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Topic: Need help with I.D. of Hank Snow guitar player |
robert kramer
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Posted 25 Nov 2019 9:25 am |
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Can anybody I.D. the guitar player: far right with Gibson J-200. From left it is: Joe Talbot, Hank Snow, Steve Sholes, Tommy Vaden, ??? guitar player. Possible names from RCA sessions with Joe and Tommy are: Jack Shook (who played left handed), Sherman Collins, Danny Perri, Al Chernet.
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Charlie Hansen
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Halifax, NS Canada and Various Southern Towns.
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Posted 25 Nov 2019 11:31 am
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Might be Clyde Criswell. There's a page that lists a lot of Hank's musicians over the years.
http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/thedriftingcowboys/bios.html
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Mitch Drumm
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Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 25 Nov 2019 9:10 pm
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Here's a pic of Jack Shook, maybe the best rhythm guitar player in town for a long time. Probably not the guy in your pic?
Your guy looks vaguely like Chris Criswell, but Criswell was a Drifting Cowboy and I don't know if he also played for Hank Snow. I know Criswell played steel, but he may have doubled on standard guitar.
I thought it might be Jimmy Widener, but don't think so.
I have no idea what Perri, Collins, or Chernet look like.
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robert kramer
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Nashville TN
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Posted 26 Nov 2019 5:27 am
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| Thanks Charlie and thanks for the link to the Drifting Cowboys website. Great! Thanks again Mitch. Both Al Chernet and Danni Perri were both on RCA NYC sessions. Chernet was a NYC session player. The session Perri was on was Hawaiian based themes and Perri sounds like a Hawaiian name. In the photo they are not standing in the RCA NYC studio. I don't think it's Criswell as he doesn't show up on any Hank Snow sessions. A researcher here says its definently not Jack Shook. That leaves Sherman Collins or somebody else who might just dropped in and posed for the photograph. So - still unsolved? Thanks again guys for weighing in. |
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Jerry Jones
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Franklin, Tenn.
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Posted 26 Nov 2019 4:20 pm
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Here are a couple of more shots of Sherman "Sugarfoot" Collins..... looks the same to me. In Hanks Snow's bio, Collins is the only person included in a list of previous band members that's also included in your list.
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robert kramer
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Nashville TN
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Posted 27 Nov 2019 9:35 am
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Thanks Jerry! That's a match: Sherwood "Sugarfoot" Collins. Thanks again to Charlie and Mitch for weighing in. It takes a village. The Steel Guitar Forum in actions. Thanks guys.
The photo was taken October 8th or 9th 1951 at Brown Radio Productions one block from Printer's Alley downtown Nashville. The building is still there.
Here is Collins, rhythm guitar, "Music Making Mama From Memphis Tennessee"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__akadozEno
8 October 1951 [19:00-23:00] Brown Radio Productions, 240 1/2 4th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - Hank Snow (Hank Snow [vcl], Sherman Collins [gt], Joseph Talbot III [steel], Hillous Butrum [bass], Tommy Vaden [fiddle]. Producer: Stephen Sholes)
127 E1-VB-4005-F MUSIC MAKIN' MAMA FROM MEMPHIS 47-4346 47-4594 447-0561 EPA 794 EPB 1233 EPA 5151/LPM 3026 LPM 1233 LSP 3478 BCD 15426
128 E1-VB-4006-E THE HIGHEST BIDDER 47-4346/CAS 910 CXS 9001 ACL 7044 BCD 15426
129 E1-VB-4007 LOVE'S GAME OF LET'S PRETEND LPM 1113 BCD 15426
130 E1-VB-4008/F2-WB-2165* THE GOLD RUSH IS OVER 20-4522 447-0561*/CAL 514 BCD 15426
9 October 1951 [19:00-24:00] Brown Radio Productions, 240 1/2 4th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - Hank Snow (Hank Snow [vcl], Sherman Collins [gt], Joseph Talbot III [steel], Hillous Butrum [bass], Tommy Vaden [fiddle] + The Jordanaires. Producer: Stephen Sholes)
131 E1-VB-4013-D MY MOTHER 47-4632 EPA 591/LPM 1638 ACL 7004 BCD 15426
132 E1-VB-4014-B I'M MOVIN' ON TO GLORY 47-5021/LPM 1638 ACL 7004 BCD 15426
133 E1-VB-4015 THESE THINGS SHALL PASS 47-4398 EPA 503/LPM 1638 ACL 7004 BCD 15426
134 E1-VB-4016-E PRAY 47-4398 EPA 4158/LPM 1638 CAL 880 ACL 7004 BCD-15476 [alt.] BCD-15426 |
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