Me, Billy Walker band

Michael Douchette · Post by **Michael Douchette** » 27 Feb 2009 10:20 am

Wow. A dear friend of mine sent me this link. It's a vid of the late Charles Lilly singing "Playboy," opening for the late Billy Walker. The late Danny Patton is playing guitar, and Richard "Sticks" Stikley is drumming.

The fat guy playing steel... well, he really needs to go on a diet!

(Dang!!)

http://lillypadmusic.com/music.htm

Don Brown, Sr. · Post by **Don Brown, Sr.** » 27 Feb 2009 11:46 am

Hey Michael,

A Real nice job. I've sure done at whole lot of Four and Five piece groups.

Ah, the good old days huh!

Thanks, I really enjoyed it.

Don

Hook Moore · Post by **Hook Moore** » 27 Feb 2009 2:04 pm

Nice job Mikey !!
Hook

Archie Nicol R.I.P. · Post by **Archie Nicol R.I.P.** » 27 Feb 2009 5:06 pm

Great playing, Mikey.
'nuff said.

Arch.

Bernie Gonyea · Post by **Bernie Gonyea** » 27 Feb 2009 7:00 pm

Mikey: Grear job, as usual. Your beautiful Franklin is sounding mighty fine; send us some more clips from the Billy Walker Show, if you can..Bernie

Bent Romnes · Post by **Bent Romnes** » 27 Feb 2009 7:24 pm

Mike that is superb! You sound just PRO. That's all I can say.

Fred Shannon · Post by **Fred Shannon** » 27 Feb 2009 7:44 pm

Wow. Good music played by a good band. Mikey does just exactly what a sideman is supposed to do and with classic steel guitar madness. Every thing is great even including the steeler's shirt, but does that garment come equipped with its own batteries or do you plug it into the wall with a wallwart?

phred

Buster Sharp · Post by **Buster Sharp** » 27 Feb 2009 9:31 pm

That just made my day!!!wow

Ken Mizell · Post by **Ken Mizell** » 27 Feb 2009 9:40 pm

Very nice. There's a new name for a pedal steel, the "electric table." That works.

Alan Miller · Post by **Alan Miller** » 27 Feb 2009 11:17 pm

Great steel great band and vocals and thats country music , ah yes I too remember country when it was good like that.

Roger Crawford · Post by **Roger Crawford** » 28 Feb 2009 9:40 am

That's what every "country" band should model itself after.

Don Drummer · Post by **Don Drummer** » 28 Feb 2009 9:54 am

Watching tis video was so very bitter sweet for me. One of my early road gigs was spent with Charles and that 'ol piano pounder BB Secrist. Later on we did a 30 day tour with Everett Lilly, and son Mark. We played at the induction of Everette and Bea Lilly into the Massachusetts Country Music Hall Of Fame as part of that tour. The BB Secrist run was in the early eighties and lasted 2-3years. Charly and I hit off real well and experienced all the road presonal dynamics that come with daily exposure to one another. He was very competitive as was I and would have spirited discussions about music and just about anything else. Sometimes resulting in a silly bet about what the last road sign milage said. We turned the bus around to settle that one. Mike I' sure you miss the gang as you probably spent more time with all those guys in Billy Walker's band. I last saw Charly in '05 during a "Taylor Made" visit during the CMA festival. We all went out to eat stopped by his house and off he went to do the Opry show. I'll never forget that sunday morning phone call in May. Don D.

MIKEHOLLAND · Post by **MIKEHOLLAND** » 28 Feb 2009 6:41 pm

There ain't but 2 kinds of music,country and western. This song covers them both from A to Z. Nice work Mike.

Rick Nicklas · Post by **Rick Nicklas** » 28 Feb 2009 7:52 pm

That was really tasty. Mike really knows what it takes to make the steel fit a song. That's why he has always been in demand.

Robbie Crabtree · Post by **Robbie Crabtree** » 28 Feb 2009 9:08 pm

GREAT JOB, I LOVED IT.

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Me, Billy Walker band

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Mikey Doing " Playboy "

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