted 17 Dec 2007 4:09 pm
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Al,
Thanks for such a detailed reply. I just started to play the guitar (6 string ) when 6 Days hit the radio, and it was a big influence on me, it is partly why I am playing steel/guitar today. That guitar work by Jimmy was just fantastic, and I would try to copy it, never really did but it was fun. I heard about Jimmy's untimely death when it happened, what a shame. What a loss of so much talent. What could have been so wrong to make him do such a thing.
Thanks again, take care
Del
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Roger Miller
From:
Cedar Falls, Ia.
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Posted 19 Dec 2007 7:27 pm
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| If you ever noticed the guy with the stove pipe hat on the Porter show, that was Jimmy. He can be seen on the cover of a Barefoot Jerry albut with a black Les Paul. He was replaced by I believe Barry Chance in BJ when he took his own life. What a great player he was as was Lenny Breau, such a young life. |
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