Chris Hillman on the opry!!!!!!!!

Derek Duplessie · Post by **Derek Duplessie** » 14 Sep 2002 8:13 pm

Chris and Herb sounded incredible! I'm so
glad to see them on the opry! They sounded
better than ever! Who was that steel player?
He sounded great. -Derek

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 14 Sep 2002 8:18 pm

Hey Derek,
I think that was Tommy playing behind them. He sounding incredible! Nice job! Theresa

Al Marcus · Post by **Al Marcus** » 14 Sep 2002 9:05 pm

It looks like Tommy is playing a black and red Carter instead of a Gray one. Nice shot of him, really pickin great.....al

Kevin Hatton · Post by **Kevin Hatton** » 15 Sep 2002 1:00 am

Chris Hillman IS the father of country rock. He and Herb Pederson were full of soul tonight. Hey Tommy, your amazing man! Tommy White can change styles on a dime. I thought I was listening to Sneaky Pete for a second. A great little combo.

Janice Brooks · Post by **Janice Brooks** » 15 Sep 2002 4:50 am

Tommy gave us a great grin as he kicked of
for Chris and Herb.

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Bob Hayes · Post by **Bob Hayes** » 15 Sep 2002 10:33 am

Ditto.....Chris & Herb Souned great almost like the old Desert Rose Band....and Tommy..what can you say..Esspecialy with that Carter!
Bob Hayes( Grouchyvet/Blue Carter D12)

GO TITANS!!!!!!!!!!!!![This message was edited by Bob Hayes on 15 September 2002 at 11:34 AM.]

Mike Brinkmeyer · Post by **Mike Brinkmeyer** » 15 Sep 2002 2:42 pm

If you liked what you heard from Chris & Herb on the Opry Sat. night, check out their CD "Bakersfield Bound" (I think it's still available thru the Forum CD catalog.) A lot of fine steel guitar on every song by Jay Dee Maness.

Tom Olson · Post by **Tom Olson** » 15 Sep 2002 5:55 pm

What goes 'round comes 'round -- ain't it funny how Chris made a much better impression this time around than the first time he appeared on the Opry back in the '60's? I wonder what Ralph Emery would say now?

Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 15 Sep 2002 7:30 pm

That was with The Byrds, right? I heard that they didn't go over too well...

Ron Whitworth · Post by **Ron Whitworth** » 16 Sep 2002 2:50 am

I think you are right about that b0b..I do remember that Chris & Herb were on the Nashville Now show a couple of times when Ralph was still hosting it..I will never forget he was asking Chris & Herb some questions while they were seated on the couch & Ralph turns to Chris(on live TV)& says "So Chris; How is Grahm(Parson)doing??
Chris never missed a lick just looked over at Ralph & said "He's still dead Ralph"....
The look on Ralp's face at that moment was priceless to say the least!!!!!!
Not to get too far off topic here but YES Chris & Herb did a GREAT job this past weekend on the Opry + Tommy White was GREAT too.
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nick allen · Post by **nick allen** » 16 Sep 2002 3:13 am

All together now...
"He's a drugstore truck driving man..."

Has to be the story of the month!!

Jason Stillwell · Post by **Jason Stillwell** » 17 Sep 2002 9:27 am

Wow!! I just watched my tape of Chris & Herb & Tommy's portion of the Opry again last night. That is what real country music is all about--no flash, no trash, just good picking and singing. Tommy White, you are THE MAN!!

Derek Duplessie · Post by **Derek Duplessie** » 21 Sep 2002 3:00 pm

If you like the bakersfield bound cd you
guys will love the new,"way out west" cd
by chris and herb! Jay dee sounds great on
it!! -Derek

Chip Fossa · Post by **Chip Fossa** » 21 Sep 2002 4:28 pm

You're right-on b0b. Ralph Emory loathed the "Byrds" and, probably at the time, Lloyd
Green.

Lloyd, as we all know, is not only one of the supreme steel players ever, is also a well-respected arranger and studio engineer.
A true master craftsman. Believe me, Lloyd Green had a big part in the Byrds classic "Sweetheart of the Rodeo".

I'm not gonna bother here to express my disdain for Ralph Emory. All the these wanna-be "Country" upstarts all sound just like
what the Byrds/Eagles/Flying Burrito Brothers were doing so long ago. But at that momentus era in music history, they were basically scorned or indifferentiated-to. Now, that sound is the in-thing. Yawn. [This message was edited by CHIP FOSSA on 21 September 2002 at 05:29 PM.]

