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Topic: Hey..........Bobbe Seymour! |
Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 21 Jan 2010 4:13 pm |
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Just finished reading your latest informative newsletter and enjoyed it very much.
The last thing I want is to be viewed as, is a knit picker.........among other things.......
BUT, I was always told that on Carl Smith's Columbia record of "I Overlooked an Orchid"......that it was BILLY ROBINSON........on steel guitar.
Can you help straighten out this glaring conflict in my mind? |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 23 Jan 2010 11:25 am Here's an update...........................
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A very good and knowledgeable steel guitar friend from the Dallas area has emailed me a note.....relating to my question.
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During the first 90 days that Carl Smith was in Nashville, he signed on with Columbia Records; on May 5, 1950. His first two recording sessions with Columbia were on May 11th & July 18th, 1950.
Billy Robinson (steel guitar)played on both sessions along with Carl Smith (rhythm guitar), Grady Martin (lead guitar), Jabbo Arrington (Rhythm Guitar), and Ernie Newton (bass). This was essentially Red Foley's band plus Arrington who was Jimmy Dickens guitar player.
"Orchid" was the second song cut on the July 18th, 1950 date.
Bob Foster (steel guitar) was used on Smith's next three session which included the well known: "Mr. Moon", "If Teardrops were Pennies", "Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way", and "When if Teels Like You're In Love, Don't Just Stand There". Foster created the the steel style on his Fender Dual Professional that Smith had Johnny Siebert copy on his Bigsby (Then his Stringmaster after Webb Pierce bought the Bigsby) on subsequent sessions.
It's believed that Seymour currently has Siebert's Bigsby for sale at a starting price of $40,000. Enquote.......
My point has been made. Bobbe, my great and wonderful friend and fellow airman, why not tell us the rest of the story? |
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Bobbe Seymour
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Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 24 Jan 2010 4:12 pm
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Ray, I don't need to tell the story, you just told it perfectly!!! I just asked Billy Robinson, Yep, he did the first sessions.
Yes also and I do still have the Sibert- Pierce D-8 Bigsby, but I'd take a lot less than Forty grand for it. Times don't warrent that big a price from my fellow steel players. 
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 24 Jan 2010 4:59 pm Now tell us Bobbe............
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Bobbe.........why not tell some of us Bigsby fanciers what the mechanical set-up is on that g'tar?
How many pedals; how many strings; is it still original after all of these years? Many Thanks!
By the way, I wasn't attempting to embarass you on this topic. I'd heard it was the way I stated and simply wanted a confirmation or correction. |
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Bobbe Seymour
From:
Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 25 Jan 2010 9:22 am Johnny Siebert, Webb Pierce, Lloyd Green, Bigsby D-8, F/S
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Ray,
The guitar was a non-pedal when it was built for Mr. Johnny Siebert in 1952. When Webb Pierce bought it from Johnny sent it back to Paul Bigsby for a retro fit and two pedals were added. Sonny Bernett played it with Webb for several years then Shot Jackson reconfigured it again, added four more pedals which came to six pedals, Lloyd gave it back to Sho-Bud and Shot sold it to someone in Michigan where it stayed in the trunk of a car for 26 years, it popped up for sale and I bought it........ it is totally restored at this time, I'm selling it for a very fair price considering its incredible past history. The buyer can choose what set up they want on it.
There are many great shots of this guitar being played by Sonny with Webb on www.youtube.com/webbpierce.
You may have to type in WebbPierce when you get into the "youtube site"
Thank you for asking Ray.
Bobbe Seymour |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 25 Jan 2010 9:28 am Another question Bobbe.................
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| Is the g'tar set-up with te original style cables and pulleys? Or, has it all be refitted with all Sho-Bud mechanicals? |
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Bobbe Seymour
From:
Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 25 Jan 2010 9:41 am
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It will be (when I get an order for it)done with and how any one wants it done, I have the original Sho-Bud parts that Shot installed for Lloyd Green, and I have the original Bigsby cable parts installed by Paul Adelbert Bigsby himself.
Bobbe |
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