New Jimmy Bryant/Buddy Emmons recording
Posted: 21 Sep 2009 11:24 am
During the seventies I promoted many steel guitar shows. Many of those shows were recorded. I had two projects recorded that were mixed down and sent to a pressing plant in Nashville, Tenn. Somehow, the plant lost them. Much to my surprise and delight, some of these tapes recently surfaced from the original recording studio that recorded them for me.
I had Buddy Emmons, Jimmy Bryant and Johnny Gore do one of those sessions at Rogers Musicland in Muskegon, Michgan. I just got it two weeks ago and I must say, it is good. I plan to release it by mid November as soon as I get the particulars out of the way.
The first part of the CD will feature Jimmy Bryant and his guitar. Jimmy sat on the stage there at the music store for around six minutes and just noodled around with some of the greatest impromtu playing you might ever hear. Yep...Just Jimmy and his guitar.
One of the songs features Buddy and Jimmy swapping fours. Can you imagine the blazing speed of Jimmy Bryant being answered by the blazing speed of Buddy Emmons? It sent chills up my spine and and does everytime I listen to it which has been about 50 times. Other cuts feature Jimmy, Buddy and Johnny Gore paying twin and triple harmony. All new stuff.
This entire session was all impromtu so I have left everything in....all the chatter......... Johnny telling everyone, before a live audience, that he had to go to the bathroom, Johnny telling Bryant that if he can't cut it to just lay out followed by much laughter. This was recorded early afternoon, much to early for all the pickers but they did produce.
The album, 'It's The First Time' is also almost ready to be re-released on CD. Also several of the Cavalcade Of Guitars recordings from the Longhorn Ballroom have been mastered and should be released by the first of next year. We will be setting up a site where all of these products can be ordered. Right now I will be taking orders for the 'It's The First Time' CD and the Jimmy Bryant/Buddy Emmons/Johnny Gore CD.
It's been a long road to get to this point. There is a very important reason for the 33 year delay of the Cavalcade Of Guitars release that we will explain later.
Thanks,
Dave Burley
I had Buddy Emmons, Jimmy Bryant and Johnny Gore do one of those sessions at Rogers Musicland in Muskegon, Michgan. I just got it two weeks ago and I must say, it is good. I plan to release it by mid November as soon as I get the particulars out of the way.
The first part of the CD will feature Jimmy Bryant and his guitar. Jimmy sat on the stage there at the music store for around six minutes and just noodled around with some of the greatest impromtu playing you might ever hear. Yep...Just Jimmy and his guitar.
One of the songs features Buddy and Jimmy swapping fours. Can you imagine the blazing speed of Jimmy Bryant being answered by the blazing speed of Buddy Emmons? It sent chills up my spine and and does everytime I listen to it which has been about 50 times. Other cuts feature Jimmy, Buddy and Johnny Gore paying twin and triple harmony. All new stuff.
This entire session was all impromtu so I have left everything in....all the chatter......... Johnny telling everyone, before a live audience, that he had to go to the bathroom, Johnny telling Bryant that if he can't cut it to just lay out followed by much laughter. This was recorded early afternoon, much to early for all the pickers but they did produce.
The album, 'It's The First Time' is also almost ready to be re-released on CD. Also several of the Cavalcade Of Guitars recordings from the Longhorn Ballroom have been mastered and should be released by the first of next year. We will be setting up a site where all of these products can be ordered. Right now I will be taking orders for the 'It's The First Time' CD and the Jimmy Bryant/Buddy Emmons/Johnny Gore CD.
It's been a long road to get to this point. There is a very important reason for the 33 year delay of the Cavalcade Of Guitars release that we will explain later.
Thanks,
Dave Burley
