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...TWO ICONS COLLIDE
Posted: 13 Jan 2007 11:42 am
by Theresa Galbraith
Kickin' Out The Footlights by Jones & Haggard!
I love it! Great steel work and Great Musicianship by all & I recommend this cd for all country fans!
Theresa
Posted: 13 Jan 2007 11:46 am
by b0b
Who's the steel player? <small>I wonder...</small>
Posted: 13 Jan 2007 12:04 pm
by Theresa Galbraith
bOb, I wonder...
Paul Franklin
Posted: 13 Jan 2007 2:54 pm
by Bob Ritter
Who is this Franklin fellow anyway ? Have you ever seen him Theresa?...lol
Posted: 13 Jan 2007 3:41 pm
by Dustin Elmer
I just picked up my copy today and I love it. They picked a good selection too. I think Norm Hamlet plays on the Haggard cuts, am I right? I know Paul Franklin plays on the Jones cuts.
Posted: 13 Jan 2007 3:50 pm
by erik
...available at WalMart.
Posted: 13 Jan 2007 6:03 pm
by James Cann
I agree. Got it for Christmas. Excellent selection of tunes, and each one well done. Also received Jerry Lee Lewis's "Last Man Standing"--great fun just listening to this one.
Franklin and Hamlet indeed are the gents in attendance.
Posted: 13 Jan 2007 8:43 pm
by Stu Schulman
Hey Theresa A friend of mine bought a Live Merle CD at Walmart last week,It has three concerts on it,There is one from the Astro-Dome in 1978? that's really great,have you seen it?
Merle and George CD
Posted: 13 Jan 2007 9:01 pm
by norm hamlet
The Strangers and I only play on don`t get around much anymore, it was recorded in Hag,s studio in Calif.
The rest of the CD was done in Nashville with Paul and it is in my opinion a great CD.
Norm
Posted: 14 Jan 2007 2:47 am
by Ken Byng
The two icons - would that be Merle and George or Norm and Paul. I was thinking of the latter.
Posted: 15 Jan 2007 8:52 am
by Les Green
Icons? Norm and Paul, no question. The other two guys, Merle and George, merely back-up!
Posted: 15 Jan 2007 9:53 am
by Bo Borland
NORM!! Isn't it great be somewhere everyone knows your name?
PF & NH
Posted: 15 Jan 2007 10:37 am
by Billy Carr
I'm going to Wal-Mart this afternoon!
Posted: 15 Jan 2007 10:51 am
by Ken Byng
I would not have taken up the pedal steel guitar if it wasn't for hearing Norm's sublime playing. Always plays just what is required and not a note more.
Posted: 18 Jan 2007 9:00 am
by Gary C. Dygert
Norm, did you & Tom Brumley ever get together & jam?
Posted: 18 Jan 2007 8:05 pm
by norm hamlet
Bo, yes it is nice for people to remember who we are. And I am blessed to be called a steel player along with everyone on this forum.
Ken, thanks for the good words I have allways tried to play what I thought fit with the vocals.
Gary, Tom and I have known each other for a long time but we have never sat down and jammed together. However when we were working at the same time in Branson I asked Tom if he would mind if I came over to his house and learn some of his licks and he said sure. So that is a time I treasure very much.
Tom is at the top of my list for great and innovative players.
Norm
Posted: 19 Jan 2007 11:43 am
by Gary C. Dygert
Norm, one of my all-time favorite recordings is the Same Train, Different Time Jimmie Rodgers tribute. The mix of Dobro and pedal steel was terrific, and it inspired me to start playing steel.
Posted: 19 Jan 2007 11:45 am
by Mike Wolfenbarger
That would truly be an amazing day, to be able to go to Tom Brumley's house and learn some licks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 9 Jun 2007 3:54 pm
by Alan Brookes
norm hamlet wrote:Bo, yes it is nice for people to remember who we are.
How could we forget ? On all those live albums Merle says, "and here we have Norm Hamlet on steel", so it's almost as though those words have now become part of the song, and every time we hear the song and the steel solo comes in, no matter who is on steel we expect to hear old Merle say.....
Posted: 7 Aug 2007 8:37 am
by Ron Page
I'm a little behind in this... but I picked up a copy at the Haggard & Jones concert at the Ohio State Fair the other night, and boy am I pleased that I did.
"Sick, Sober and Sorry" kills me. It's a funny story backed by some damned fine music. Paul's on the back neck and tears it up on a couple of breaks.
It was great to get to see them to a couple of the cuts live on stage together.
Norm sounds as good as ever with the GFI. He's worked a little commedy into the routine on Muskogee. When Hag sings, "...we still let our hair grow long and shaggy" they both remove their hats. Most people that have seen the pics on the forum know that Hag now has more hair than Norm. That got a big laugh from the crowd.
Posted: 7 Aug 2007 9:24 am
by Theresa Galbraith
Ron,
I've always thought you were behind times! LOL
I'm glad you went to the concert. Norm & Tom are awesome!
See ya in St.Louis..... and I'm glad ya got the CD!
Posted: 8 Aug 2007 9:07 am
by Ron Page
T,
I probably missed your command, err I mean post, encouraging me to buy this one.
However, I did recognized your little brother's stellar works right out of the box. Great stuff in deed! Although, after 38 years, there is something about Merle Haggard songs without Norm Hamlet on steel that I find, shall I say, odd.
"I Don't Get Around Much" reminded me of some things I'd forgotten about ole George Jones. That thing about singing in a Donald Duck voice quacks me up.