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Topic: Guitar Players on Conway and Loretta Records |
Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 3 Feb 2011 7:18 pm |
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My favorite style of lead/backup guitar playing is the stuff we used to hear on Conway Twitty's and Loretta Lynn's recordings. Who were the guitar players on those records? I know the steel players, but the guitar licks were just as good as the steel playing.
I believe David Thornhill was Loretta's road player, but who was Conway's?
I am so glad see Randy Lindley (with Amber Digby) carrying this now forgotten style. This man has it down!
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Kevin Hatton
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Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 4 Feb 2011 5:06 am
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| Charlie Archer was Conway's road player for many years. He plays steel for Loretta Liynn now. |
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Pete Finney
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Nashville Tn.
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Posted 4 Feb 2011 7:53 am
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| I think a lot of the style you're talking about on those records was by Grady Martin... |
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Cal Sharp
From:
the farm in Kornfield Kounty, TN
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Posted 4 Feb 2011 11:27 am
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The classic 335/Echoplex sound, as played by Grady, Pete Wade, Jimmy Capps (like on the Wilburn Bros. TV show) and many others. Just great. Most guitar players seem to think they need 87 notes to say what Grady could say in 3 or 4 notes.
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frank rogers
From:
usa
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Posted 4 Feb 2011 4:23 pm
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| Pete is correct, Grady Martin, identifiable buy his tone, his tasteful use of "echo" and the inimitable vibrato at the end of phrases. |
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Ben Lawson
From:
Brooksville Florida
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Posted 4 Feb 2011 6:47 pm
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| I agree Cal. George Edwards once called the guys that put in a lot of notes "computer pickers". A lot of notes and very little feeling. Grady showed 'em how. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 5 Feb 2011 12:06 am
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Thanks guys. I had no idea it was Grady. That "simple" style just knocks me out every time I hear it. Very few players seem to play like that any more.
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Mitch Drumm
From:
Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 5 Feb 2011 1:40 am
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Pete Wade was on lead guitar on the Conway/Loretta sessions in 1970 and 1971 ("After The Fire Is Gone", "Back Street Affair", "Hangin' On", etc.)
The 1972 sessions are not documented other than what you can tell by ear.
From 1973 to about 1980, it's Grady.
Reggie Young is on one late 1980 session. |
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