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Who is this player?
Posted: 27 Mar 2014 11:10 am
by Ken Byng
Bill McKillop from Scotland emailed this photo of a steel player that he took in Tootsie's in Nashville in 1996. It looks like an early JCH steel, through a Nashville 400. I am not sure who it is, but if anyone can shed some light on the matter, Bill would be a happy chappy!
(I have told him who I think it may be, but I am not confident that I have got it right)
Posted: 27 Mar 2014 11:51 am
by Ken Byng
I'll answer my own question. I have just spoken with Buck Reid on the telephone, and he thinks (the JCH connection) that it's a guy called Randy Hess. Not the person that I first thought it was.
Posted: 28 Mar 2014 6:02 am
by Chubby Howard
My friend Randy Hess plays alot with Pam Tillis!
Posted: 28 Mar 2014 1:32 pm
by Bill McKillop
Thanks Ken,
I should have put it on the forum myself but I thought I'd give you guys a try first.
Posted: 28 Mar 2014 2:24 pm
by Ken Byng
Chubby Howard wrote:My friend Randy Hess plays alot with Pam Tillis!
Chubby
Are you the Chubby Howard who played with Box Car Willie at a country music festival in Switzerland in the early '80's?
Posted: 28 Mar 2014 8:12 pm
by Brett Day
That's definitely Randy Hess-he still plays a black JCH
Posted: 28 Mar 2014 8:46 pm
by Ken Byng
Thanks Brett - you sure know your steel players.
Posted: 31 Mar 2014 11:07 am
by Chubby Howard
Yes Sir that was me!
Posted: 31 Mar 2014 1:37 pm
by Chris Templeton
Was that country music festival put on by Cowboy Kurt?
Posted: 31 Mar 2014 1:39 pm
by Chubby Howard
sorry do not really remember. He was so popular overseas. Thanks for remembering!
Posted: 31 Mar 2014 9:11 pm
by Ken Byng
The festival was put on by Englishman Mervyn Conn.
Chubby
After the show, which I also played on, a lots of the acts came back to our hotel afterwards and performed an informal jam. It was the Hirschen Hotel, Zurich, and Tammy Wynette, Billie Joe Spears and Box Car all came back and performed, and I remember you playing there. It was a great night.
Posted: 3 May 2014 1:40 am
by Randy Hess
Good gawd!!! That's me alright. A long time ago & a lot of hair ago. And yes, I'm still playing that same JCH. Cool pic!!
Posted: 3 May 2014 1:55 am
by Ken Byng
Do you have a more up to date pic of you with the same guitar Randy?
Posted: 3 May 2014 3:41 am
by Roy Peterman
Hey Randy,
I didn't recognize you in that picture, although I thought you looked familiar when I first looked at it. Hope you are doing well. I see your brother Glenn and his son Dan quite often. Hope to see you one of these days. Take care.
Roy
Posted: 3 May 2014 7:13 am
by chris ivey
interesting to hear the switzerland connection. i played the fruitigan singer songwriter festival in switzerland earl 80's with jjwhite. others on the bill were brooks and dunn, little texas, rusty weir, jim lauderdale, leroy parnell....and more. also played in geneva and austria the same trip.