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Topic: farewell party what key ? |
Calvin Walley
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colorado city colorado, USA
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Posted 25 Oct 2013 9:38 pm |
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i have heard it played in every key from A to G but to me Lloyd Greens sounds best , does anyone know what key he did it in ? it sounds like Bb to me but i'm not 100% sure
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Mullen SD-10 /nashville 400
gotta love a Mullen!!!
Guitars that i have owned in order are :
Mullen SD-10,Simmons SD-10,Mullen SD-10,Zum stage one,Carter starter,
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Calvin Walley
From:
colorado city colorado, USA
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Posted 25 Oct 2013 11:29 pm
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that's the version that I like
thanks
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proud parent of a sailor
Mullen SD-10 /nashville 400
gotta love a Mullen!!!
Guitars that i have owned in order are :
Mullen SD-10,Simmons SD-10,Mullen SD-10,Zum stage one,Carter starter,
Sho-Bud Mavrick |
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Daniel Policarpo
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Kansas City
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 26 Oct 2013 2:53 am
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| I've backed a lot of different singers on that song and all, except one, did it in D or D/E. |
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Jerry Van Hoose
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Wears Valley, Tennessee
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Posted 26 Oct 2013 4:56 am
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I agree with Jack. In the past, the artists that I've played for, sang it in either D or D/E. Also, that's the same key whenever I play it as an instrumental. Yes, Richard Burton has some really good tabs!
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Calvin Walley
From:
colorado city colorado, USA
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Posted 26 Oct 2013 8:18 am
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thanks a million ..that helps me a lot
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proud parent of a sailor
Mullen SD-10 /nashville 400
gotta love a Mullen!!!
Guitars that i have owned in order are :
Mullen SD-10,Simmons SD-10,Mullen SD-10,Zum stage one,Carter starter,
Sho-Bud Mavrick |
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 26 Oct 2013 9:00 am
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Johnny Bush's version, with Day on steel, is in F modulating to G.
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My rig: Infinity and Telonics.
Son, we live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with steel guitars. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? |
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Jon Light (deceased)
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 26 Oct 2013 9:17 am
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While I believe that Gene Watson owns this song (figuratively speaking) and while Lloyd's version kills me and while Johnny Bush's rendition is not up to those standards for me, Jimmy Day, on the Bush recording, grabs my heart, rips it out and mops the floor with it.
No matter how many times I listen to it my hair stands up. |
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Tony Glassman
From:
The Great Northwest
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Posted 26 Oct 2013 9:32 am
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| what key?............. whatever key the singer needs it to be in. |
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Calvin Walley
From:
colorado city colorado, USA
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Posted 26 Oct 2013 9:43 am
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I have worked on this song off and on for years and can never get it quite right and its bugging the crap outa me ...lol
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proud parent of a sailor
Mullen SD-10 /nashville 400
gotta love a Mullen!!!
Guitars that i have owned in order are :
Mullen SD-10,Simmons SD-10,Mullen SD-10,Zum stage one,Carter starter,
Sho-Bud Mavrick |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 26 Oct 2013 10:34 am
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| Jon Light wrote: |
While I believe that Gene Watson owns this song (figuratively speaking) and while Lloyd's version kills me and while Johnny Bush's rendition is not up to those standards for me, Jimmy Day, on the Bush recording, grabs my heart, rips it out and mops the floor with it.
No matter how many times I listen to it my hair stands up. |
I love the modulation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH8tuBuwVnM
Well, I love all of it
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 26 Oct 2013 10:57 am
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I have only played it behind a few singers that had the guts to try to sing it. All of them, but 1, played it in D. The 1 exception was a singer that did it in E.
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 55 years and still counting. |
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Cal Sharp
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the farm in Kornfield Kounty, TN
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 26 Oct 2013 11:45 am
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Another version by Joe Nichols with Terry Crisp on PSG. Gene Watson's is still my favorite version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f6m6gep3tQ
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 55 years and still counting. |
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Dale Lee
From:
Down Yonder
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Posted 26 Oct 2013 2:34 pm
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Thank you, Mr. Sharp. I didn't know that. Mr. Dickens did a great job with it. Here is a link to the audio on YouTube for those who, like me, may not have heard this nice version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyOCSDtRRgA |
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Terry Sneed
From:
Arkansas,
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Posted 26 Oct 2013 3:06 pm song
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| Jimmy Day, on the Bush recording, grabs my heart, rips it out and mops the floor with it. |
Agreed, Jimmy's version is my favorite also!!