Derek Duplessie · Post by **Derek Duplessie** » 22 Sep 2002 11:13 am

Right on Chip!!!!! -Derek

Butch Foster · Post by **Butch Foster** » 22 Sep 2002 7:26 pm

Chip, IMO, Lloyd's steel on that recording was great! I think he played with them on that Opry show. Also, don't forget the great work of the great Clarence White-sure do miss him-no telling what fantastic stuff he would be playing now!

Chip Fossa · Post by **Chip Fossa** » 23 Sep 2002 6:18 am

Derek, Butch,
I guess at the time "SOTR" was being produced
Ralph Emory found out that Lloyd was behind the entire production, and to Lloyd's [and the Byrds'] surprise ole' Ralph just went
red-eye.
It wasn't too long after 'Sweeheart' that the Dillards decided to step out and do some musical exploring, too, and came out with their classic, "Wheatstraw Suite", which also hit a brick wall in certain "Nashville
circles".

After these 2 not-so-upbeat welcome mats got rolled out is about when I started to change my attitude about Gnashville.

Jerry Hayes · Post by **Jerry Hayes** » 23 Sep 2002 9:45 am

I've got a great LP record by Chris Hillman on Sugarhill Records called "Desert Rose". It was a forerunner to what would eventually become the Desert Rose Band. It's the same style and everything as the later DRB records. The title song "Desert Rose" is a keeper for sure. I can't believe how so much Indie stuff is so good and never makes it to the airways. On the Opry the other night I thought Hillman did a pretty good showing of his prowess on the mandolin too. YOu can tell the boy's had a little bluegrass in his background.

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Eddie Lange · Post by **Eddie Lange** » 23 Sep 2002 9:36 pm

Hey guys I definitely think that what Gram, the Byrds, the Burritos, and so on were doing in the 70's was way more country then the stuff out today. Just my opinion. I dont care what anybody says Sweetheart of the Rodeo was country album.

Chip Fossa · Post by **Chip Fossa** » 24 Sep 2002 1:53 pm

All those great "country-rock" [for lack of a better discription] bands of this era is what pointed me to the steel.

And the very 1st song [and yes, I still remember this] that piked my ears towards steel was Jesse Colin Young & The Youngbloods version of "Sugarbabe", with 'Banana' sitting in on [probably] an old Fender double-8.

It was a combination of a beautiful, balmy
summer night on Cape Cod, with some outrageous herbation, and a dynamite stereo system; CIRCA:1968. What else do you need?

Mike Dennis · Post by **Mike Dennis** » 24 Sep 2002 5:58 pm

If your a Chris Hillman fan, then you WILL want this DVD.

You will will be knocked down by the sound of those awesome vintage Gretsch guitars.

Recorded in 1972.

Check it out...
http://www.dvdangle.com/reviews/review.php?Id=791

Alvin Blaine · Post by **Alvin Blaine** » 25 Sep 2002 12:01 am

On the Opry the other night I thought Hillman did a pretty good showing of his prowess on the mandolin too. YOu can tell the boy's had a little bluegrass in his background

Sugarhill has also released some early Chris Hillman bluegrass stuff. "The Hillmen" was the first band he recorded with. It was Chris on mandolin, Vern Gosdin on guitar, Rex Gosdin on bass, and Don Parmly on banjo.This album was recorded in 1963, its kind of stange to listen to Vern Gosdin singing almost 40 years ago as a young man.
The Hillmen on CD[This message was edited by Alvin Blaine on 25 September 2002 at 01:26 AM.]

Joel Glassman · Post by **Joel Glassman** » 25 Sep 2002 9:50 am

Since there's a little talk about Ralph Emerie (Emery Emory?) here--
A friend sent me a video of 4 Johnny Gimble
guest appearances on Ralph's show. Each time
Ralph asks him "You played with Bob Wills didn't you"? Kind of funny

Joel

John De Maille · Post by **John De Maille** » 25 Sep 2002 3:44 pm

I don't recall when, or where I saw it, but, I do remember seeing Roger(Jim)McGuinn singing "This one's for YOU, Ralph" followed by the flying fickle finger of fate. That was while he was singing Drugstore Truck Driving Man. It's a shame it has taken so long for these artists to be recognized.After all, they were the reason a lot of us got started with the steel guitar.

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 25 Sep 2002 4:00 pm

Re: the Hillmen.

The Hillmen was what the record company named the band when they realized they had some music recorded by one of the Byrds. When the group performed around LA in those days, they were known as the Blue Diamond Boys. I have some tapes of live TV shows by these guys.

Vern played here in Austin about 15 years ago and we discussed that band. Rex had just passed away. Good memories.

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