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Topic: Steel Guitar Jazz? |
Roger Shackelton
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MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 28 Nov 2004 2:22 am |
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How many of you remember "Hill Billy Jazz" from the 1970s. Some of the best steel playing by Doug Jernigan ever. IMO Vassar Clements on fiddle and Gordon Terry on vocals. My vinyl album has been put away for years, but I recently found a casette that I had transferred the music to, years ago.
Roger[This message was edited by Roger Shackelton on 28 November 2004 at 11:18 AM.] |
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David L. Donald
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Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 28 Nov 2004 4:06 am
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I have Hill Billy Jazz, with Vasser on it
Red cover like some sort of car.
Nice playing variable recording quality |
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Joe Fortune
From:
2900 Ontario Dr Springfield, Il 62707
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Posted 28 Nov 2004 8:19 am
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| now available on cd; try Amazon.com |
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Roy Ayres
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Riverview, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 28 Nov 2004 10:42 am
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A slght topic drift: I talked with Gordon Terry awhile back via telephone. He told me he was in very poor health. I told him my health was still good. He obviously hadn't lost his sense of humor because he said, "Yeah, but you steel players got to sit down." I should have known Doug would pick a great fiddle playing vocalist like Gordon Terry for a session.
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Roger Shackelton
From:
MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 28 Nov 2004 11:15 am
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David, you are correct. I had "Hill Billy Jazz" on my mind, but wrote "Steel Guitar Jazz" instead. That was the title of Buddy Emmons first album. 
Roger |
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Larry Hamilton
From:
Amarillo,Tx
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Posted 28 Nov 2004 1:03 pm
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I found Hillbilly Jazz in the bargain rack at a record shop many years ago for a couple bucks. Needless to say i snatched it right up an it has been on of my favorites ever since. If you can find it get it you won't be sorry.
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David L. Donald
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Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 28 Nov 2004 1:57 pm
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Roger, I thought that might be what you meant.
I got it a few months back after seein a thread here about it.
It was also interesting to hear Doug on a Sho-Bud too.
There is some VERY iffy recording here, but musically it is very good, and much above most in it's time period.
I have always liked Vassar,and with Doug,
it makes it double the fun. |
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frank rogers
From:
usa
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Posted 28 Nov 2004 4:23 pm
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| Picked this one up when it was originally released on Flying Fish. Great stuff by Doug Jernigan. For the most part it sounds pretty unrehearsed, almost a "live in the studio" feel. I still listen to it quite regularly. |
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 28 Nov 2004 6:53 pm
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| Another good one with Doug playing jazz on a Sho-Bud is "Doug and Bucky", a duet project with guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli. It was released in 1978 on Flying Fish. |
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Mark van Allen
From:
Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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T. C. Furlong
From:
Lake County, Illinois, USA
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Posted 30 Nov 2004 5:44 am
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| Wasn't Flying Fish a great record label? It was started in 1974 by Bruce Kaplan. If I'm not mistaken, I think Bruce was the driving force behind their great concept albums. Flying Fish was mostly known as a folk label with artists like John Hartford (remember Buddy's solo on Gentle On My Mind? just awesome) and Claudia Schmidt. Bruce managed to put out quite a few steel guitar records including four by Buddy Emmons... Buddy Emmons Steel Guitar, Buddy Emmons Sings Bob Wills, Buddies with Buddy Spicher and Minors Aloud with Lenny Breau. I was lucky to be at the recording session for the Four Giants of Swing Swonderful Flying Fish album with Curly Chalker. I am not sure if Flying Fish is active much anymore. I heard that they specialize more in blues and eclectic nowadays. I would say that they remain a very unique part of record company history. |
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Glenn Suchan
From:
Austin, Texas
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Posted 30 Nov 2004 6:05 am
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Like Frank Rogers, I too, bought "Hillbilly Jazz" when it came out. It was the very first album for Flying Fish (I think it's LP #FF 001). The LP has a little booklet with great photos and history on western swing and the big band era and how they related to one another. Personally, I think the recording is pretty good for a "start-up" effort by an independent label back in the early 70's. I have this recording on both LP and CD.
Who ever has control over the master recordings from the Flying Fish label should seriously consider re-releasing some the out-of print LP's on CD like "Doug and Bucky", all of the Emmons recordings, the album that Jeff Newman did with Mike Auldrige (I think it was called "Sliding Smoke"), as well as the albums by John Hartford, Jim Post (a great entertainer that most folks have never heard of), and Claudia Schmidt. Speaking of Claudia Schmidt, T.C. did you do the pedal steel part on Claudia's "Vampire"? If so, my hat's of to you, dude. That's a very original approach to PSG. 
Keep on pickin'!
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Steve Hinson
From:
Hendersonville Tn USA
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Posted 30 Nov 2004 6:09 am
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| Wasn't the Flying Fish catalog purchased by Rounder several years ago? |
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Glenn Suchan
From:
Austin, Texas
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Jim Meiring
From:
Highlands, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 3 Dec 2004 1:36 pm
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| Hillbilly Jazz has been a must hear for me for decades. The Steve Allen tune and Benny Goodman tune are just a treat. |
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Bob Taillefer
From:
Canada
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Posted 3 Dec 2004 5:46 pm
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| I wore the needle out on the Hillbilly Jazz record! I used to set the turn table at 33 so I could figure out what Doug Jernigan was doing. He kept me busy for a number of years. Meeting him for the first time was quite a thrill! Bob |
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