JAMMIN' WITH JIMMY' : Jimmie Rivers and the Cherokees

Roger Shackelton · Post by **Roger Shackelton** » 17 Mar 2009 3:41 pm

Here is a great tune with Jimmie Rivers & Vance Terry
from the early 1960s.

JIMMIE RIVERS- electric guitar

VANCE TERRY- steel guitar

GENE DUNCAN- rhythm guitar

either LUCKY FORD or MARVIN FRIED- bass

either BOBBY COLLINS or BOB KELL- drums

Recorded at the '23 Club' in the early '60's in Brisbane, California (just south of San Francisco

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFyINLHo ... re=related

Gary Walker · Post by **Gary Walker** » 22 Mar 2009 11:13 pm

In October of 1960 after attending a Gretsch promo st the Saint Francis Hotel in SF, featuring Jimmy Webster, Chet Atkins and Jr. Husky, I and others, including, Norm Hamlet, Gene Breeden, Jerry Rowe and myself were invited to the club in Brisbane by Vance and we were treated to a solo show by Vance and he was brilliant.

David Wright · Post by **David Wright** » 25 Mar 2009 6:50 am

I knew Jimmy & Vance my whole life, and got to play with Jimmy and his son, who is a drummer Little Jimmy Rivers, Vance took my Dad's place in the band when we moved to Red Bluff, Ca in 1959...Here is a link to some more Jimmy Rivers recordings, my Dad playing steel on this one...heres a Band Pic Jimmy top Middle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKG0oL8L3bg

Mitch Drumm · Post by **Mitch Drumm** » 25 Mar 2009 8:40 am

David:

Thanks for posting that file at youtube. It saved me from having to scrounge around trying to find my copy of it and it forced me to figure out how to record it as it played in Windows Vista--an ordeal in itself.

The first time I heard that recording I thought it was Vance--the tone that your dad gets on the recording is nearly identical to what I always heard from that pink Sierra guitar that Vance played for so long. It's an unusual tone that I always attributed to Vance, but I guess at least some of it was due to the guitar, which I think your father built.

David Wright · Post by **David Wright** » 25 Mar 2009 8:44 am

Your welcome, and yes, my Dad built that Sierra your talking about...not sure how many he built for Vance, but it was more than one....

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 25 Mar 2009 8:55 am

David, can you tell a little more about the pickup (or pickups) on your dad's guitar? I love the sound--almost like a Gretsch. Were there 2 pickups being played in that clip?
Thanks for posting it.

David Wright · Post by **David Wright** » 25 Mar 2009 9:10 am

Hi Mike,
My dad made his own pickups...for many years, and I'm sure what your hearing is one he made....

David Wright · Post by **David Wright** » 25 Mar 2009 9:10 am

sorry double post

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 25 Mar 2009 9:58 am

I was pretty certain they were his own pickups, i was just wondering if he used 2 pickups in parallel on the guitar. That's what it sounds like to me. Very unique--I love the tone.

David Wright · Post by **David Wright** » 25 Mar 2009 10:01 am

Mike,
He did use 2 pickups in some guitars, one on the one your hearing

I posted another Jimmy Rivers sound clip on you tube, these were cuts from a 45 they did ....plus some pictures from the Dallas show, can't figure out how to just post sound clips here yet!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj3uaqig ... annel_page