"The BIG E" CD Booklet & Doug Jernigan's "

Fish · Post by **Fish** » 17 Aug 2013 6:06 am

Available only until 9pm Central Time Sunday August 18th

I'd like to offer the Forum members a free PDF download of the entire 16 page historical booklet for The Big E: A Salute to Steel Guitarist Buddy Emmons plus a free download of Doug Jernigan's incredible version of "Buddy's Boogie."

The booklet contains rare historical photos, extensive track-by-track liner notes plus a 6,000 word essay on the life of Buddy Emmons.

The booklet is 24 MB and will take a few minutes to download. Just go here and click through to the free download:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3223nsm1ecpkugx/rdjMAFr7P8

The link will only be active until 9pm CST Sunday evening.

Thank you to Bob and to everyone on the Steel Guitar Forum who helped make this project a reality.

Steve Fishell

p.s. if you feel like it, please find the album's page on Facebook (just search Buddy Emmons) and "like" it. We need to inform the outside world about this worthy project benefiting the Country Music Hall of Fame. Thanks.

Paul Wade · Post by **Paul Wade** » 17 Aug 2013 6:22 am

fish,

just super

and doug's playing on "buddy
boogie"

thanks
p.w

Dave Grothusen · Post by **Dave Grothusen** » 17 Aug 2013 7:10 am

This is just fantastic, thanks so much.

Olaf van Roggen · Post by **Olaf van Roggen** » 17 Aug 2013 7:36 am

..Don't miss it!!!!

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 17 Aug 2013 8:12 am

i started to download until it said this kind of file could harm my computer. so i stopped it. too bad i don't understand this stuff more.

Jack Hanson · Post by **Jack Hanson** » 17 Aug 2013 8:25 am

Thanks for the opportunity to download the liner notes for this highly anticipated release. First "Bakersfield," and now "The Big E." It's been an eventful summer for fans of classic pedal steel guitar. They always say good things come in threes. What will be the next album to complete this trifecta?

Jay Fagerlie · Post by **Jay Fagerlie** » 17 Aug 2013 8:34 am

they are safe files Chris- go ahead and get them!
I'm downloading them if you want to wait until the next time we get together....
BTW- how's the mando playing? Gonna show me some stuff?????

Bill Ladd · Post by **Bill Ladd** » 17 Aug 2013 8:42 am

That's awesome Fish, thank you!

Mike Kowalik · Post by **Mike Kowalik** » 17 Aug 2013 8:44 am

I was able to download with no problems.

Thank you Mr.Fishell for undertaking this project.....a fitting tribute to a worthy subject!!

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 17 Aug 2013 11:06 am

jay...i was afraid you'd ask..!!
your mando is right across the room in plane sight. my ear problems have pissed me off so much lately i'm not a good student!

Ron Whitworth · Post by **Ron Whitworth** » 17 Aug 2013 11:55 am

I have to say a BIG Thank You to Fish for taking this on & completing this project.

All I can say is WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!

What a great read I just love this part >

" Ry Cooder says, â€œI have no recollection of the
Longbranch Pennywhistle sessions, except for Buddy warming up
on Charlie Parker at triple speed. That I remember. The humbling
effect of watching him, that sensation is vivid.â€ Eagles founding
member Bernie Leadon recalls: â€Buddy self-edited. Other players
could be all over the map; they couldnâ€™t edit themselves like
he did. What came out with Buddy was much more of a whole cloth. It was finished and you had the take.

But what Buddy was
playing in between takesâ€”warming up, noodlingâ€”thatâ€™s what I
would be listening to. It was unbelievable.â€

As they say ENOUGH SAID !!!!
Ron

Ron Funk · Post by **Ron Funk** » 17 Aug 2013 2:34 pm

Steve -

Absolutely fantastic job on the CD's liner notes.

Thanks again for all your effort put into this Project.

Long Live The Big E.

steve takacs · Post by **steve takacs** » 17 Aug 2013 8:27 pm

WOW, WOW, and another WOW. Thanks, Fish. I have got to get this CD. stevet

John Brabant · Post by **John Brabant** » 18 Aug 2013 5:33 am

Steve. You are the best. Downloading now! Great catching up with you at the Burlington, VT show. Hope to see you soon. Will be able to make the ISGC (Scotty's) this year or will you be on the road?

Charles Curtis · Post by **Charles Curtis** » 18 Aug 2013 5:49 am

Thank you!!! This makes my day Fish. I really appreciate your sharing; if you have any other memorabilia similar to this of Buddy Emmons I hope that you will consider sharing it also. I am a long time fan of Buddy's.

John Macy · Post by **John Macy** » 18 Aug 2013 7:39 am

And when you have finished digesting those fine liner notes and listened to Doug's fine playing, head on over and purchase the cd to make it a complete set...it's worth owning for so many reasons...a must have...

Larry Lenhart · Post by **Larry Lenhart** » 18 Aug 2013 8:07 am

Thank you so much for your generosity !! Greatly appreciated and will be very much enjoyed !

John Brabant · Post by **John Brabant** » 18 Aug 2013 8:15 am

I just pre-ordered The Big E Salute CD from Amazon. Also ordered the Vince G. - Paul F. Bakersfield CD. and to the Supersaver free shipping from Amazon.com, I ordered the Lyle Lovett "Release Me" CD released in 2012 with the GREAT BUCK REID and PAUL FRANKLIN on it. I continue to learn...so when you purchase CDs on Amazon, the moment they are ordered, you can download the MP3 versions of these albums to the Amazon Cloud player free to your computer. Amazon provides the cloud player to download free. Love this technology. If only there was a way to download the steel players' talent on these albums into my DNA, brain and fingers, now that would be something!

Mark van Allen · Post by **Mark van Allen** » 18 Aug 2013 10:37 am

Thanks, Fish! I'll ALWAYS be overjoyed I got to watch that session going down. What a great tribute. I'm so glad this all came to fruition, and thanks to you and everybody for the efforts!

Craig Krause · Post by **Craig Krause** » 18 Aug 2013 7:18 pm

Thank you for making these available.

Bill Cunningham · Post by **Bill Cunningham** » 19 Aug 2013 4:47 am

Less than 24 hours and counting down. In the meantime, thanks for the preview, Fish.

Bill Ferguson · Post by **Bill Ferguson** » 19 Aug 2013 7:28 am

I hate it that I missed this. I have been away from my computer for a couple of days.

Boohiss

Craig Stock · Post by **Craig Stock** » 19 Aug 2013 10:02 am

Fish,

Great liner notes, you should win a Grammy for them in that category.

Loved reading up the the early history on the Big E. Glad I got to meet him when he was touring with the Everlys.

Got my Cd reserved. at Barnes and Noble. waiting for the call from them tomorrow.

Again, Bravo on a job well done!

Glenn Uhler · Post by **Glenn Uhler** » 19 Aug 2013 10:47 am

I missed it too. Bill. Guess I was watching the ball game. Well, at least they won.

Kerry Johnson · Post by **Kerry Johnson** » 19 Aug 2013 11:40 am

I also missed it.

~ Kerry

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"The BIG E" CD Booklet & Doug Jernigan's "

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Thanks Fish!

Wow

Downloading now...

Buddy Emmons

Just Ordered

Missed it, too!