Six seconds of Jimmy Day

[Bent Romnes]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC54cM_E ... eature=sub
Jim Reeves actually mentions him before the break.

Found another one. Here he gets at least a 10 sec break!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUmSoCxr ... eature=sub

[Jody Sanders]

Jim Reeves, one of the greatest voices ever. Jimmy Day, one of the greatest steel players ever. Jody.

[Paul Graupp]

It was a year before I could forgive the drunken driver who killed my wife.

But it's been almost sixty years since I watched Jim jerk Bobby Garrett's chain and I have yet to let it go. Bobby, and sometimes Jimmy, would work the JR gig at the NCO Club/Tinker AFB, OK.

Now, as I listen to those old songs from half a century ago, I have to admit, that was a wonderful voice and surely it was a part of the foundation I was beginning to learn in Steel Guitar.

Then too, Maybe I'm just getting too old...

Regards, Paul

[Ron Funk]

In the 2nd video, check out Jimmy Day's bar slant at 1:16.
It goes by so fast you don't even see it - you may have to stop the video at that spot to actually see it. Sheesh! What a player!!
What brand of quad steel ?
And wonder where it might be today?

[Bent Romnes]

Ron, the slant goes from about 1:17 to 1:20 Wow, I didn't even see it till you made us aware of it.

As for the brand: I figured it was the same guitar in both pics. Click on the first vid and then pause it at 1:35. You'll see it's a......Wright!

Maybe David Wright would tune in and give us a bit of a history lesson...

[Bent Romnes]

It was a year before I could forgive the drunken driver who killed my wife.

But it's been almost sixty years since I watched Jim jerk Bobby Garrett's chain and I have yet to let it go. Bobby, and sometimes Jimmy, would work the JR gig at the NCO Club/Tinker AFB, OK.

Now, as I listen to those old songs from half a century ago, I have to admit, that was a wonderful voice and surely it was a part of the foundation I was beginning to learn in Steel Guitar.

Then too, Maybe I'm just getting too old...

Regards, Paul

Hi Paul,
First of all, I am sorry to read about your wife and the drunk who killed her.
That shouldn't have to happen to anybody and I can only hope that our drinking/driving laws get stricter.
I am not sure as to why you mentioned this in connection with this thread.
I certainly hope that none of the people mentioned here were involved in this atrocity.

The way I read your post is that every time you hear a song from that era, you are reminded of it.

Would you elaborate on the time that Jim Reeves jerked Bobby Garrett's chain? I am rather interested in Jim Reeves nostalgia....
Thanks!
Bent

[Paul Graupp]

Bent: I wanted to illustrate that I am capable of forgiveness but that I could not undo my harshness toward Jim even after such a difference in time passed. To me Bobby was a the musical father I never had. I looked up to him as a Master Steel Guitarist and had the utmost of respect for him. It hurt me to see how he was treated when he was so gifted. It just would not fit !

I don't want to go over this again on the Forum but I could send you an e-mail if you'd like.

I suppose you could say I have come around enough to respect Jim's vocal talents and before we met, he was an early hero to me. I loved his work and still, to this day, will occasionally find myself self humming THE BLIZZARD. That was a big kicker for me as was MEXICAN JOE, one of his earliest hits.

They were regulars at the Tinker AFB NCO Club and I was there for every show that summer.

Regards, Paul

BTW: I mmentioned this in this thread because Bobby and Jimmy Day would swap amps and gigs in those years and thus the relationship.

[Bent Romnes]

Paul, yes, please send me an email thru the forum. I would appreciate that.