Boomer Castleman CD!!!!

Jerry Hayes · Post by **Jerry Hayes** » 24 Apr 2000 12:14 pm

Hey Boomer,
I talked with Al Bruno a couple of days ago and he told me that Billy had had a stroke and couldn't speak but he was making some progress. I guess he's pretty bad off. I think Cliff's doing OK so far. What a great song writer he was, "Old Rivers, Send me Down to Tucson" just to name a couple. I played a couple of years at the old Foothill too with Billy & Cliff and we had at different times Jerry Cole on guitar and Jimmy Lee Morris on bass, and Dee Ford on guitar or bass. What a big club that place was! I heard that the place is a punk rock club now. That's too bad, ol' Bonnie had that club since the 40's. I'd like to have those old posters she had on the walls.

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Have a good one! JH U-12

Boomer · Post by **Boomer** » 24 Apr 2000 2:14 pm

Jerry - some of my fondest memories were the few times I played at Bonnie's. She was so nice to musicians, which is usually odd for club owners. Usually when the place if jumpin', club owners think its because of their own personality. When its slow, they blame the band. Not Bonnie, she was a princess. What ever happened to her? Best,
Boomer

Earl Erb · Post by **Earl Erb** » 24 Apr 2000 6:44 pm

Ladies and Gents,I just got finished listening to a most extrodinary CD.Boomer sent me a copy of his "Personal Notes" and I have to say I was extremely impressed.

Boomer,you have out done yourself my friend.Great licks and chops to boot and is high energy pickin'.

Buy this CD...it will be money well spent.
After hearing Boomers efforts,I'm not sure I want my CD to escape.Great stuff Boomer.

Boomer · Post by **Boomer** » 25 Apr 2000 3:34 am

Earl, thanks for the support for my CD "Personal Notes". Gregg Galbreath has told me about the positive progress of your album, and I have learned from past experience that if Gregg says a rooster can pull a freight train, you'd better go hook 'em up

. Can't wait to hear it. Best, Boomer

Joel Glassman · Post by **Joel Glassman** » 25 Apr 2000 1:21 pm

Boomer,
Send me info when this is available.
thanks, Joel
mojo@tiac.net

Boomer · Post by **Boomer** » 26 Apr 2000 3:28 pm

Joel, thanks for the interest. At this point the album is new and there is no camera-ready art work available. The few copies I'm sending to acquaintances have no art work.

Hopefully that'll change soon. I'm attending the A.F.I.M. (association for Independent Music) conference in Cleveland, Ohio May 3rd through May 7th, and perhaps I can secure distribution for the album. I'm still a bricks & mortar kind of guy; that is, until the credit problem is addressed and solved vis-a-vis internet sales, it will always be a secondary source of distribution. I do think, however, the future of sales of most products lies in the internet; a few major issues have to be resolved first, but those are growing pains all new industries go through. Until then, I hopefully can rely on the old stand-by form of distribution, as I have had success with that in the past.

When and if that comes together I will respectfully make an announcement to all forumites (I hope with b0b's help and blessing) about the status of "Personal Notes".

I can't tell you how good it makes me feel that the few that have heard the project enjoy it. When I'm in the studio playing a particular instrumental selection, I may think it sounds cool personally, but I always wonder if my peers are going to feel the same way, or are they going to think its dated or corny. I thank all of you again for the support on this new album.

Best, Boomer

Boomer · Post by **Boomer** » 29 Apr 2000 7:07 am

Sleepy John - I'm working on getting the material together for another album. I'd like to write a little more of the selections on the next one, but still keep a balance between originals and standards. I've written one I think is going to work pretty well called "Pedal Pushers"; I've got my eye on some standards, but when my brain tells my hands which ones they are, there's a major fight in my body amongst those body parts

Best, Boomer

Jerry Hayes · Post by **Jerry Hayes** » 29 Apr 2000 10:27 am

Hey Boomer,
The nearest I can find out from my weak sources in So.Cal is that Bonnie Price is still alive but living in a nursing home somewhere in the L.A. area. She was a great old gal! If she liked you and you'd ever worked for her before she'd find a place for you in the band somehow. Remember that big old house of her's outside the back door? I loved that great big old club with it's great bandstand and sound. Those were the days when the mixer was off the bandstand and not being touched by some soundman who didn't know squat about how a band should sound. No instruments were ever miked but you could hear everything great in that club as the pickers knew how to do their own sound. I got some good experience as Billy Mize would just walk up and start singing without ever telling the band what key or song he was doing. We'd just have to jump in and wing it.

