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Topic: Joe Nichols' Visit |
Jerry Roller
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Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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Posted 28 Dec 2003 7:49 pm |
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Last evening we have just gotten started with our Little O' Opry show and spotted Joe Nichols come thru the door. He was a frequent singer on our show until he went to Nashville. It was so good to have him come back and sing two songs with us. He has matured into in my opinion one of the very top male country singers. Well, he is this years Horizon Award winner so I guess I am on the money. What a pleasure it was to kick off "Sing Me Back Home" and listen to Joe nail it like I have never heard better. It is great to have one of our own hit it big and then think enough of us to remember us when he was in the area visiting his Mom. There's more: Three weeks ago shortly after the show started, Jenee Keener walked in with fiddle under her arm.
She was a regular on our show for about 13 years until some of the other steel players heard her at the area steel shows and you all know what has happened for her since then. She is now seen regularly on the Grand Old Opry as the fiddle player, backup singer with Terry Clark. Jenee set in with us the whole second half and we had a blast. We are so proud of these two young people who spent some of their younger years on our Little O' Opry in Westfork, Ar. There's more: Last evening Larry King visited with us and I got a chance to play "Deep Water" and "Fraulein" as he did his usual superb singing on these two good old country songs. Country as it should be is still a regular thing at the Little O' Opry. I feel very fortunate to have a spot with this great band playing all kinds of great music, old country being a big part of it. A big thanks to Joe Nichols, Jenee Keener and Larry King for some really special good times.[This message was edited by Jerry Roller on 28 December 2003 at 07:51 PM.] |
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 28 Dec 2003 8:52 pm
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That's good to hear, Jerry - Joe Nichols' voice just amazes me, and I think he's head and shoulders above the rest. His CD is on permanent rotation in my car at present.
It sounds as though he's a decent, guy, too...
Roger R.[This message was edited by Roger Rettig on 28 December 2003 at 08:52 PM.] |
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ESnow
From:
Berryville AR USA
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Posted 28 Dec 2003 9:58 pm
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| Jerry, your right about Joe. He is a great singer and a very nice young man. I met Joe in '98 when I was living in Nashville. Back here we lived a couple hours apart for years and never met, then met in Nashville. I had the privilege of playing some college concert tours with him and could tell by the crowd response then that when he got the right song he would be a big star in main stream country. Nice to have a local guy that sings traditional country make a big mark in Nashville. I wish him all of the best. ESnow |
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Gene Jones
From:
Oklahoma City, OK USA, (deceased)
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Posted 29 Dec 2003 5:00 am
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Jerry, you sure make me wish I was close enough to attend some of your shows.....there's nothing like that in Oklahoma City anymore!
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RON PRESTON
From:
Dodson, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 29 Dec 2003 8:01 am
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Hey, Eddie...
Good to see ya.
Our group is doing a show New Years Eve with....
Yea, You got it, Mr. Trinny Triggs himself. I'll tell him "Hello" for you.
And, Yes, I agree, I wish there were more places like the "Opry" that Jerry plays for. I really miss playing those old tunes from the past. We do play some, but, NOT ENOUGH for my taste anyway. |
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Larry King
From:
Watts, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 29 Dec 2003 3:57 pm
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| Just a note to say a big thank you to Jerry Roller for the kind words....when you do "Deep Water" you can count on some of the very best C 6th you'll ever hear. Folks, this is the real deal....some of you are fed up with the Opry and rightly so. Here's a chance to go back in time to the way it used to be(and still should be), a great family show presented every Sat nite at the "Lil' Ol Opry in West Fork, Arkansas. Jerry and Carlene are some of the finest folks around. Treat yourself to a fun time in West Fork. |
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Bill Edwards
From:
Centerton, AR
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Posted 30 Dec 2003 9:13 am
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| Gene do they not have the Oklahoma Opry down there on SW 25th street any longer? I used to go there all the time when I lived in Oklahoma City, and the others are right if you want to hear a good time go to the opry in West Fork the few times I have been there I have had a great time |
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Gene Jones
From:
Oklahoma City, OK USA, (deceased)
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Posted 30 Dec 2003 9:21 am
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Bill, the Okla Opry on 29th street is still there, but the performers are geared towards the "modern" country sound of today. There is nothing wrong with that, but it is much different from the music that Jerry Roller is describing above....
