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Topic: Looking for information on Jimmie Rodgers' steel players |
Brad Bechtel
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 Posted 9 May 2007 9:33 pm |
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My friend Barry Mazor is writing a book about Jimmie Rodgers. We talked a little today about the importance Rodgers had in popularizing the steel guitar in country music.
I thought I'd ask if anyone has any information about the steel guitarists who played with Jimmie Rodgers, steelers such as Joe Kaipo and John Westbrook.
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Orville Johnson
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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| Posted 9 May 2007 9:50 pm |
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| one person to check with would be Mike Auldridge. His uncle, Ellsworth Cozzens (sp?) played steel with Rodgers and wrote some of his tunes (Treasures Untold for one). |
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Ed Altrichter
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Schroeder, Minnesota, USA
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| Posted 9 May 2007 10:03 pm |
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| Try the Country Music Foundation. |
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Lee Jeffriess
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Martinez California
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| Posted 9 May 2007 10:20 pm |
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Im probably way off, but didnt Jimmy Tarlton work with Rodgers?.
Lee |
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Herb Steiner
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Cedar Valley, Travis County TX
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| Posted 10 May 2007 4:01 pm |
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| Cliff Carlisle recorded with Rodgers some. I don't know if any others did. |
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Alvin Sydnor
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Boothwyn, Pennsylvania, USA
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| Posted 10 May 2007 7:10 pm |
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Herb is correct, it was Cliff Carlisle.During the 1930's he was regarded as one of the finest steel players in country music, and was also known as an exciting old-timey singer. He was the first to record with a Dobro when he backed up Jimmy Rogers on many of Rogers early recordings, his Dobro playing influenced Rogers style.Cliff wrote the words as well as the music to over 50 songs Among his most popular tunes was "Foot Prints in the Snow" and "Tom Cat Blues". He also was credited for comming up with that famous Yodel Lick heard on some of Rogers early recordings.
I have much more on Cliff and his music from my research many years ago.
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Joe Savage
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St. Paul, MN
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| Posted 14 May 2007 11:20 pm |
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| Check out Emmitt Miller for that 'yodel lick'. I think he preceded them all. |
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Ben Elder
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La Crescenta, California, USA
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| Posted 15 May 2007 1:55 am Billy Burkes |
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Billy Burkes (d. ca. 1990) played on more sessions with Jimmie Rodgers than any other player (possibly standard guitar as well as steel?), according to something I read some years back, probably in the wake of the following. A friend (Joe Loving, retired firefighter from Phoenix, also now deceased) of a friend of mine was a maniacal Jimmie Rodgers fan and befriended Billy in his later life when Billy was living in Tucson playing western swing. When Billy died, Joe helped sell some of Billy's instruments. A Gibson L-10 archtop was spoken for early on. I was offered a Rickenbacker D-16 and a Gibson Console Grande--$250 each. I could only afford one, so I went with the Rick. I think I heard Mike Cass bought the Console Grande.
I don't have a specific source as a referral for information on Billy Burkes, other than the Tucson music community in general and other Rodgers sources. Joe's widow knows few specifics of Joe's guitar and music interests. (I know, as I helped her sell the resonators from Joe's collection.)
I hope this is some kind of lead anyway. |
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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| Posted 15 May 2007 8:54 am |
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Thanks for the replies so far. I've pointed Barry towards this discussion in the hopes that this may offer some paths he hasn't yet taken.
If you read No Depression magazine, you'll see his name come up quite a bit. He did the cover story on Miranda Lambert in this month's issue.
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