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| 2850.1 | Been Here and Gone | TECRUS::ROST | Marcel Marceau's voice coach | Mon Nov 08 1993 13:09 | 11 |
| You just missed him if you live near Boston, he played over at Johnny
D's a few weekends ago.
He's from Texas (Austin?), plays mostly the old honky-tonk style (Hank
Williams, Ernie Tubb) but unlike most country front men he also is the
lead instrumentalist.
He has two albums out now (I think on Elektra); there was a previous
cassette only release that may or may not be part of these two albums.
Brian
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| 2850.2 | Guit With It! | ELWOOD::VEDUCCIO | | Tue Nov 09 1993 07:29 | 27 |
| He calls his custom doublenecked Tele/Steel guitar a "Guitsteel" and
the name of his latest record is called "Guit With It." I bought it a
while back on a hunch after I saw the picture of him playing that thing
on the front cover and was not disappointed. Along with "Sugarfoot Rag,"
other stand outs are "Highway Patrol", "Guitsteel Blues,"and "My Wife
Thinks You're Dead" which features Jimmy Vaughn on lead lead guitar. His
wife has a very good voice and sings duet or backup on a few songs to good
effect. It is released on the Curb record label and they have also reissued
his first record that Brian has mentioned in the previous note.
His sound is basically hard-core country but he has some elements of
rock and blues thrown in here and there for good measure. You definitely
wouldn't mistake him for one of the "new country" type acts (and I mean
that as a compliment).
I caught the show at Johnny D's a few weeks back and couldn't believe
how good this guy is live. He was accompanied by his wife on acoustic guitar
and some vocals, along with a bass and drums. He is a real monster on that
Guitsteel and just hammered out amazing sounds on it all night. During the
first set between some great country numbers he did a killer version of
"Pipeline" which segued into "Secret Agent Man" and I don't think that I
have ever heard a better live version of either song. He also did the
Hendrix thing during "Sugarfoot Rag." It was certainty a contender for one of
the best shows that I have been to this year. I would think that even a
good percentage of the "don't like country" crowd would enjoy his live
shows. He's that good.
Mike
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| 2850.3 | The Browns have it licked !! | PAKORA::JHYNDMAN | | Thu Nov 11 1993 18:29 | 10 |
| Speaking of Sugarfoot Rag,have any of you guys heard the version done
by a guitarist called Charlie Brown on an album by Rural Free Delivery?
It was a band put together by Eric Weissberg of Duelin' Banjo's fame
to cash in on the Deliverance bandwagon.(Mid 70's)
They called the track"Concrete Canyon Boogie" but it's Sugarfoot
Rag rocked up a LOT,and for me it was a real turning point in guitar.
BTW,the bass player was Tony Brown.
Jim.
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| 2850.4 | a new Junior fan! | FABSIX::I_GOLDIE | resident alien | Tue Jul 25 1995 19:48 | 15 |
|
I was flicking through the channels on sunday and saw this guy play.
He was awesome....!It was some kind of show where they only played 1
song from each entertainer and I was sickened that he did only one tune
cuz this guy is a monster player!I think I may buy some of his albums.
......oh god I'm a redneck C&W fan!Somebody get start blasting some
Metallica to get me back to the way I was.....! 8)
ian
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| 2850.5 | | ODIXIE::CERASO | | Wed Jul 26 1995 17:30 | 4 |
| I became a Junior Brown fan last month after seeing him play here in
Birmingham. He's an intense player and a real crowd pleaser. Got to get
some of his recordings.
CERASO
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| 2850.6 | | FABSIX::I_GOLDIE | resident alien | Wed Jul 26 1995 18:43 | 5 |
|
any recommendations?
ian
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| 2850.7 | | POLAR::KFICZERE | | Wed Dec 06 1995 14:07 | 4 |
| Seen this guy on TNN last nite.....I'm lost for words. This ol' country
boy WAILS!!!! ....and I HATE C&W !
kev
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