Chicken Pickin Good - Hicks & Crawford

[Andy Volk]

Never heard this LP but the cover makes me want to!

[Roger Rettig]

Russ and Jimmie were just great together!

[Tiny Olson]

Note the "bass" player on the album cover with the derby and mustache... he played bass on this great record.

Roger is right... Jimmie and Russ played some stunningly, awesome stuff together.

[Roger Rettig]

You're right, Tiny! It was the Big E! I'd forgotten that.

[Ben Lawson]

Jimmy called me, collect, when he got the record. He said he wanted me to hear something. He put the vinyl LP on and walked away from the phone. I listened to the whole first side before I hung up. Next time I talked to him he just laughed. That was just classic Jimmy Crawford.

[Larry Dering]

I have that album in my collection. I believe they made a CD later. Not sure if I have it somewhere in my hoard of things.

[Roger Rettig]

Ben! Great story and, as you say, just like Jimmie!

I have definitely seen this on a CD release, but it was a while ago.

[Jerry Overstreet]

Good stuff on this album.

One of my favorite acts at the ISGC was Crawford and Hicks sets. Always a lot of fun watching these 2 guys play. Sure miss that and miss Jimmie too.

[Roger Rettig]

Right, Jerry!

I only attended two ISGCs and, on the last one ('02, maybe?), Jimmie and Russ introduced a young Buck Reid to the audience and had him play with them.

And then there were three!!!

I'm privileged to have known all three of these lovely guys. I got to tour with Jimmie with Slim Whitman and he was endlessly generous with his help and advice, not to mention him being the funniest guy on the bus!

[Robert Jones]

Never heard this LP but the cover makes me want to!



I have it and it's well worth getting.