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Topic: Emmons, Hughey, Frankin w/Vince Gill |
Rick Johnson
From:
Wheelwright, Ky USA
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Posted 19 Oct 2006 6:30 am |
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Just got Vince Gill's new box set.
Great job by some of Nashville's
finest steel players.
Rick
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Ernie Renn
From:
Brainerd, Minnesota USA
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Posted 19 Oct 2006 9:51 am
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Check Here for some audio samples. 
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My best,
Ernie
www.BuddyEmmons.com |
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 19 Oct 2006 10:02 am
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How much is it, Rick?
RR |
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Rick Johnson
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Wheelwright, Ky USA
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 19 Oct 2006 10:18 am
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Darn it! I was just in there today and I looked but they didn't have it.
I didn't know 'E' was on it - that decides it for me. I'll try again tomorrow.
Thanks, Rick.
RR |
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Terry Edwards
From:
Florida... livin' on spongecake...
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Posted 19 Oct 2006 10:41 am
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It's a 4-disc set of all new material for $24 -- an incredible value!
Way to go Vinny! |
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Mark Eaton
From:
Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 19 Oct 2006 11:11 am
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I picked it up yesterday-haven't gotten too far into it yet, but I've listened to the majority of the "country" disc, and that one will make a lot of members here happy.
Pretty much straight ahead country with steel on about every song.
I've been a big Vince guy for years, but I questioned his ability to be able to come up with 43 good songs in a couple year span to warrant an album like this-but I have to say, so far/so good.
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Mark
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Don Discher
From:
Sault Ste Marie,Ontario,Canada
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Posted 19 Oct 2006 12:26 pm
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| Great to see that a humungous star like Vince features other stars on almost every tune...PRICELESS. |
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John Macy
From:
Rockport TX/Denver CO
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Posted 19 Oct 2006 7:07 pm
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| It's on sale at Target for $19.99. Quick glance at the credits--Paul on 11 tunes, Buddy on 6 and John on 2... Nice job |
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Lem Smith
From:
Long Beach, MS
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Posted 19 Oct 2006 7:15 pm
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| I've been listening to it on Rhapsody, and it IS good stuff! |
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Billy Carr
From:
Seminary, Mississippi, USA (deceased)
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Posted 19 Oct 2006 9:18 pm
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| Bought the CD set at Wal-Mart this evening. Two of the CD's are full of steel with BE,PF & JH. |
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Theresa Galbraith
From:
Goodlettsville,Tn. USA
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Posted 20 Oct 2006 3:57 am
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| Which two? |
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Larry Behm
From:
Mt Angel, Or 97362
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Posted 20 Oct 2006 4:00 am
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4 VG CD's for around $20, most CD's ar pushing $19 for one.
I am listening to it as I sit here, CD 3 with Buddy and John, straight ahead Vince with a great harmony vocalist and steel.
For those of you who thought country was dead IT'S NOT. Vince is the real deal.
Larry Behm |
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KENNY KRUPNICK
From:
Columbus, Ohio
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Posted 20 Oct 2006 5:52 pm
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I love the voice of Diana Krall. Excellent jazz singer,and pianist.  |
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Peter Dollard
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Posted 21 Oct 2006 9:32 am
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Perhaps the best part of Vinces project( aside from the superb musicanship) is that we will not have to have the usual Forum cat fight about whether the record is too country, too rock, too acoustic. There is a full disc of each as well as some pop jazz tracks. In this way everyone has ten or eleven reasons to enjoy Vince's explorations in each idiom...I am going out on a limb here but Charley Cushman plays some great straight Scruggs style banjo on the bluegrass number, "All Prayed Up". Also the fiddle player(Michael Cleveland) on that track is blind since birth!...Charlie informed me that Michael played past the end of his fiddle break because he couldnt see the rest of the band but they picked up on it perfectly!
This set is really worth every dollar....Peter |
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Mark Eaton
From:
Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 21 Oct 2006 10:02 am
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Theresa-it's in my car, so I can't tell you about all the steel tracks right off-but Vince and his people did a beautiful job of packaging.
In the little book, unlike on a lot of albums where the players are listed in general, but that's as much as you get on the details-each player and singer is listed for that particular song, along with the lyrics.
