Canadian Legends of Country Music

John Lacey · Post by **John Lacey** » 5 Sep 2001 4:59 am

I'll be backing up some of these folks at the Ranchman's at 8 pm. on Friday and Saturday nites, Sept. 7 and 8th. A partial list is, Dallas Harms, Ronnie Prophet, Ray Griff, Lucille Starr, Dick Damron, Ted Daigle, Carroll Baker, Myrna Lorrie and Buddy Duval, R. Harlan Smith and many others. Look forward to seeing you there.

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 5 Sep 2001 6:36 am

Lucille Starr!? John, when I was a teenager and she and Bob Regan were performing around Los Angeles (ca. 64-65 I think), I had a serious crush on that babe! She was hot!

You can tell her I said so, too!

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Steve Piticco · Post by **Steve Piticco** » 5 Sep 2001 10:25 am

I used to go to Europe & play with Lucille
Starr where she is still very popular and has
sold in excess of 11 million records there
with my band, South Mountain.

Herb; She is still a babe!

John; Please say hello to Dallas Harms, Ronnie Prophet,Dick Damron, Ted Daigle, Carroll Baker & Lucille for me & have a
great time pickin' for these folks', I
know you will!

ISGC; This was the musical highlight in my 26
professional years at playing Country Music!
It was unbeleivable playing Real music with
Real people all weekend! Scotty is an amazing
man, to have put so much time and no sleep
into the greatest thing to happen to me ever!
Scotty's Int'l Steel Guitar Convention!!
Thanks Scotty!!

I Love playin' Real music with Real people

Steve Piticco. http://www3.sympatico.ca/spiticco/
Sho-Bud Maverick but mostly a 1976 Tele

Al Brisco · Post by **Al Brisco** » 5 Sep 2001 5:21 pm

Hi John,

Please say Hello to all the legends for me as well.

Yes, Steve Piticco sure left people talking about his playing at Scotty's convention, but the folks on the Motor Coach got to hear Steve play with the 5 piece band on the bus all the way down & back from Toronto to St. Louis. I don't know where Steve gets his energy....but I do know that if there is a tune being played, Steve will be there.

I sure enjoyed having the boys along this year!
Al Brisco

Jerry Brightman · Post by **Jerry Brightman** » 6 Sep 2001 11:28 am

Al,

You and all your supporting players did a marveleous job in St. Louis. It was a very entertaining experinece and I will say this, when Steve kicks in, he makes an afterburner look like a pilot lite. Come to think of it, you were pretty awesome yourself.

Jerry

Rusty Walker · Post by **Rusty Walker** » 8 Sep 2001 3:10 am

John,Please say HI for me as well.Steve,I knew you would blow them away in St.Louis.Sorry I missed it.Rusty

John Lacey · Post by **John Lacey** » 8 Sep 2001 7:40 am

Last nite was a lot of fun, mostly the Alberta contingent. Bev Munro, Dick Damron, Jerry Palmer, Hank Smith, R. Harlan Smith and ending with Ray Griff. I've had the pleasure to play with all these people at one time or another and everyone was pumped to do it. All of their tunes lend themselves to steel as their era dictated. Tonite it's the Ontario group, Myrna Lorrie, Carrol Baker, Lucy Starr, Dallas Harms, Ted Daigle and Ronny Prophet.

Tommy Mark · Post by **Tommy Mark** » 8 Sep 2001 7:52 am

Al and the boys always do us proud. Rusty -we gotta get down there next year - if they let me across the border he he. Have a fun gig John.

Wayne Baker · Post by **Wayne Baker** » 8 Sep 2001 2:20 pm

you know, i'm assigned to NATO here in germany and I work with a bunch of Canadians. Both military and silly-villians.
Great group, but no-one plays steel except me. I'm an okey. By the way, I invented a drink thats sweeping Canada with a storm. Crown and diet coke!!

later,
wayne

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John Lacey · Post by **John Lacey** » 9 Sep 2001 7:18 am

Well, last nite came and went. Things were a little more scattered as the performers arrived late from Toronto and we had to juggle schedules to accomodate them. You know the routine, make up detailed in-order chord charts then throw them up in the air when the time comes. Myrna Lorrie was as dippy and as vague as usual; Ted Daigle was pretty darn good; Gary Fjellegaard doesn't seem to age at all, celebrating 45 years with wife Lynn; great playing with Dallas Harms and doing all those Gene Watson hits; Lucy Starr was sick with bronchitis but still sang her tail off; Bev Monro was pro and fun; Carrol Baker also knocked the crowd out after a sabbatical of a year, then Ronny Prophet got up and entertained by himself. By then, the Ranchman's had turned into a testosterone-driven loud jerky niteclub that it was always was and us old farts took off running for the exits to the strains of A.C./
D.C. Made me feel kinda old and out of it, but I like it that way! Sorry to sound so jaded, but it was the wrong venue for the event. A community hall would have been better. Got a chance to meet industry builders Don Grashey and Chuck Williams again after many years. All in all, a fun gig minus the panic. [This message was edited by John Lacey on 09 September 2001 at 08:23 AM.]

Greg Simmons · Post by **Greg Simmons** » 9 Sep 2001 8:46 am

Cool John;

wasn't Don Grashey the Zero Records guy from Vancouver who cut some of Loretta Lynn's really early stuff when she lived in Wash. state?

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shobud.cjb.net

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John Lacey · Post by **John Lacey** » 10 Sep 2001 5:25 am

Right you are, Greg. He was responsible for Loretta's career in the early stages and for much of Carol Baker's success.

Roger Miller · Post by **Roger Miller** » 12 Sep 2001 5:34 pm

Steve: I'm sure you don't remember back in the 80's, you and Jeff King and I got kicked out of 2 motels in Calgary during the Stampede, for jamming all night. You were playing with Terry Carissi and Jeff and I was at the 400club in Calgary. Anyway you were incredible and I will not go to Calgary again, I partied too much and almost hurt myself. It is good to see you here and good luck.