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Topic: Junior Brown vocal influence |
Billy Wilson
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El Cerrito, California, USA
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Posted 31 Jan 2004 2:40 pm |
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| If you had to say what is Junior Brown's single most important vocal influence, who would it be? I used to think somebody else but I got a CD and now I think I know. Do you? BW |
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Eric West
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Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 31 Jan 2004 2:46 pm
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Tennessee Ernie Ford.
Duh.....
(I only hear "ET" on a couple songs, and his "vocal patterning" is much more sophisticated than ET's)
"Hillbilly Hula Gal" in eg.
Caught that the first time I heard it.
Do I get a cookie?
EJL[This message was edited by Eric West on 31 January 2004 at 03:20 PM.] |
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Jon Light (deceased)
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 31 Jan 2004 2:47 pm
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| Well, if it's not ET, then it's someone else, I reckon. |
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Jody Sanders
From:
Magnolia,Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 31 Jan 2004 2:50 pm
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| Ever hear Junior sing a Ray Price ballad ? Awesome. Jody. |
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Tom Olson
From:
Spokane, WA
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Posted 31 Jan 2004 3:03 pm
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| My guess would be Red Simpson, but that's probably wrong since it seems so obvious. |
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David Cobb
From:
Chanute, Kansas, USA
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Posted 31 Jan 2004 3:08 pm
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| Gotta go with Ernest Tubb. [This message was edited by David Cobb on 31 January 2004 at 06:32 PM.] |
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Billy Wilson
From:
El Cerrito, California, USA
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Posted 31 Jan 2004 4:01 pm
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| Those guesses are the same ones I was making till I got this CD reissue by this artist. I know you guys can get it. |
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Jon Light (deceased)
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 31 Jan 2004 4:06 pm
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| James Brown! |
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David Cobb
From:
Chanute, Kansas, USA
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Posted 31 Jan 2004 6:35 pm
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George Jones, dangit.
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Donna Dodd
From:
Acworth, Georgia, USA
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Posted 31 Jan 2004 7:03 pm
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| Are you talking about the Red Simpson reissue? |
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Billy Wilson
From:
El Cerrito, California, USA
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Posted 31 Jan 2004 7:10 pm
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| Big clue. He wears an eye patch |
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Janice Brooks
From:
Pleasant Gap Pa
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Posted 31 Jan 2004 8:12 pm
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I doubt you mean Bobby Helms
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Andy Greatrix
From:
Edmonton Alberta
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Posted 31 Jan 2004 8:19 pm
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| Dick Curless? |
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Donna Dodd
From:
Acworth, Georgia, USA
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Posted 31 Jan 2004 9:27 pm
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Capt. Hook?  |
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Billy Wilson
From:
El Cerrito, California, USA
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Posted 31 Jan 2004 9:30 pm
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| Dick Curless is right! I got this Cd: "The Drag em Off the Interstate Sock it To 'em Hits" I was struck by the similarity of his vocal moves to those of Junior Brown. This guy can really go LOW. He's got the big bass and he jumps up and croons with the best of 'em. I especially like "Bury the Bottle With Me" "Loser's Cocktail" and "Chick Inspector(That's Where my Money Goes) BW |
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Walter Stettner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Posted 1 Feb 2004 12:51 am
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Dick Curless always was one of my absolute favorites, no matter if he sang those truck drivin' songs or ballads. His version of "Room Full Of Roses" always knocked me off (Weldon Myrick also played some incredible Steel on that one!)
Regards, Walter
www.austriansteelguitar.at.tf
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Roger Shackelton
From:
MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 1 Feb 2004 2:43 am
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Does anyone have the Dick Curless album, taped live at the "WWVA Wheeling Jamboree?" Curly Chalker took an instrumental break on a tune called "I'm Going To Move You To The Outskirts of Town." Dick was digging Curly so much, he lost his place and they left it on the recording.
Roger |
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Emmett Roch
From:
Texas Hill Country
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Posted 1 Feb 2004 4:04 am
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| I'd have to say Dave Dudley. |
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Walter Stettner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Posted 1 Feb 2004 6:34 am
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Roger,
The Live at WWVA album is enclosed on the four CD Box "Hard, Hard Traveling Man" on Bear Family Records. This is a great set which includes the later Capitol records of Dick plus a full CD of home recordings he did just with his guitar.
www.bear-family.de
Kind Regards, Walter
www.austriansteelguitar.at.tf
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Bobby Snell
From:
Austin, Texas
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Posted 1 Feb 2004 9:39 am
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| IMHO, Junior is among that pantheon of singers, influenced by them but having his own style forged by years in the honkey tonks. A true original. |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 1 Feb 2004 11:44 pm
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| I guess The Big Bopper is not right. |
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Billy Wilson
From:
El Cerrito, California, USA
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Posted 2 Feb 2004 1:13 am
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| Thanks for writing Runnin' Bear Big Bopper |
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Rick Schmidt
From:
Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 3 Feb 2004 2:44 pm
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I used to play with Junior(aka Jamie) Brown before his guit-steel/taco hat days in the early 80's, and I know for a fact that he was most influenced by Dave Dudley, Faron Young, Ray Price, and Earnest Tub....with a little Del Reeves and Webb Peirce thrown in for good measure.
He always was a dicking walktionary of country vocal styles. [This message was edited by Rick Schmidt on 03 February 2004 at 02:45 PM.] |
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Joe Casey
From:
Weeki Wachee .Springs FL (population.9)
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Posted 5 Feb 2004 6:37 am
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From the first time I heard a Junior brown song (It was a Dennis Payne written song Highway Patrol) I thought it was the late great Dick Curless. Great simularity here. Junior ought to cut "Tombstone every mile" along with my "shoes keep walking back to you". I use to ask Dick to do a Tom T Hall song everytime I would run into him called "I sleep late and miss a lot of trains". He would almost blow a PA speaker. (and has)
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[This message was edited by Joe Casey on 05 February 2004 at 07:09 AM.] |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 5 Feb 2004 8:24 am
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| Edith Piaf. |
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