The Mooney bug finally hit me.

Travis Lyon · Post by **Travis Lyon** » 31 Oct 2012 6:39 am

Been listening to tons of Waylon, tracks like Lonesome On'ry and Mean, Rainy Day Women, and Haggard tracks like the Tonight the Bottle and Swinging Doors, and the Buck Owens track Above and Beyond.

Ralph sounds like he may have quite an influence on one of my other favorites, Sneaky Pete.

What are some more good examples of Mooney's Moonyisms?

Jon Light · Post by **Jon Light** » 31 Oct 2012 6:53 am

"Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard" is a non-stop Mooney fest.
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Greg Cutshaw · Post by **Greg Cutshaw** » 31 Oct 2012 7:54 am

Mooney on Buck Owen's "The House Down The Street:

http://www.gregcutshaw.com/Samples/01_B ... 201962.mp3

Tab here near the bottom of the page:

http://www.gregcutshaw.com/Tab/Tab20.html

Greg

Post by **Joey Ace** » 31 Oct 2012 8:33 am

Have a look at the instruction of Mooney Style Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs used in the intro to Al Brisco's composition Ralph's Reel.

http://youtu.be/pvC_CCApEG4

Fish · Post by **Fish** » 31 Oct 2012 3:27 pm

"Wishful Thinking" by Wynn Stewart is one of my favorite Ralph Mooney tracks as well as one of my favorite shuffles (beware of the sharp notes from the background singer in the third chorus):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qNs75UaG3A

Earnest Bovine · Post by **Earnest Bovine** » 31 Oct 2012 4:55 pm

Fish wrote: (beware of the sharp notes from the background singer in the third chorus):

..sounds like Lydia.

Bob Knight · Post by **Bob Knight** » 31 Oct 2012 5:45 pm

Earnest Bovine wrote:
Fish wrote: (beware of the sharp notes from the background singer in the third chorus):
..sounds like Lydia.

It's Beverly.

Daniel McKee · Post by **Daniel McKee** » 31 Oct 2012 6:50 pm

My favorite Ralph Mooney playing is on the old Wynn Stewart records but my favorite solo of his is on a wynn Stewart song called One Way to Go.

Daniel Policarpo · Post by **Daniel Policarpo** » 1 Nov 2012 5:11 am

My favorite Waylon Jennings record is Dreaming My Dreams, and I also like Are You Ready For The Country, and all the stuff mentioned on this thread.
"I'll Go Back To Her"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYpgs3fZ ... ure=relmfu

Wynn Stewart's stuff is so great I guess Wynn got him going in a direction when he asked Mooney to play some "Cajun-sounding" stuff for a record, and you get that sound like we here on Rainy Day Woman. That whole Ramblin Man CD is excellent.
I have to say , this recording floors me....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI_OcW9w ... ults_video

Jerry Hayes · Post by **Jerry Hayes** » 1 Nov 2012 8:39 am

I love all of Ralph's breaks but one of my favorites would have to be on Wynn Stewart's "One More Memory", sheer genius from my hero...JH in Va.

Franklin Lehlbach · Post by **Franklin Lehlbach** » 1 Nov 2012 1:05 pm

Buck's first hit was "Under Your Spell Again" with Mr. Mooney on steel.

scott murray · Post by **scott murray** » 5 Nov 2012 9:11 pm

some of my personal favorites are the 'Corn Pickin & Slick Slidin' album with James Burton

Neil Young's 'Old Ways'

and this excellent Wynn Stewart tune featuring Ralph and the great Clarence White trading licks:
RUN AWAY