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LJ Eiffert

 

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Post  Posted 16 Nov 2016 3:17 pm    
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I have a interview of Hank Thompson that no body but Al Parrett has scene. It's a short one & one with Marty Haggard. Also, a video of George Strait & Randy Owens with Charlie Chase & I Leo J Eiffert Jr from the TV show Crook & Chase that was done at one of the Academy Of Country Music Award Show. What you think & who cares? Winking
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Joachim Kettner


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Post  Posted 17 Nov 2016 8:01 am    
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"A six pack to go" comes to my mind.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuY2Z89HayQ
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Erv Niehaus


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Post  Posted 17 Nov 2016 8:52 am    
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Hank Thompson and the Brazos Valley Boys, now we're talking a REAL band. Very Happy
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Roger Shackelton

 

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Post  Posted 17 Nov 2016 10:55 pm    
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Here is one of my favorite Hank Thompson tunes: "Stirring Up the Ashes" w/ Curly Chalker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBHOCFfZv98
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Roger Kelly

 

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Post  Posted 17 Nov 2016 11:22 pm    
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Here's one of my favorite Hank Thompson tunes with the
late great Bobby Garrett on steel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QJyWdXMP_A&index=22&list=PL0D3BAA1DB9C75687
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Barry Blackwood


Post  Posted 18 Nov 2016 8:55 am    
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Always loved Bobby's ride on John Henry at about 1:54..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2_Q7DuG_2E Cool
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Joe Casey


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Post  Posted 28 Nov 2016 7:57 am    
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Main reason I got into Country Music.
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Glenn Suchan

 

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Austin, Texas
Post  Posted 28 Nov 2016 9:25 am    
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Barry Blackwood wrote:
Always loved Bobby's ride on John Henry at about 1:54..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2_Q7DuG_2E Cool


Thanks Barry!

The album, At The Golden Nugget, on which this great song appears was considered (at that time) to be the finest example of a live location recording. The whole album is excellent and is available on CD.

Here are a couple of my favorites:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_LXDr-jTug

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-NAmgmpUIM

Keep on pickin'!
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Edward Rhea

 

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Post  Posted 29 Nov 2016 5:45 pm    
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My grandpa Clark was the biggest Hank Thompson fan! He introduced me to Hank's music...so yeah, call me a fan...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dZDgrD4MFKU
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Jerry Overstreet


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Post  Posted 30 Nov 2016 7:52 am    
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Always a treat to hear Hank and the Brazos Valley Boys. My kind of music.

Bobby Garrett's t/a on Oklahoma Hills is killer.

Not Bobby, but a more recent rendition from TNN with TW cuttin' up and tearin' it down.
https://youtu.be/slN7R0z3NPY
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Erv Niehaus


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Post  Posted 30 Nov 2016 8:18 am    
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I just listened to a Hank Thompson CD last night, great stuff.
There was a song on the CD entitled: "The Mark of a Heel" that I really liked. Very Happy
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Daniel McKee

 

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Corinth Mississippi
Post  Posted 8 Dec 2016 3:21 pm    
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My favorites are "Cab Driver" and his cover of "The Night Miss Nancy Ann's Hotel Burnt Down"
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Richard Lester

 

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Constable, New York, USA
Post  Posted 9 Dec 2016 12:49 pm    
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Hank was one of my old time favorites. I met him once and we had a very nice chat. What a really nice fellow, very pleasant. Hey, hey bartender, I want a six pack to go; and remember Rub a dub dub three men in a tub sailing the ocean blue. I used to get requests to sing his song, blackboard of my heart. I know many of you remember those days, yeah the good ones.
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LJ Eiffert

 

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Post  Posted 15 Dec 2016 7:04 am    
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I will be putting two interviews on YouTube soon with Marty Haggard & Hank Thompson that nobody has seen. I will also have a few more to put on after that with other Artist. Whoa!, I let the cat out of the bag! 2017 is going to UPROAR the neighborhood Traditional Country Music History of Southern California. ! Winking
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Larry Lenhart


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Ponca City, Oklahoma
Post  Posted 1 Jan 2017 5:32 pm    
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Count me in as a huge Hank Thompson fan. I saw him here in Oklahoma in his later years and he would sing and smile like he had never played before...and you know he had done those songs thousands of times before. Great performer even then....at our dances I usually do Oklahoma Hills, 6 Pack to Go and Blackboard of my heart, and the folks always like those tunes. I have a video of him that is about 2 hours long with his performances and interviews...I also have his book called "My Side of Life"....very interesting..maybe X rated in parts, but great book. I stopped in Waco Texas at the Chamber of Commerce and asked where his grave site is, and no one had ever heard of him...and they were in their 60s too, not youngsters...I gave them a hard time, said they should do their homework if they were to work in the CofC....shameful ! Told them he was the most famous person from Waco and they said no that was the banjo player and comedian..Steve Martin.
I also have a recording called Treasures that are songs that he and his band recorded in OKC but Capitol records never wanted...some pretty good tunes too. You should check out the Mills Brothers tribute he did...Curly Chalker all over it...great recording. I LOVE Hank Thompson !
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Jim Reynolds


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Post  Posted 1 Jan 2017 8:30 pm    
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His band was one that everyone in the business wanted. It was the best, and he treated them like the best. He was a great singer too.
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Erv Niehaus


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Post  Posted 2 Jan 2017 8:31 am    
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At one time he had two steels guitars in his band.
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Barry Blackwood


Post  Posted 2 Jan 2017 10:44 am    
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Quote:
At one time he had two steels guitars in his band.

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LJ Eiffert

 

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California, USA
Post  Posted 23 Feb 2017 3:55 pm    
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This is now on You Tube to view! Hank Thompson & Marty Haggard. George Strait & Randy Owens. Winking
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Larry Lenhart


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Ponca City, Oklahoma
Post  Posted 23 Feb 2017 6:33 pm    
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Speaking of Hank, here is one of my favorites of his..who is the steel player ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRggYS0eP_U
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Mitch Drumm

 

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Post  Posted 23 Feb 2017 8:40 pm    
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Larry Lenhart wrote:
Speaking of Hank, here is one of my favorites of his..who is the steel player ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRggYS0eP_U


Looks like Bert Rivera to me.




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Larry Lenhart


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Ponca City, Oklahoma
Post  Posted 23 Feb 2017 8:45 pm    
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I kinda thought it might be Bert...he sure is a great player...i enjoy seeing him at the Dallas show
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LJ Eiffert

 

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California, USA
Post  Posted 25 Feb 2017 8:36 am    
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If you go to my Face Book Page Leo J Eiffert Jr, you'll see the Hank Thompson interview and Marty Haggard, George Strait & Randy Owens & Joe Maphis. Winking
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Ford Cole

 

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Texas
Post  Posted 25 Feb 2017 1:13 pm    
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In Mitch Drumm's color photo, Is that Curtis Potter on bass? Curtis played with Hank when I saw them at the Stage Coach in Stamford, Tx years ago.
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Barry Blackwood


Post  Posted 25 Feb 2017 3:41 pm    
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Yep, that be him. Here's more...
http://www.jimloessberg.com/potter.htm
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