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Jerry Roller
From:
Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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Posted 5 Jan 2004 2:31 pm
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Stop by on a Saturday evening when in route to Branson, Mo. We have a great show year round, different show each week. Also, while on your way to Branson, stop at Eureka Springs and attend the Ozark Mountain Hoedown where Eddie Snow is the steeler. I believe they are off until spring but they have a great well polished show and Eddie is a fine player and good guy.
Jerry[This message was edited by Jerry Roller on 05 January 2004 at 02:32 PM.] |
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Jeneé Fleenor
From:
Nashville, TN
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Posted 6 Jan 2004 9:41 pm
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Jerry,
I just saw your post, and that is so cool that Joe dropped by. He is an excellent singer, a nice guy, and I just love his new record...it really is country...especially compared to a lot of the 'stuff' you hear coming out of Nashville these days. We've done some shows with him and he definitely has a 'top notch' show. Wish we all coulda' shown up at the L.O.O. on the same night, along with the great, Larry King! (I miss seein' and pickin' with ya', Larry!) Maybe we can all plan to be there at the same time the next go-around ;-)
By the way folks, if you're ever in the Ozarks, you need to stop by the Little Ole Oprey! Always a great COUNTRY show...and some really great steel playin' by Mr. Jerry Roller!
~Jeneé |
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ESnow
From:
Berryville AR USA
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Posted 6 Jan 2004 11:44 pm
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| Jerry, thanks very much for giving our show a great plug, I know the George brothers really appreciate it. We open back up in March with some real good additions to the show. Thanks again, Eddie Snow |
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Gene Jones
From:
Oklahoma City, OK USA, (deceased)
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Posted 7 Jan 2004 4:25 am
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Jerry, what a coincidence. My daughter, who had no knowledge of the discussion above about Joe Nichols, gave me his CD, "Man With a Memory". I haven't heard real country music like he did on this album since a "young" Randy Travis first came on the scene. Lots of good steel-guitar by John Hughey also! 
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Clint Queen
From:
Prescott, Arizona, USA
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Posted 7 Jan 2004 8:43 am
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I had never heard of Joe Nichols until I bought the CD, "Livin', Lovin', Losin' -- Songs of the Louvin Brothers" (a mixed artists CD), and on the initial song I thought I was hearing Alan Jackson. This introduced me to Joe's voice and his contribution is the song "Cash on the Barrelhead". He was great and will push Alan in the future, and all the other New Country so-so's. It is hard to find the CD through normal channels but Barnes & Nobel warehouse has it on the internet. On the liner Carl Jackson says: '...Ira Louvin originally sang it as a solo, but I feel certain he'd approve of Rhonda Vinvent's powerful tenor on top of Joe Nichols' incredibly soulful performance. Thank you, Joe...as far as I'm concrned, you're the future of country music'; CJ
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Jerry Roller
From:
Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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Posted 7 Jan 2004 9:30 pm
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Hey, hello Jenee, you gotta come back and pick with us soon. It's great to see that you still frequent the Forum. We are very proud of you as well as Joe. Eddie, be sure and let me know when your show gets started again. Carlene and I want to come take in your show this year. I always enjoy your playing as well as the visit. Eddie, do you have an email address for Blake? I heard he is working in a Church in Rogers.
Jerry |
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erik
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Posted 8 Jan 2004 5:29 pm
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| Who did the steel on Broken Heartsville? I love that change at the beat before the hook. It's like my favorite part of the whole tune. And Nichols has got a very smooth voice. |
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Reggie Duncan
From:
Mississippi
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Posted 8 Jan 2004 9:53 pm
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| Dan Dugmore. Scott Sanders played on the "Six of One, Half Dozen of the Other" project. [This message was edited by Reggie Duncan on 08 January 2004 at 09:54 PM.] |
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Rex Blevins
From:
Jenks, Oklahoma USA
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Posted 18 Jan 2004 11:16 am
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| Joe went through some real hard times to make it, but after listening to him him sing Can't hold a halo to you, he learned how to sing by going to Nashville. He deserves all he is getting. Go for it Joe.. |
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Rex Blevins
From:
Jenks, Oklahoma USA
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Posted 18 Jan 2004 11:18 am
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| Joe went through some real hard times to make it, but after listening to him him sing Can't hold a halo to you, he learned how to sing by going to Nashville. He deserves all he is getting. Go for it Joe.. |
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