Penny Gilley show

Dan Hatfield · Post by **Dan Hatfield** » 21 Jun 2013 6:49 pm

Just want to say that I really enjoyed a singer on a current edition (the one featuring Lisa Layne) of the Penny Gilley show on RFD. The singer is the bass player in the backup band; I think his name is Curtis Jones (at least that was listed in the credits at the end). He did a version of "Then you can tell me Goodbye" that reminds me a bit of this one by Neal McCoy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNCaBTSP79o
If I was giving Penny advice, I would tell her to feature this guy a lot more.

Joe Casey · Post by **Joe Casey** » 22 Jun 2013 6:17 am

yes and herself a lot less.

Bob Knight · Post by **Bob Knight** » 23 Jun 2013 7:35 am

It seems that Penny's band starts playing sharp when she sings.

Dan Hatfield · Post by **Dan Hatfield** » 23 Jun 2013 10:48 am

In the words of Don Imus, I just tune in to watch the fiddle player...... with the sound off (just kidding people). As I said though, I wish she would let the bass player sing a lot more; it might improve her ratings a bit.

Carl Kilmer · Post by **Carl Kilmer** » 25 Jun 2013 4:33 am

Phil Coontz (RIP) was the reason I used to watch this show.
When she got rid of him, I got rid of her, but just recently
I saw Jeff Agnew playing steel and really liked his playing.
The steel & the fiddle are the best parts of the show to me.
Occasionally, she has a great singer, but I don't care for her.

Jeff Agnew · Post by **Jeff Agnew** » 26 Jun 2013 4:03 am

I couldn't agree more about Curtis. He's a crowd favorite at the Grapevine Opry live shows for his singing and also for being one of the nicest guys you'd ever want to meet.

Many thanks for your kind words.

Dan Hatfield · Post by **Dan Hatfield** » 26 Jun 2013 4:23 pm

Jeff, you are very welcome! And I didn't mean to slight you either; you lay down some mighty fine steel on that show. Switching her show to Texas with your band definitely kicked it up a few notches. Please tell your bass player he now has some die-hard fans in Missouri.

Harold Dye · Post by **Harold Dye** » 28 Jun 2013 2:38 pm

Jeff I really enjoy your playing. What are you playing thru. I see a rack box next to you but I don't see an amp or speakers.

Jeff Agnew · Post by **Jeff Agnew** » 30 Jun 2013 7:03 am

Dan,

I did pass along your comments to Curtis and he said to tell everyone thanks for the wonderful feedback and that he is most grateful.

Harold,

My setup depends on which show you're watching. The first half of the season I used my normal stage setup, which is a Revelation pre-amp into a TC Furlong SPLIT cabinet. The amp was off-stage (I use in-ear monitors). On these shows I was playing a black guitar. For the most part, it sounded like my usual live tone.

For the second half of the season (blue guitar), I was told right before taping that I would be going direct. No discussion, no explanation. No real chance to try out other tone settings or alternatives. This resulted in a tone that will shatter glass and give nightmares to small children. Needless to say, I'm not happy with the result and cringe when I hear it. But what are you gonna do?

Harold Dye · Post by **Harold Dye** » 30 Jun 2013 9:05 am

Jeff thanks for the response. This last show had Bonnie singing My Window Faces South. It occured to my the guitar was a different color but I was not sure. Sometimes my tv does not have the best sound and I always blamed the tv. It does seem that the tone might be a little different now. Anyway you are doing a great job and the band is great.