RIP Johnny Wright

Larry Miller · Post by **Larry Miller** » 27 Sep 2011 4:21 am

http://www.wsmv.com/story/15556823/johnnie-wright-dead

Zachary Walters · Post by **Zachary Walters** » 27 Sep 2011 6:09 am

http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2011 ... ies-at-97/

robert kramer · Post by **robert kramer** » 27 Sep 2011 10:15 am

Johnny & Jack - some of my favorite music ever:

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/09 ... right.html

Terry Wood · Post by **Terry Wood** » 27 Sep 2011 10:16 am

Well there goes another one of the Country Music History Greats!

Very nice people and performers of great Country Music!

GOD give your peace to the family! In JESUS CHRIST's Name!

Terry Wood

Russ Hicks · Post by **Russ Hicks** » 27 Sep 2011 10:58 am

Johnny will be sorely missed by family amd many friends, which I include myself among. Johnny gave me my third road job in Nashville and I was there for almost three years, during which time I played on his and Miss Kittys' records at Bradleys Barn, where I met Charlie McCoy, Grady Martin, Harold Bradley, Pig Robbins and many others, helping to get my foot in the door. I lost a few toes in the process but it turned out alright.
During that time Johnny also lended me money for the down payment on my first house in Nashville. Johnny was a pill to work for sometime, but I've been reminded a lot since then that I was no picnic either, so we got along very well, and he was like a father to me on many occasions, several of them long after I worked for him.
I think about Johnny and Kitty and the family a lot and I will surely miss him.
rh

Hal Higgins · Post by **Hal Higgins** » 27 Sep 2011 6:06 pm

While I worked with the Late Dick Curless, I had the pleasure of being on several shows with Johnny & Kitty and Bobby. What great people they were/are. Genuine right to the core. I know that Johnny will be missed by all his family and friends.

Wesley Medlen · Post by **Wesley Medlen** » 28 Sep 2011 2:26 am

A true legend we still play their great songs on most of our jams. God Bless Wes

Hook Moore · Post by **Hook Moore** » 28 Sep 2011 2:44 am

Sorry for the loss of your friend Russ. My condolences to all the friends and family.
Hook

robert kramer · Post by **robert kramer** » 28 Sep 2011 3:29 am

Slide show on Johnny Wright from today's Nashville Tennessean:

http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll ... 805&Ref=PH

Johnny & Jack:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5Nrca3H ... re=related

Tom Harris · Post by **Tom Harris** » 28 Sep 2011 6:15 am

Man,,this Is sad,I loved every song Him and Jack did,my 2 favs. are "Posion Love and Ashes Of Love",,he will sure be missed R I P Johnny,,gone but not forgotten......

John Richmond · Post by **John Richmond** » 28 Sep 2011 11:05 am

I would like to offer my condolences to the family and friends of Johnny Wright. I met Mr. Wright in the late seventies when the Kitty Wells/Johnny Wright/Bobby Wright show came through Dolores, Colorado. Johnny and Ms. Kitty were both friendly and approachable, and their band put on a family-type show. There was no drinking, smoking, or profanity on stage. The band all wore matching suits and ties, and Mr Wright wore a blue western suit, red boots, and a red cowboy hat. Their steel man, George Edwards, came over and talked about his Sho-Bud D10 and life on the road. They were on their way to Hawaii soon after their Colorado tour.

Roger Shackelton · Post by **Roger Shackelton** » 28 Sep 2011 1:05 pm

Condolances to Johhny's family.

I was very fortunate to have attended a Kitty Wells concert in S.W. Minnesota in 1960. Johnny & Jack, Bill Phillips, Bobby Wright & Marvin Rainwater were on that show. I don't recall who was playing steel for Kitty then, but it may have been Jimmy Crawford.

ROGER

Dave A. Burley · Post by **Dave A. Burley** » 1 Oct 2011 4:02 pm

This weekend I visited Johnnys final resting place while I was in Nashville.. Johnny is buried in Spring Hill cemetary on Gallatin road almost to the Briley Parkway exit and is about a plot or two above Roy Acuff, to the left, and almost in between Roy and the Bill Monroe memorial. I understand that Eddie Stubbs had spoken to Johnny just a few weeks before his death. 97 years old. Almost 74 years of marriage to one lady, the great Kitty Well's. I had bluegrass showcases on E. Broadway and couldn't attend the funeral but had many friends that did. Although his death was somewhat expected at 97, it is still a shocking loss to Kitty.
The last package show I produced featured the Kitty Wells show with Johnny and son Bobby along with Faron Young, Little Jimmy Dickens, Ferlin Husky and Jack Green. What great memories from that day and other shows we promoted with Kitty Wells and Johnny Wright.
Rest in peace Johnny and condolences to the Wright family.
Dave A. Burley