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Matthew Prouty


From:
Warsaw, Poland
Post  Posted 4 Apr 2006 11:14 am    
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Is this Jimmy Day playing with Ray?

What tuning is he using?

Does he have pedal rigged up on this guitar?

M.
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Jon Light (deceased)


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Saugerties, NY
Post  Posted 4 Apr 2006 11:55 am    
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Turn it up a little louder so we can hear it. It's a long way from São Paulo.
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Frank Parish

 

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Nashville,Tn. USA
Post  Posted 4 Apr 2006 12:13 pm    
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Little hard to make out!
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Jeff Lampert

 

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queens, new york city
Post  Posted 4 Apr 2006 12:31 pm    
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Turn up the treble a little, ok?

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Ray Minich

 

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Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
Post  Posted 4 Apr 2006 12:31 pm    
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b0b claims he can tell who's "high" when there posting here. Whadaya think b0b?
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b0b


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Cloverdale, CA, USA
Post  Posted 4 Apr 2006 1:10 pm    
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I think Matthew accidentally hit "Post New Topic" instead of "Add Reply". Problem is, I don't know what topic he was replying to.
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David Wren


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Placerville, California, USA
Post  Posted 4 Apr 2006 2:03 pm    
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Sounds like "This Cold War With You" to me..... what? you don't hear it?

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Lee Baucum


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McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
Post  Posted 4 Apr 2006 2:26 pm    
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Sounds like JI to my ears. Real sweet.
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Mike Randolph

 

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Cook Minnesota, USA
Post  Posted 4 Apr 2006 2:47 pm    
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What ever be the case here,I'm sure Matthew is feeling really good about Ray's statement about now!Is there a secret forum? One that us other forum members should know about?Wat do you think Bob?
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Matthew Prouty


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Warsaw, Poland
Post  Posted 4 Apr 2006 2:51 pm    
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Was in a rush did the copy but no paste...

here is the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOpFnQxJcAE&search=ray%20price

not sure if the link will work, but its Ray Price 1956 Crazy Arms on You Tube.

I was heading to the studio to record on my first professional recording so I was high on it all!

M.
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Billy Wilson

 

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El Cerrito, California, USA
Post  Posted 4 Apr 2006 4:27 pm    
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I seem to remember a picture of Jimmy Day playing a 4 neck Fender with Elvis. Could this be Jimmy playing it with a pedal? Looks like his hands. They also could be lip syncing to studio recording.
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Jon Light (deceased)


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Saugerties, NY
Post  Posted 4 Apr 2006 4:37 pm    
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Ah....ok. Yes--I've seen this footage on TV. I wondered the same thing. I'm seeing what at first I thought was just a light reflection up at the tuners. But it is timed to what would be pedal pulls. This is a place where people were rigging pedals back then. Could we be seeing some "coat hanger" action here?
These old Opry compilations are notorious for cutting in footage from other sources and that was my first thought because we are certainly hearing stuff that we are not seeing the player do with his hands. But now I'm thinking that we are seeing a pedal steel stringmaster.
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Jody Sanders

 

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Magnolia,Texas, R.I.P.
Post  Posted 4 Apr 2006 6:28 pm    
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Jimmy Day had such a great touch that he could sound like pedals on a non-pedal guitar. I think "Crazy Arms" was recorded in 1956 so It is most likely Jimmy was using pedals. Jody.
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Herb Steiner


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Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
Post  Posted 4 Apr 2006 7:00 pm    
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Van Howard was doing the harmony vocals. Jimmy introduced me to him at a Bush gig in Texarkana years ago. He quit the music biz early and became a banker. Heck of a nice man.

Fer sure it was Tommy Jackson and Dale Potter on the fiddles.

I looked at the steel player's hands and I don't think it was synched. He was playing the correct positions for the Bud Isaacs E9 tuning, without the G# or chromatic strings.

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Danny Spinks

 

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Hendersonville, TN, USA
Post  Posted 4 Apr 2006 9:31 pm    
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My guess is Jack Evins. He worked with Price and played a quad Fender with pedal(s) added.
He can be seen playing the guitar with Price
on one of the Gannaway Grand Ole Opry shows
filmed in the 50's.
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Marco Schouten


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Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Post  Posted 4 Apr 2006 9:38 pm    
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Left hand looks different than Jimmy Day's hand (to me)

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Jussi Huhtakangas

 

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Helsinki, Finland
Post  Posted 4 Apr 2006 9:44 pm    
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Yep, Jack Evins!
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Dave Grothusen


From:
Scott City, Ks
Post  Posted 5 Apr 2006 3:38 am    
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Jimmy played with his little finger extended I think.
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Fred Shannon


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Rocking "S" Ranch, Comancheria, Texas, R.I.P.
Post  Posted 5 Apr 2006 4:00 am    
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I think it's Jack also. What Danny and Jussi said.
Phred

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Donny Hinson

 

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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
Post  Posted 6 Apr 2006 3:24 pm    
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There's another Price video ("Soft Rain") on the same page with Jimmy Day playing. Notice that Jimmy uses a lot more vibrato for expression than the player on the "Crazy Arms" video. Small hand movements can say a lot!
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Matthew Prouty


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Warsaw, Poland
Post  Posted 6 Apr 2006 4:21 pm    
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Very true about the technique. I picked that up right away and was almost sure it was not Day. It does not sound like that way Day played it.

I just wished they would have shown the face.

m.
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