RIP Loretta Lynn
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RIP Loretta Lynn
RIP Loretta Lynn
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Very sad, and I truly think the end of an era. In an age now where authenticity is as rare as hens' teeth, Loretta was as authentic as American music gets.
Picked up by mainstream press just now - e.g., https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/arts ... -dead.html
Picked up by mainstream press just now - e.g., https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/arts ... -dead.html
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Oh man, she was amazing—and hip to the end.
She recorded this when she was, I believe, 84 years old (young) in 2016.
I play this song often—-it just cracks me up. Pure country with the best play on words.
And backed up by Elvis Costello. With great steel too. What a hip country gal. RIP.
https://youtu.be/l0nRdQTyOqg
She recorded this when she was, I believe, 84 years old (young) in 2016.
I play this song often—-it just cracks me up. Pure country with the best play on words.
And backed up by Elvis Costello. With great steel too. What a hip country gal. RIP.
https://youtu.be/l0nRdQTyOqg
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Very sad news, RIP Loretta , you will be missed dearly .
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R.I.P Loretta I PLAYED ALOT OF YOUR MUSIC ON MY STEELGUITAR NOW YOU AND HAL RUGG ARE BACK TOGETHER PLAYING THAT GOOD MUSIC IN HEAVEN GOD BLESS
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All of us true country fans have lost one of the best singers, song writer, and entertainers ever. On top of that, I've never heard anything about her other than," What a sweet person she is." She was and will always be one of my favorites. RIP Loretta.
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Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Loretta always had a pedal steel in her band during the years she toured.
Can someone help me with the list of steel players?
I know it was Bob Hempker for many years, and probably Heuy on the Conway/Loretta duets.
I thought I remembered someone telling me at one of the early 1990 jams in the Seattle area that one of the Seattle players was with here for a short time when she was starting out. I have a photo in which the caption says "Loretta in Washington state with her first band, the Trail Blazers in 1959. Steel man has the name Smiley written on his steel.
Can someone help me with the list of steel players?
I know it was Bob Hempker for many years, and probably Heuy on the Conway/Loretta duets.
I thought I remembered someone telling me at one of the early 1990 jams in the Seattle area that one of the Seattle players was with here for a short time when she was starting out. I have a photo in which the caption says "Loretta in Washington state with her first band, the Trail Blazers in 1959. Steel man has the name Smiley written on his steel.
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It would be interesting to know of the others that worked with her. John did tell me that he played on the duets with Conway, Hal Rugg on most of the studio cuts of hers. I believe it might have been Don Helms on some of her early cuts but don't think he toured with her.I always envied Bob Hempker for having that great gig. He has been one of my favorite players for a very long time. My thoughts are with Bob as I know how much she meant to him.Duane Becker wrote:Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Loretta always had a pedal steel in her band during the years she toured.
Can someone help me with the list of steel players?
I know it was Bob Hempker for many years, and probably Heuy on the Conway/Loretta duets.
I thought I remembered someone telling me at one of the early 1990 jams in the Seattle area that one of the Seattle players was with here for a short time when she was starting out. I have a photo in which the caption says "Loretta in Washington state with her first band, the Trail Blazers in 1959. Steel man has the name Smiley written on his steel.
Smiley might have been Smiley Roberts. Don't know if he worked with her or not.
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Not sure Richard, but I don't think that it was Smiley Roberts. Here is the photo from the book. Probably hard to see with the bad quality. But caption says 1959 in Seattle. She mentions in her book "Coal Miner's Daughter" that she used local pickup bands in the early days. But this photo here is interesting as it is 'Loretta and the Trailblazers'.
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fly on Loretta. she's as country as it gets
Speedy West
Don Helms
Hal Rugg
Jim Murphy
John Hughey
Lloyd Green
Bob Hempker
Weldon Myrick
Terry Bethel
Jimmie Crawford
Sonny Garrish
Lloyd Maines
Dan Dugmore
David Feeny
Doug Jernigan
Robby Turner
Paul Franklin
all played with Loretta in the studio or onstage. I'm sure there's a few more
Speedy West
Don Helms
Hal Rugg
Jim Murphy
John Hughey
Lloyd Green
Bob Hempker
Weldon Myrick
Terry Bethel
Jimmie Crawford
Sonny Garrish
Lloyd Maines
Dan Dugmore
David Feeny
Doug Jernigan
Robby Turner
Paul Franklin
all played with Loretta in the studio or onstage. I'm sure there's a few more
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So very sad and sorry to read this.
She was one of the best IMHO and as
we say in the south "country to the bone"
Not like some of the fake ones out there today.
She will be missed by many fans.
RIP Loretta - You have sure earned it.
A big fan - Thanks for the great music.!!!
Ron
She was one of the best IMHO and as
we say in the south "country to the bone"
Not like some of the fake ones out there today.
She will be missed by many fans.
RIP Loretta - You have sure earned it.
A big fan - Thanks for the great music.!!!
Ron
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We need to turn the TWANG up a little
It's not what you play through, it's what you play through it.
They say that tone is all in the fingers...I say it is all in your head
Some of the best pieces of life are the little pieces all added up..Ron
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Yup. Doesn't look like Smiley Roberts.Duane Becker wrote:Not sure Richard, but I don't think that it was Smiley Roberts. Here is the photo from the book. Probably hard to see with the bad quality. But caption says 1959 in Seattle. She mentions in her book "Coal Miner's Daughter" that she used local pickup bands in the early days. But this photo here is interesting as it is 'Loretta and the Trailblazers'.
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my word!! she is playing a gibson ES5!Duane Becker wrote:Not sure Richard, but I don't think that it was Smiley Roberts. Here is the photo from the book. Probably hard to see with the bad quality. But caption says 1959 in Seattle. She mentions in her book "Coal Miner's Daughter" that she used local pickup bands in the early days. But this photo here is interesting as it is 'Loretta and the Trailblazers'.