If you're asking the question because you might want to download your favorites off the album from i-tunes or whatever, just go out and buy the thing-at $20 on sale at Target, it's the best music value I've come across in many years-and it's probably a lot cheaper that way than downloading songs.
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Mark
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Theresa Galbraith
From:
Goodlettsville,Tn. USA
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Posted 21 Oct 2006 4:13 pm
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Thanks Mark,
I don't download, I might buy it. I was just wondering if steel was only on the country cd and if the steel is out front in the mix?
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Peter Dollard
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Posted 21 Oct 2006 7:13 pm
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| Theresa, there is some occasional steel on the other discs(except the bluegrass record) but not as upfront as on the country one. I hate to start a fire storm here but I wish they had cranked up the steel in the country mix a little more....perhaps if they had equed the steel a little differently it would be more audially apparent. Having said that you can still hear every note and my ears do not perceive the treble as well as they used to. This is really just nit picking: it is a an outstanding effort by Vince and Paul and everyone who played on there...Peter |
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Theresa Galbraith
From:
Goodlettsville,Tn. USA
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Posted 22 Oct 2006 4:54 am
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Thanks Peter,
I appreciate your answer! |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 23 Oct 2006 12:12 am
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Some fine players, who consitently play great music.
I'll have to order it.
The review in the Bangkok Post was glowing,
and had pics with the Del McCory band,
one of my favorites.
Should be a great listen, for a long time.[This message was edited by David L. Donald on 23 October 2006 at 01:13 AM.] |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 23 Oct 2006 7:04 am
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I went to Target to pick up the CD and they were ALL SOLD OUT!! Bummer!
However, they gave me a rain check, I took it to Wally World and they matched the $19.99 price and beat it by 2 cents, $19.97.
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Mark Eaton
From:
Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 23 Oct 2006 3:29 pm
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Theresa, I didn't want you to think that the album was in my car the other day, but I was too lazy to walk outside to look at the little book that came with it-my wife had taken that car on a Costco run (those can be very costly).
Here is how it breaks down overall, by numbers of tracks that contain steel. Theresa's bro is the most often used:
Steel:
Paul Franklin-10
Buddy Emmons-6
John Hughey-2
Dobro:
Jerry Douglas-2
Paul Franklin-1
All 10 of the songs on the Country & Western disc contain steel.
My favorite lyric, from "Take This Country Back," a duet with John Anderson:
"We got to take this country back
We need a few more matchin' Nudie suits
and silver dollar Cadillacs
When we all gather up in Heaven, how we
gonna face the man in black
We got to take this country back"
or earlier in the song:
"There's one too many dime store cowboys
muscled up in a cowboy hat
We got to take this country back"
You go Vince!
And as far as the steel being up front in the mix-it it may not be as up front as on a specialty steel guitar record, but it's there, and you can hear it with no problem at all.
From the liner notes:
"In one sense, Eric Clapton inspired Gill to follow his creative impulses. In 2004, Clapton called to invite him to participate in Clapton's Crossroards
Guitar Festival, a one-time gathering of master guitarists in Dallas. When he phoned, Clapton told Gill he was only inviting people whose work he admired. Gill follows a similar approach here, making musical artistry his yardstick. "I'm not ever trying to fill up my records with famous people," he says. I try to fill 'em up with the most talented people I can find on the face of the earth. I feel like every time you try to make something better than it could be, you're doing your job."
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Mark
[This message was edited by Mark Eaton on 23 October 2006 at 04:35 PM.] |
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Theresa Galbraith
From:
Goodlettsville,Tn. USA
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Posted 23 Oct 2006 4:01 pm
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Mark,
I might go buy it after your read.[This message was edited by Theresa Galbraith on 23 October 2006 at 05:02 PM.] |
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Don Walters
From:
Saskatchewan Canada
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Posted 23 Oct 2006 4:47 pm
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Mark, do you know which tracks each steeler plays on?
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Mark Eaton
From:
Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 23 Oct 2006 5:47 pm
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As written in my post prior to the more recent one:
"In the little book, unlike on a lot of albums where the players are listed in general, but that's as much as you get on the details-each player and singer is listed for that particular song, along with the lyrics."
It's all there, if you buy the album.
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Mark
[This message was edited by Mark Eaton on 23 October 2006 at 06:48 PM.] |
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