Terry |
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Paul Norman
From:
Washington, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 26 Oct 2013 5:30 pm
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| Gene Watson sings it in E/Fsharp |
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Edward Rhea
From:
Medford Oklahoma, USA
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Carl Kilmer
From:
East Central, Illinois
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Posted 27 Oct 2013 7:46 am
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I always play it in D and mod to E except when my friend sings it,
then it's just in D. Because he can't get the high notes in E. 
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Henry Matthews
From:
Texarkana, Ark USA
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Posted 27 Oct 2013 3:39 pm
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Gene Watson's version by far is still my favorite with Lloyd on steel. Gene does it now in E to F I believe. Herbie Wallace also had a great instrumental version.
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Henry Matthews
D-10 Magnum, 8 &5, dark rose color
D-10 1974 Emmons cut tail, fat back,rosewood, 8&5
Nashville 112 amp, Fishman Loudbox Performer amp, Hilton pedal, Goodrich pedal,BJS bar, Kyser picks, Live steel Strings. No effects, doodads or stomp boxes. |
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Tiny Olson
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Mohawk River Valley, Upstate NY
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Posted 27 Oct 2013 3:58 pm
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Paul Norman is correct, Gene sang it in E with the mod. to F# at the end of Lloyd's solo. I was there when it was cut in one take with less than 10 mins. left on the session clock. But when we played it live Gene sang it in E to F as 4 to 5 one nighters a week back then would work over just about anyone's voice. The 1/2 tone mod. was just a little easier on Gene, not that he would ever have to worry about hitting that last note.
Just for the record, it was Bush's version with Jimmie Day that he was diggin' prior to the session in which he cut it himself. The choice of cutting that song was made as an afterthought in that last 10 minutes.
Sincerely,
Chris "Tiny" O. |
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 27 Oct 2013 4:31 pm
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| Tiny Olson wrote: |
Paul Norman is correct, Gene sang it in E with the mod. to F# at the end of Lloyd's solo. I was there when it was cut in one take with less than 10 mins. left on the session clock. But when we played it live Gene sang it in E to F as 4 to 5 one nighters a week back then would work over just about anyone's voice. The 1/2 tone mod. was just a little easier on Gene, not that he would ever have to worry about hitting that last note.
Just for the record, it was Bush's version with Jimmie Day that he was diggin' prior to the session in which he cut it himself. The choice of cutting that song was made as an afterthought in that last 10 minutes.
Sincerely,
Chris "Tiny" O. |
This is the stuff that I love. 
The night Tiny and I met, my band had opened for Gene at the Silver Dollar in Austin TX. Also in Gene's band was my old LA picker pal Tony Booth, his bro Larry Booth, one of the Kastner brothers from the old Palomino Club band. This was a great band and Gene and them totally killed it!
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My rig: Infinity and Telonics.
Son, we live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with steel guitars. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? |
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Bobby D. Jones
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 27 Oct 2013 6:46 pm Farewell Party what key ?
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| I have heard Gene Watson's story of how they cut the song in 10 minutes on the first take. I have heard Loyd Green's side on an interview also. I have the recording of Farewell Party by Gene Watson on CD and it is kicks off in E at the end of the ride Loyd hits one lick of C#,to B to F#. A band I played in kicked it off in G, I took the ride, at the end of the ride. Pick 4,5and 6 at 3rd fret slide up to 7th fret shoving A&B pedals down as you slide the bar. One lick of E, keep pedals A&B down, slide back to the 5th fret, D, Pick 4th and 5th strings and release pedals. That is a beautiful lick as long as the band goes with you. If not &$%#&!@. |
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Tiny Olson
From:
Mohawk River Valley, Upstate NY
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Posted 28 Oct 2013 5:33 am
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Hey Herb:
I remember that night well. You sounded great too and we sure had a good time. I speak to Tony and Larry and the Booth Brothers are both well. I hope you are also.
As for me, I'm out of commission for a few months... destroyed my right shoulder / rotator cuff while cleaning out a boat launch of debris so I could launch the bass boat. The worst part is that I never was able to get on the water that day and it ended the fishing this year for me right at the fall primetime !! No music for awhile either. What a drag. Surgery is set for 10/30. You stay well pal.
Sincerely,
Chris "Tiny" O. |
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