A couple of golden oldies..............

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Ray Montee
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A couple of golden oldies..............

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This month you'll find some great instructional type tunes (2) by the late Carl Smith of Columbia Records.

There's some skillful application of the Volume pedal both with and without very high harmonics. This is what many of us used to study in order to expand our knowledge of the electric Hawaiian steel guitar.

Hope some of you will enjoy Jerry's contribution.

Have an enjoyable listen.
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Ray, Thanks a million for that dose of Wayne Tanner. Sight unseen, I would have said it was Jerry, same tone, same style, same vibrato and he does all this so early in the morning! A really enjoyable look and listen - look and lesson too.
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Re: A couple of golden oldies..............

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Ray Montee wrote:This month you'll find some great instructional type tunes (2) by the late Carl Smith of Columbia Records.
Ray, I am unclear on where these are. Which link do I follow?

\ paul
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Go to www.jerrybyrd-fanclub.com and

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Ain't dat simple!
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I can't get "Jerry's Jukebox" to play. Anybody else having this problem?
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Sorry for any difficulties.......................

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MANY THANKS to YOU........Jouni

I appreciate your timely and factual presentation.
Much appreciated to be sure.

And about the JUKE BOX, did you select the song you wanted to hear? It plays for me.......... I don't understand what the problem might be. I'm indeed sorry.
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It took a very long time for the page to load, there is so much there, and I have 20mb speed online so I can understand others thinking it don't work.

James.
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It's working now. Thanks for your replies.
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Post by J Fletcher »

Very nice!
Would that be a diatonic tuning on the first song? ...Jerry
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Good question............

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St. Louis Blues by JERRY BYRD was recorded, I do believe, during the early 1950's which was long before Jerry came up with his beautiful Diatonic Tuning.

I've always been able to play Jerry's arrangement in the long-popular, C6th/A7th tuning without any compromises.

Therefore, I do believe it is safe to say that Jerry did record it in C6th tuning.
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Post by J Fletcher »

Hi Ray
I meant the first song in the Carl Smith Medley. I wondered if that was a diatonic tuning. Just curious, the playing sounded unlike C6th/A7. Not that I am very familiar with that tuning...Jerry
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Post by Peter den Hartogh »

Talking about diatonic tuning...

Does the "jerrybyrd-fanclub" website have the song "Cold Cold Heart" for us to listen to?
I believe it was the first diatonic recording.

If it is not on this website, is there another way to listen to it?
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Cold, Cold Heart.....................

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Thanks for the responses to the JBFC posts.

Jerry Byrd recorded "Cold, Cold Heart" in Nashville in April, 1962. It can be found on his "MEMORIES of MARIA" Monument album M-4008. Great performance.
That tableture is posted within the JERRY's PHOTO page and is Jerry's own arrangement.

The tuning used in Carl Smith's Medley of two, is, I'm confident, C6th/A7th. I here no Diatonic chords in either of those two song. I had a terrible time originally, of detecting it, however, if one listens real close, you will sooner or later hear JERRY throw in a distinctly unique sounding chord that you've never before heard and THAT will be the identifying chord you're looking for.

Good Luck to you!

Hope this helps.
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