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Tony Booth
Posted: 10 Jan 2006 5:51 am
by clive swindell
From what I can find out, Tony Booth did about 7 LPs in the 1970s with Jay Dee playing steel.
Can anyone tell me which were the best?
Posted: 10 Jan 2006 7:22 am
by c c johnson
IMHO, they were all great. Go to the
www.alvinopry.com and they are avaiable there.
Posted: 10 Jan 2006 8:14 am
by Walter Stettner
Right, they are all great!
Jay Dee played on them, also Jerry Brightman can be heard on several Tony Booth recordings!
Kind Regards, Walter
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www.austriansteelguitar.at.tf
Posted: 10 Jan 2006 11:15 am
by Fred Jack
Also Ralph Mooney recorded an album with Johnny Booth. AKA Tony Booth.
Posted: 12 Jan 2006 5:18 am
by Jason Odd
Good call Fred, the Johnny Booth LP is from 1967 and on the Uni label, apparently they thought 'Tony' was too ethnic a name for country music fans!
Posted: 12 Jan 2006 6:12 am
by Fred Jack
I think Tony told me that Buck came up with the change.They didn't think Johnny was "pro" enuf.Or sounded just right so they came up with Tony.
Posted: 12 Jan 2006 7:30 am
by clive swindell
Thanks guys
I just found the Johnny Booth 1967 LP on ebay for $7.99. It will be in interesting to hear Mooney - several of the songs on the LP appear to be Wynn Stewart numbers so it is logical that Ralph Mooney is playing as he did the originals.
Posted: 12 Jan 2006 1:56 pm
by Jerry Brightman
Fred,
Your right on the money as it was Buck that suggested "Tony".
Jerry
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Posted: 13 Jan 2006 7:00 am
by Jason Odd
sorry, when I wrote 'they' I was mentally including Buck as I thought he was part of Tony's management or whatever.
When he was on MGM (before the Capitol LPs) the studio chores were handled by Owens studio alumini which lends some creedence to this thinking.
Posted: 13 Jan 2006 7:47 am
by Bill Nauman
http://www.tonybooth.homestead.com/cdsandtapes.html
Yep im still kickin here in the Poconos,
Tony is still one of my heros.. my buddy in Vegas,Randy Landers played some guitar on Tony's sessions with Jay Dee.
I heard Tony was selling used cars! Rumor?
"keep pickin'"
Posted: 13 Jan 2006 10:43 am
by Jody Cameron
Bill, Tony's not selling cars, but driving a truck on short runs near Houston, TX. I pick with him once in a while, and play with his brother Larry on a quite regular basis. Both Tony and Larry are doing very well, and both are still involved in music. Tony is the bass player at the Alvin Opry in Alvin, TX, just south of Houston. JC