New Music Show In Pigeon Forge, TN with Herby Wallace

Tommy White · Post by **Tommy White** » 31 May 2002 6:51 am

Herby,
Great to hear about your gig. My hats off to whom ever hired you for knowing what great steel playing is instead of asking ,how many instruments can you half-assed play?
You deserve the best Herby.
Your pal,
T.W.

B. Greg Jones · Post by **B. Greg Jones** » 31 May 2002 11:03 am

Congrats Herby!!! You deserve it!!! I dont know about that Brogdon Guy though. I don't think he can play any 4/4 or Husky licks. Last I heard of him he was a piano player in a cathouse in New Orleans. LOL

Man I am jealous, Benny is the BEST!!! No problem finding the "groove" when he is laying it down. Now tell him to send me some email, haven't heard from him in awhile.

Knock em Dead!!!

Greg

Earl Erb · Post by **Earl Erb** » 31 May 2002 6:50 pm

Herby, way to go. Please tell Ben I said hello for me. The last time we played together was around 1986.

Timmy Witt · Post by **Timmy Witt** » 2 Jun 2002 6:48 pm

It couldn't happen to a better player. Your the best in my book. I wanted to get over to dalton at the peachstate jamboree, but I had
to play in Always Patsy Cline at the Dalton Little Theater. I am going to make it a point to get up there to see that show.

Bobby Boggs · Post by **Bobby Boggs** » 2 Jun 2002 7:07 pm

Congrats Herby.What Tommy White said.

Roy Rosetta · Post by **Roy Rosetta** » 3 Jun 2002 8:04 am

Hey Herbster, what can I say ??? It's about time. Are you sure you don't want to play a little piano for me on some of the steel shows?? Just thought I'd ask, since you are one of the great utility players

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Tell "Baby Ben" we are real happy for him also. The show should be super,since it has two of Pigeon Forge's super pickers on board. Maybe they will put a little something "extra in your envelope".
.....Roy and Barbara

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Music is a "gift" with many wrappings....
....Roy

Craig Stock · Post by **Craig Stock** » 3 Jun 2002 4:57 pm

Congrats Herby, If you just play them some of your CD's I'm sure that they'll let you do one of your instrumentals.

As far as your 'Bad Attitude' I think it is a good attitude, your choice of material lately has been excellent, it's nice to breath some fresh air into some of those old classics that some of us young folk were too young to hear. I enjoy them very much, keep up the good work and don't forget about us up here in the NY metro area when it comes times for our show.

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Regards, Craig

Craig Stock · Post by **Craig Stock** » 3 Jun 2002 5:00 pm

Sorry !
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Regards, Craig
[This message was edited by Craig Stock on 03 June 2002 at 06:01 PM.][This message was edited by Craig Stock on 04 June 2002 at 04:53 AM.]

Frank Estes · Post by **Frank Estes** » 4 Jun 2002 7:50 am

Hey Herby, Please give us a report. How is the new job going?

Fred Layman · Post by **Fred Layman** » 4 Jun 2002 5:32 pm

Great news, Herby. What show promoters can't seem to get clear in their minds is that steel guitar is a highly versatile instrument in the right hands. They apparently tend to compartmentalize instruments as limited to a specific kind of music and performance, thus are looking for musicians who play multiple instruments.

Take a listen to any of Herby's albums, but especially his recent "Mr. Wallace & Company" to see the versatility of styles and selections which the instrument can achieve in the hands of an artist: jazz, swing, easy listening, and a couple of country shuffles. I put this CD on out at my shop the other day and listened to it closely over and over and marvelled at the musicianship of Herby Wallace.

Maybe instead of looking for musicians who can play a half dozen different instruments, it's time for theater show managers to listen to one who can play anything in any style on one instrument and turn him loose.

Jeff Coffell · Post by **Jeff Coffell** » 5 Jun 2002 7:09 am

Good Deal Herby.....

See ya in October.

Jeff

Deana Clark · Post by **Deana Clark** » 13 Jun 2002 7:13 am

Congratulations, Herby. I am sure you will do as great a job for them as you did at our Ohio Valley Opry Show. Best wishes to you!
Deana Clark

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 13 Jun 2002 4:02 pm

Allow me to add my congratulations and best wishes, Herby - it's long overdue, and it's a crime that a player of your importance isn't working as much as he wants to!!! (A mere mortal like myself has to drive to North Dakota to get work! I envy your short 'commute'.....)

Just as long as you don't go 'stir crazy', though - I'll try to catch the show when I come back down south in September.

Good luck!

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Roger Rettig
Emmons LGIII(8+6), MCI (8+4) and Fender Stringmaster (0+0)

Franklin · Post by **Franklin** » 13 Jun 2002 7:16 pm

Congrats Herby! I can't imagine a community so lame as to not recognize great musicianship when they hear it. Finally someone opened their ears to you.

Tell Ben hey for me. We go back to the mid 70's when Ben, Randy, Mike and I were trying to do twin steel gigs together. We did not have much luck getting paying jobs but we sure had alot of fun trying.

Paul

Ronald Riddle · Post by **Ronald Riddle** » 20 Jun 2002 4:24 pm

Congratulations Herby.Some how it seems that great artists have a time being recognized in a short time period.As history has proven
it takes years for any good artist to be reconized.I believe that a great many have had to strive for years before being accepted in the whole relm of music especially the steel guitarists.I wonder if it is because it is a reletively new instrument as we all know. And it is in a catagory all by its self especially when it is executed as the great artist execute their artistry.
Ron Riddle