Benny Fred Kothmann with Jim Loessberg--CD

Dave Magram · Post by **Dave Magram** » 4 Oct 2023 5:22 pm

There are some cuts from Benny Fred Kothmann's 2021 CD "Swinging Halfway to Heaven" on YouTube...

Here are a few:
Sugar Moon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBrnZw0wlPU

My Window Faces South
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yILx6_cmrKY

Bring It on Down to My House
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1GWaDwN-Uw

From a note on Facebook, it appears that the impressive steel-playing (mostly C6) is by Jim Loessberg.

- Dave

Mike Kowalik · Post by **Mike Kowalik** » 5 Oct 2023 3:52 am

Where can this cd be purchased??

Dave Magram · Post by **Dave Magram** » 5 Oct 2023 3:09 pm

Sounds great, doesn't it?

CD or MP3 available from Heart of Texas records:
https://www.hillbillyhits.com/shop/Benn ... p431362087

or as MP3 from Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09LXJBDDP/re ... 179&sr=1-1

- Dave

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 8 Oct 2023 8:23 am

Benny Fred is an excellent steel player as well. One of the great number of Centex steelers that played for Johnny Bush back in the day.

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 8 Oct 2023 9:46 am

When I met him, many years ago, he was playing a Blanton D-10.

I wonder if he still has it.

~Lee

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 8 Oct 2023 9:52 am

I saw him at the Llano Opry about 5 or 6 years ago, and we had a short conversation. But I don't recall exactly what guitar he was playing, though I'd remember if it was a Blanton, so it wasn't.