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Topic: Who's this guy and who played.................... |
Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 5 Jul 2008 8:25 am |
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Who was the steel player on this guys' early day recordings? ANYONE KNOW?
JOHNNY RION is the vocalist and he passed away on 12/31/96. He seemed to hover in the area surrounding St.Louis, Cape Girardeau and Flat River.
I heard he was famous but out here on far LEFT COAST,we'd never heard of him.
Share your knowledge, okay? |
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John Roche
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England
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Posted 5 Jul 2008 9:03 am
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 5 Jul 2008 9:43 am Well, does anyone.....................
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If Little IVAN played with his group, he cuoldn't have been all bad..........
Anyone have any of his tapes or LP's or CD's?
Very curious what he sounded like. Some of the info' I've come up with makes it sound like he was another Red Foley?
Just hoping to broaden my musical horizons. |
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John Roche
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England
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Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 5 Jul 2008 12:34 pm Thanks John.................
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Any of those, per chance, have JERRY BYRD and his steel guitar on them?
Thanks for the bio info'. |
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Mitch Drumm
From:
Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 5 Jul 2008 6:11 pm
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Ray:
Rion released only 4 sides for King:
810 Sunny Tennessee/A Packaged Tied In Blue
829 Blind Child's Prayer/Handprints On The Window Pane
Both are from 1949. They are not my cup of tea, but you can download all 4 here, as well as everything else in the King 800 series:
http://www.box.net/shared/66o77dyuzt#2:3792094
Click the down arrow at the right side of the screen next to tht title and the download link will pop up.
I just listened and it sounds like JB to me, but your ear is better than mine. |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 8 Jul 2008 7:48 am One of the most exciting chouruse I've yet heard!
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Many thanks to you! This was like a surprise package.
I just stumbled onto an olde Clyde Moody tune "Tears on My Pillow"..... I had previously caught a radio broadcast of this tune with Jerry Byrd on steel, and was elated by what I heard. BUT, when I played the version on the site you suggested, he plays an entire chorus and it's a PERFECT EXAMPLE of his C6th/7TH TUNING! I've never heard anything like it.
He rings stuff out of that lil' g'tar like never before heard. You can hear when he's playing on the lower strings like never before. A day to celebrate!
You all might want to give it a listen! Many thanks for the LINK. |
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