Has Sleepy John gone Bluegrass?

Jerry Hayes · Post by **Jerry Hayes** » 28 Feb 2000 1:48 pm

We did a gig yesterday afternoon for the Virginia Country Music Association and I hired ol' Sleepy to play the bass. He showed up with a 5 string bass. The only thing I can think of is maybe he's got an urge to become a B@njo player and want's to get used to 5 strings. Even the fiddle player had 5 strings. I thought of taking one string off my Telecaster so I'd fit in more.

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Have a good one! JH U-12

Kenny Dail · Post by **Kenny Dail** » 28 Feb 2000 7:55 pm

Smiley Roberts · Post by **Smiley Roberts** » 28 Feb 2000 8:22 pm

With S.J.,it would,probably,lean more toward crabgrass!!

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Jerry Hayes · Post by **Jerry Hayes** » 29 Feb 2000 2:13 pm

Hey Sleepy,
I'm glad you edited your post twice to correct the hillbilly grammar and spelling. I thought when I e-mailed you the first time you'd get it right but I see you had to make two attempts at it! Talk about just having one string left on my guitar, I see you didn't mention Kenny Dail who's steel has one string and 27 pedals. He's great on single notes but has to jump the bar around a lot for the chords! By the way, you did a great job Sunday and you earned your pay! I'll see you get the same pay next time!

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Have a good one! JH U-12

Joe Casey · Post by **Joe Casey** » 29 Feb 2000 4:55 pm

Hey Sj I had a G&L bass when Leo Fender and george got together, hell must have been 15-plus years ago maybe more, also a strat styled G&L three pickup job I swapped for a Takemine custom. Which I gave to my son when I said "thats it". I gave Doc Peters my Deep bowl Ovation,and Richard Bass my Glen Cambell thinbowl balladeer. I use to get one a year from Charlie Kaman of kaman Aircraft and Ovation, Thanks to Dick Curless.I figured if I wasn't ever going to play on the Opry at least a part of me would. Doc used my Ovation with Jim Ed and Richard I think With Faron on Nashville Now, So you might say some part of me was center stage.Anyone need a 175 year old perfect shape fiddle.

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Kenny Dail · Post by **Kenny Dail** » 29 Feb 2000 10:03 pm

This is in response to "Palpitatin' Jerry's" remark about my 1 string and 27 pedal guitar. Trying to play a triad or an interval is really hard on the hands...Aanother foot or leg for the knee levers would help a lot for the chords. Also, I'm wandering if I should add another string...would it make things easier? BTW, when did you start gettin' paid for doing this stuff?

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[This message was edited by Kenny Dail on 29 February 2000 at 10:05 PM.]

MALCOLM KIRBY · Post by **MALCOLM KIRBY** » 1 Mar 2000 6:00 am

Ya'll that pick with Sleepy John better watch him and carry more guitar cords than you need. I saw him rip the end off of a bad rhythm players cord in Biloxi. That was one of them, you had to be there times.
Put you a light in that new bass SJ.

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 1 Mar 2000 7:23 am

I've smoked Panama RED and Acapulco GOLD but never and BLUE grass.

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MALCOLM KIRBY · Post by **MALCOLM KIRBY** » 5 Mar 2000 6:58 am

Yes you did SJ. Seems to me that got more applause than anything else that happened that day. Could have been the red beans and rice. Whatever it was, you certainly got everyones attention and made some new friends that day.

Bill Stafford · Post by **Bill Stafford** » 6 Mar 2000 8:03 pm

I remember that too, John-just as Malcolm says. And the red-beans and rice was good too. Lots of music that day.

MALCOLM KIRBY · Post by **MALCOLM KIRBY** » 7 Mar 2000 6:33 am

SJ, You are right, it needed to be done. It's a shame that guitar bashing wasn't popular during that era.
Bill, I enjoyed pickin' with you & SJ there on Sunday afternoons. Are there still places like that to jam on the coast? I plan on coming down there this summer for a couple of days.