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Peter Freiberger

 

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Post  Posted 4 Oct 2011 6:44 am    
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Here's something I just found on YouTube. A version of "Caravan" reportedly recorded during a Ferlin Husky session, with Curly Chalker on steel. The other players are not i.d.'d. An insight into how broadly capable these "country" players really were/are.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vkPSV_Cgp4
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Rick Schmidt


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Prescott AZ, USA
Post  Posted 4 Oct 2011 3:12 pm    
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Really great! Just a guess, but maybe Hank Garland?
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Peter Freiberger

 

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Post  Posted 4 Oct 2011 3:46 pm    
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Seems like a good guess to me. He certainly had the chops and the jazz sensibility.
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robert kramer

 

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Post  Posted 6 Oct 2011 11:04 am    
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This is a gem.

If the recording date is 1965 – it’s not Hank Garland whose car crash is September, 1961. The consensus here is its Phil Baugh and that it was recorded at Capitol in Hollywood – but I’m still checking.

"Travis" (Capitol ST - 1664) was recorded at Capitol and released in 1962. Chalker moved to Nashville from Vegas in 1966. On "Caravan" you can hear how he would have fitted right in with a ‘40’s –'50's swing band.

Both Hank Garland & Curly Chalker are still with us.
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Jim Cohen


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Post  Posted 6 Oct 2011 11:19 am    
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No, but their music is still with us.
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Greg Cutshaw


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Corry, PA, USA
Post  Posted 6 Oct 2011 12:24 pm    
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The guitar style and tone screams out Phil Baugh.


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Peter Freiberger

 

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Post  Posted 6 Oct 2011 5:16 pm    
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That certainly makes sense. Thanks, guys! So would Curly have still been playing a Fender then, which would make it all the more impressive?
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Robbie Daniels

 

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Post  Posted 7 Oct 2011 11:41 am    
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Sounds like and could be Thumbs on lead.
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Gary Walker

 

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Post  Posted 9 Oct 2011 2:55 pm    
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Peter, it doens't really sound like Curly most of the time. There are some similarities in places, but there are some licks that sound foreign to his style. Just my Sunday afternoon two cents worth. Great post and you have a talent (among many others) of finding the hidden treasures. You are good, thanks.
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Doug Beaumier


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Post  Posted 9 Oct 2011 3:52 pm    
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It sounds a lot like Leon Rhodes. fast and clean scale riffs. Leon recorded three instrumental albums in Nashville with the Texas Troubadours between 1964 and 1967.

Compare that youtube clip to ---> This Video
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