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Brendan Mitchell


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Melbourne Australia
Post  Posted 23 Jan 2011 4:29 pm    
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And who recorded it first ?
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Dave Harmonson


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Seattle, Wa
Post  Posted 23 Jan 2011 4:45 pm    
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Written by Harlan Howard. I believe it was recoreded first by Wynn Stewart.
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Alvin Blaine


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Post  Posted 23 Jan 2011 10:31 pm    
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Wynn recorded it in 1959 then the next year('60) Buck Owens released it, as the b-side of "'Til These Dreams Come True", and it went to number 3 on the charts for Buck.
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Brendan Mitchell


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Melbourne Australia
Post  Posted 24 Jan 2011 2:03 am    
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Thanks
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Jerry Hayes


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Virginia Beach, Va.
Post  Posted 24 Jan 2011 9:43 am    
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As much as I love Wynn Stewart's music, I thought his version kinda "sucked" a bit! Buck nailed it with his which included Ralph Mooney playing his killer stuff..........JH in Va.
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Andy Sandoval


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Bakersfield, California, USA
Post  Posted 24 Jan 2011 10:25 am    
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I like Buck's version better too.
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Jerry Overstreet


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Louisville Ky
Post  Posted 24 Jan 2011 3:41 pm    
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So did Mooney also record the tune with Wynn Stewart? I think he probably would have been with him at the time.
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Mitch Drumm

 

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Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
Post  Posted 24 Jan 2011 4:38 pm    
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Jerry:

Not positive, but I think Wynn's version has Carl West on steel. Mooney was in and out of Wynn's sessions from 1956 on.

It is among Wynn's earlier performances for that label (Challenge) and I don't think Ralph showed up until later sessions (Wishful Thinking, Playboy, etc).

Wynn recorded it later on for Capitol with Jimmie Collins on steel.

Conway Twitty did a great version also when he was still a rocker, around 1961. Paycheck also did the tune in his Donny Young era.
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Jerry Overstreet


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Louisville Ky
Post  Posted 24 Jan 2011 5:03 pm    
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Thanks Mitch.
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Per Kammersgaard

 

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Sonderborg, Denmark
Post  Posted 25 Jan 2011 11:15 am    
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....and Rodney Crowell had a fine version of it as well. Late 80's I think. Here's a live version.....and some of you guys might know who's on steel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJOBojnsQ80


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Tim Victor

 

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North Carolina, USA
Post  Posted 25 Jan 2011 12:39 pm    
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Per Kammersgaard wrote:
some of you guys might know who's on steel

"Hank DeVito on the steel." Rodney introduces him at 1:12, just as the solo starts!
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Brendan Mitchell


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Melbourne Australia
Post  Posted 25 Jan 2011 2:21 pm    
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The Wynn Stewart version I heard on you tube doesn't seem to have steel on it .
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj8ByOuhgSM&feature=BF&list=MLGxdCwVVULXfNsuy2tDFlR5CQTuX338lF&index=4
I like it . Ive just started trolling through Wynn's stuff after chasing Ralph Mooney's playing .Some great Mooney stuff there .
We never heard much about Wynn Stewart down here but he is right up there .
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Janice Brooks


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Pleasant Gap Pa
Post  Posted 25 Jan 2011 8:25 pm    
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Buck over Wynn. It's the tempo difference
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Ray Riley

 

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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Post  Posted 29 Jan 2011 7:48 am     Above and Beyond
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Yes Janice, Tempo is more flowing. Ray
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