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Topic: Amber Digby |
Rick Collins
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Claremont , CA USA
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Posted 23 Feb 2015 5:16 pm |
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Amber Digby's style is very near Tanya Tucker's style.
Who plays pedal steel with her?
...really decent work. |
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Jeff Garden
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Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 23 Feb 2015 5:42 pm
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| The great Dicky Overbey, Amber's Step-Dad, played steel with her for years. Sadly he passed away last Fall. I'm not sure who her steel player is now... |
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Dustin Rhodes
From:
Owasso OK
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Posted 23 Feb 2015 7:04 pm
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| That's too bad. He played beautiful steel. |
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john buffington
From:
Owasso OK - USA
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Posted 23 Feb 2015 9:03 pm
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| Dave Biller has played for her at times also. |
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Dave Grothusen
From:
Scott City, Ks
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Posted 24 Feb 2015 4:12 am
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| She is better than Tanya. At times she can sound like Tammy, Loretta and Dolly. Very talented. |
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john buffington
From:
Owasso OK - USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2015 7:37 am
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| Amen to what Dave said!!!!! This girl is the REAL DEAL ! |
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Dustin Rhodes
From:
Owasso OK
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Posted 24 Feb 2015 7:48 am
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| john buffington wrote: |
| Amen to what Dave said!!!!! This girl is the REAL DEAL ! |
Should I post responses to you or just yell across town? |
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Brett Barton
From:
San Marcos, Texas
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Posted 24 Feb 2015 7:59 am
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| Nathan Fleming currently plays steel with her. |
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Jeff Garden
From:
Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2015 8:52 am
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Thanks, Brett...Nathan has got himself a great gig. For anyone that doesn't have Amber's CD's, you can get them through Heart of Texas Records http://www.hillbillyhits.com/hotrecords/amberdigby.html
You can learn lots of great honky tonk pedal steel intros, fills, endings, and breaks by listening to Dicky Overbey's playing on these. (also Jim Loessberg, Lloyd Green, and Rick Price play on some tunes) |
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Rick Collins
From:
Claremont , CA USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2015 9:22 am
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Yes, I'm already convinced, Amber is the "real deal".
Is she a Texas girl?
Has she ever performed on Austin City Limits? |
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Tom Wolverton
From:
Carpinteria, CA
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Posted 24 Feb 2015 11:03 am
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I'm a big fan. Own all her CDs. Love Randy's and Dicky's playing. One other thing, Amber just gets better and more beautiful the older she gets.
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 24 Feb 2015 2:12 pm
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| Dave Grothusen wrote: |
| She is better than Tanya. At times she can sound like Tammy, Loretta and Dolly. Very talented. |
exactly...but tanya tucker always sounds like who she is. do not belittle her soulful voice. it is unmatched in feeling. |
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Dustin Rhodes
From:
Owasso OK
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Posted 24 Feb 2015 3:34 pm
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| chris ivey wrote: |
| Dave Grothusen wrote: |
| She is better than Tanya. At times she can sound like Tammy, Loretta and Dolly. Very talented. |
exactly...but tanya tucker always sounds like who she is. do not belittle her soulful voice. it is unmatched in feeling. |
Hard to take commands seriously from an adult who types like a 14 year old texts. |
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Joseph Barlow
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 26 Feb 2015 6:21 am
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| Nathan Fleming does indeed play steel for Amber now, and what a player he is. My wife and I try to go to Austin as much as we can and Nathan has become my favorite in a town full of monster steel players. Dickie Overby's shoes or should I say socks are mighty hard to fill but Nathan does a great job. Dave Bieler is playing lead guitar now so it is just a great band to back Ambers great voice. We saw this band at a festival in Bristol Va/Tn and I can't wait to get to Texas to hopefully hear a whole show with this band. If you have a chance to see them do whatever it takes to go!!!! Thanks Nathan and Amber for real Country Music for adults!!! |
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Dustin Rhodes
From:
Owasso OK
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Posted 26 Feb 2015 6:57 am
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| Biller is a great guitar player. Love his work with Wayne Hancock. |
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steve takacs
From:
beijing, china via pittsburgh (deceased)
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Posted 26 Feb 2015 7:41 am Economical of word
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Chris Ivey's comment:
"...tanya tucker always sounds like who she is. do not belittle her soulful voice. it is unmatched in feeling."
