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Jimmy Crawford
Posted: 27 Mar 2020 12:07 pm
by Paul Wade
I found this article about Jimmy Crawford .can some tell when Jimmy toured with Vince gill. Was it before John hugey..
The last several years of his life he did not play out publicly much, but he did do some touring with Vince Gill and some of the higher paying road jobs. His personality was such that everyone that worked with him got along well with him and would brag about the experience...
P.w
Posted: 27 Mar 2020 12:33 pm
by Erv Niehaus
I'm sure it had to be before John Hughey.
Erv
Posted: 27 Mar 2020 12:33 pm
by scott murray
can you share the article Paul?
Jimmy Crawford
Posted: 27 Mar 2020 12:49 pm
by Paul Wade
Posted: 28 Mar 2020 6:27 am
by Bill Ferguson
Great article, but Jimmy should have been spelled Jimmie.
Posted: 28 Mar 2020 10:30 am
by Dean Holman
I worked with Jimmie from mid to late nineties. He never mentioned touring with Vince.Gill. He always talked about touring with Wilma Lee, Slim Whitman and Loretta Lynn. Towards the last few years he toured with Radney Foster and Marsha Thornton. I’m guessing whoever wrote the article, was referring to John Hughey and for some reason thought it was Jimmie. I was neighbors with Jimmie for 3 years and helped him build his latest JCH’s. After I left, Buck Reid went to work for Jimmie. In all that time and all the stories Jimmie told me, not once did he ever mention touring with Vince.
Posted: 29 Mar 2020 6:18 am
by Bill Ferguson
I'm not sure that Jimmie toured with Vince, in the way we would think.
I think maybe Vince was a sideman just like Jimmie in one of the bands.
I pretty much followed Vince once he became a star and never saw or heard of Jimmie playing steel with him.
Remember, sometimes Bobbe Seymour either did not remember the real facts or would change them.
Posted: 3 Apr 2020 7:19 am
by Jeff Peterson
Vince's first tour with John Hughey was opening for Reba and us(Clint Black) on a shared headline that started in Canada. I also worked with Jimmie at his home on the breaks from the road. John played his JCH for about 2 weeks of the tour. We'd get to the venue for soundcheck, and for the first 2 weeks John was always sitting on my Emmons(LLIII) just playin' away. He loved it and ordered 3 after just 2 days. Ron Lashley was thrilled to say the least. Between the two of them, neither ever mentioned Jimmie playing with Vince. Happily, at the time, Jimmie never got too mad at me for John's switch, 'course it really wasn't my fault I guess.
Posted: 4 Apr 2020 5:34 am
by Jeff Evans
Three: Cartage, crib, and bus?
Seems I read John Hughey's issue with JCH is that he couldn't get a
second one.
- There's nothin' like a steel guitar
Cryin' in the night.
Posted: 4 Apr 2020 6:35 am
by Ken Byng
Bill Ferguson wrote:.......Remember, sometimes Bobbe Seymour either did not remember the real facts or would change them.
Really - Who'd a thunk it?
Posted: 5 Apr 2020 6:55 am
by Roger Rettig
If Bobbe Seymour hadn't ever existed I think we would have had to make him up.
Posted: 5 Apr 2020 10:36 am
by Chris Brooks
Bobbe was definitely a unique individual.
Posted: 5 Apr 2020 11:57 am
by Paul Norman
I am glad I got to talk to him. I bought little stuff from him. Bars, strings, etc.
Posted: 5 Apr 2020 12:26 pm
by Larry Bressington
I saw Jimmy Crawford with JD (Jerry Donahue) around 1990 at the Bristol Airport social club, that my freinds was some mighty fine pickin. Jimmie liked to de-tune certain strings for certain songs, he was mind blowing on that thing, complete star of the show, banjo rolls and mega licks. I've never heard of the Vince Gill thing.
Posted: 5 Apr 2020 12:43 pm
by scott murray
Jimmie worked with Radney Foster who opened for Vince Gill for a time. maybe that's the connection to Vince
Posted: 5 Apr 2020 10:29 pm
by Per Berner
As a youngster, I attended a seminar here in Sweden, held by Jimmie Crawford with some assistance from Danish steeler Nils Tuxen. This was back in '79 or '80. I was amazed by his 10 pedal/10 lever setup and of course his phenomenal speed.
The evening jam must have been tough on JImmie – the next day he was a lot quieter and wore his sunglasses all day
Posted: 5 Apr 2020 10:35 pm
by Steve Hinson
Per Berner wrote:As a youngster, I attended a seminar here in Sweden, held by Jimmie Crawford with some assistance from Danish steeler Nils Tuxen. This was back in '79 or '80. I was amazed by his 10 pedal/10 lever setup and of course his phenomenal speed.
The evening jam must have been tough on JImmie – the next day he was a lot quieter and wore his sunglasses all day
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Accidents can happen in the workplace...
SH
Posted: 7 Apr 2020 3:21 pm
by Larry Bressington
It must have been very sunny inside, or those headache pills 💊 were not strong enough! Lol
Posted: 7 Apr 2020 5:19 pm
by Buck Reid
Say what you want... Jimmie Crawford was one of the most brilliant people I've ever met! RIP my friend.
Posted: 7 Apr 2020 5:37 pm
by John Macy
Amen, Buck!
Posted: 7 Apr 2020 5:59 pm
by Steve Hinson
Buck Reid wrote:Say what you want... Jimmie Crawford was one of the most brilliant people I've ever met! RIP my friend.
No doubt about that!
SH
Posted: 8 Apr 2020 6:59 pm
by Robert Rogers
Jimmy was unbelievably knowledgeable when it came to the mechanics for pedal steel guitar and was a great man.He was so intelligent and such a great friend to us all.I miss him so very much