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Have a good one! JH U-12

Boomer · Post by **Boomer** » 29 Apr 2000 10:04 pm

Jerry If you can find out the name of the nursing home she's in sometime in the forseeable future, I'd like to drop her a line just to say "hi" and "thanks". She was always really nice to me anytime I was playing at the Foothill. Thanks, Jerry. Best, Boomer

Jason Odd · Post by **Jason Odd** » 1 May 2000 9:26 pm

Boomer and everyone, the promo CD is hot stuff.
When this sucker comes out tell everyone, Boomer is definately in the top pickers in the world, a fine set of songs and arrangements.

Well done Boomer!

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Boomer · Post by **Boomer** » 2 May 2000 8:15 pm

Thanks for the plug Jason: Let's get something going with "Personal Notes" down under so I can book something there next December/January while its cold here and warm there. Best, Boomer

Jason Odd · Post by **Jason Odd** » 3 May 2000 1:37 am

Yeah that would be cool, and with the Australian dollar at an all time low {groan}, the pay side of it wouldn't be too exciting, but everything else would be pretty cheap!

Seriously though, it's a great time of year to come out, although it has been a little hot the last couple of years. Definately keep in touch on this subject Boomer.

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Joel Glassman · Post by **Joel Glassman** » 3 May 2000 10:13 am

Yes Boomer!
I really have enjoyed listening to your CD-
especially Workingman's Blues which is played with a lot of fire and San Antonio Rose.
Your playing is inventive and original--
there is a very beautiful steel lick in Rose. Also the music is varied but is programmed
well (I've heard so many instrumental CDs which are just a hodgepodge of styles...)
Best of all it has a good country feel.
Congratulations---Joel

ROBERT LEE CRIGGER · Post by **ROBERT LEE CRIGGER** » 3 May 2000 3:32 pm

BOOMER--My name is Robert Crigger--I used to go by "Bobby Lee" in Calif. I played 7 nights a week for a year at the foothill club for Bonnie price--Billy Mize fronted the band and Cliff Crawford joined us on fri. and sat. nights, and ran the band on monday nights. I had a lot of good times in those days--I played an after-hours jam session with Al Bruno, Archie Francis, Dale Bennet, and sometimes Tony or Larry Booth at the Imperial Inn in Sante Fe Springs for 4 years. I met you a few times around S. calif. in the late 60's early 70's--didn't know you were in Nashville--I play piano for Jean Shepard on the Opry every weekend--good to hear about the old gang--Glad to hear you survived them too--ha-ha- you know what I mean--will be watching the forum for more stuff about the good old days--Do you have Sammy Master's and Carl walden's and Eddie Drakes e-mail addresses? Would like to hear from them---ROBERT LEE CRIGGER

Boomer · Post by **Boomer** » 7 May 2000 7:45 pm

Joel - Thanks for the plug on "Personal Notes" I think "Rose of San Antone" is one of my personal cover favorites as well.
Dixieflyer, Bigsby sold out just this past year to Gretch Guitars (Ted McCarty, the president of Bigsby is in his early nineties and blind), so it was the right thing to do. The best I can tell you to do is to call Gretch to find out the status of the various Bigsby lines. Robert, its been a long time since those days in Southern California. I remember the Imperial Inn with Al Bruno, Bill Hoffman (may he rest in peace) and all of the others. I miss those days, and, unfortunately all of those clubs are gone now. Best, Boomer