Dustin Rhodes comment on Chris's comment:
"Hard to take commands seriously from an adult who types like a 14 year old texts."
Death of the Ball Turret Gunner by Randall Jarrell:
"From my mother's sleep I fell into the State,
And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze.
Six miles from earth, loosed from the dream of life,
I woke to black flak and the nightmare fighters.
When I died they washed me out of the turret with a hose."
Sometimes being economical of word makes the point more than does the number of words used. Ernest Hemingway also wrote in a similar fashion,
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Dustin Rhodes
From:
Owasso OK
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Posted 26 Feb 2015 8:31 am Re: Economical of word
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| steve takacs wrote: |
Chris Ivey's comment:
"...tanya tucker always sounds like who she is. do not belittle her soulful voice. it is unmatched in feeling."
Dustin Rhodes comment on Chris's comment:
"Hard to take commands seriously from an adult who types like a 14 year old texts."
Death of the Ball Turret Gunner by Randall Jarrell:
"From my mother's sleep I fell into the State,
And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze.
Six miles from earth, loosed from the dream of life,
I woke to black flak and the nightmare fighters.
When I died they washed me out of the turret with a hose."
Sometimes being economical of word makes the point more than does the number of words used. Ernest Hemingway also wrote in a similar fashion,
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.....runs to the book shelf to find which sections of Hemingway's writing neglects punctuation and capitalization......... |
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steve takacs
From:
beijing, china via pittsburgh (deceased)
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Posted 26 Feb 2015 9:08 am
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..... if ya like hemingway, check out some of the poems of
e e cummings..... |
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Mike Kowalik
From:
San Antonio,Texas
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Posted 26 Feb 2015 9:30 am
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| looks like this post has been hijacked in typical Forum fashion.... |
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Jack Aldrich
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 26 Feb 2015 9:35 am
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FYI - The ball turret on a B-17 is on the belly of the aircraft, behind the bomb bays. it was so cramped that only short men got the duty. It was the main turret attacked by enemy fighters because it was so effective at destroying them. Accordingly, it was considered a death trap by aircrews. In "The World According to Garp", Technical Sergeant Garp was TS's father, a ball turret gunner who had his frontal lobes destroyed by shrapnel.
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Ted Smouse
From:
Austin, Texas USA
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Posted 9 Jul 2015 7:16 am
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With all due respect to Rick Collins, when listening to Amber sing, I have never thought of Tanya Tucker. Maybe there's something there I haven't picked up on.
I think Amber is one of the great country singers working today! Her band is full of "A-Team" pickers. They play the Grand Ole Opry next Saturday night, July 18, 2015, I think.
Ted
Austin, Texas
Smouse Productions
KOOP 91.7 FM |
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Floyd Lowery
From:
Deland, Florida, USA
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Posted 9 Jul 2015 8:16 am
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| Tom Wolverton wrote: |
| I'm a big fan. Own all her CDs. Love Randy's and Dicky's playing. One other thing, Amber just gets better and more beautiful the older she gets. |
This says it all. She is just absolutely one of the best and seems to get better all the time. 
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Zeke Cory
From:
Hinsdale, New York USA
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Posted 10 Jul 2015 12:29 pm Amber ...
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| When you listen to her sing you are hearing some true country music - superbly performed I might add. I wish we could get back to more of this. |
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Rich Upright
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 11 Jul 2015 2:09 am
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She is 1/3 of my favorite trio...Amber, Dawn Sears, & Miss Leslie Sloan. Have a couple of Leslie's CDs & she is the REAL DEAL! And some of the best steel playing you've ever heard by the fabulous Ricky Davis.
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A couple D-10s,some vintage guitars & amps, & lotsa junk in the gig bag. |
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Joe B. Long
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Llano Tx USA
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