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Topic: Brandy Williams - Mike Johnson |
Tim Russell
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Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 7 Feb 2021 2:23 pm |
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Is Brandy Williams still singing/recording? I cannot find anything recent about her. I know that Mike Johnson is her favorite steel player. I was hoping to find some recent material.
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Jeff Garden
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Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 7 Feb 2021 4:07 pm
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Good question, Tim. Brandy had that killer album Honky Tonks and Heartaches in 2013 - lotsa Mike Johnson steel. I can't see that she's had any releases since then.
Here's "Stranger Things Have Happened" from that album for anyone not familiar with her.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF1M32EDZd0 |
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Tim Russell
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Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 7 Feb 2021 4:39 pm
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It is odd. Her Facebook page has not been updated since 2013 and the website link doesn't work.
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Edward Efira
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California, USA
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Posted 7 Feb 2021 5:16 pm
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Lotsa Vince Gill Look At Us "inspiration" in this song...
Nevertheless, great steel part.
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Charlie Hansen
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Halifax, NS Canada and Various Southern Towns.
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Posted 7 Feb 2021 7:36 pm
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She may have been a member of a band called One Eyed Jack.
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Bluegrass Island CFCY FM 95.1 Charlottetown, PE, Canada, on the web at cfcy.fm.
A Touch Of Texas CIOE FM 97.5 Sackville, NS, Canada,
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Larry Dering
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 8 Feb 2021 6:07 am
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| I believe Charlie is right. I looked her up when this was mentioned earlier and I think the band was from S Carolina. Brandy has a superb voice and should have received better recognition in the music world. Mike Johnson does his magic on the tracks making it a polished sweet country offering. If my memory serves me, she plays keyboards in the band. Well worth a listen and purchase. Available on Amazon as a download. |
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John Swain
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Winchester, Va
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Posted 8 Feb 2021 7:52 am
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| Great singing, very Allison Krause like. And the song is reminiscent of the" Timejumper's Sweet Memories" right down to the modulations! All good music ! |
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John Sluszny
From:
Brussels, Belgium
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Posted 8 Feb 2021 10:26 am
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| Fantastic steel solo !!! |
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Tim Russell
From:
Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 8 Feb 2021 3:02 pm
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Charlie, looks like you are correct. She seems to be playing with that band in a saloon in SC. Sadly, from what I read on the website, the beautiful country sound that she produced with her album is not part of the current song lineup.
https://www.blind-horse.com/one-eyed-jack
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Ron Funk
From:
Ballwin, Missouri
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Posted 8 Feb 2021 3:35 pm
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John Swain -
Exactly my thoughts too
Take care-
Ron |
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Charlie Hansen
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Halifax, NS Canada and Various Southern Towns.
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Posted 8 Feb 2021 4:45 pm
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I think she started in pop and other genres but recorded some country and went home to roost.
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I don't know much but what I know I know very well.
Carter S-10 3X5, Peavey Nashville 112, plus Regal dobro and too many other instruments to mention.
Bluegrass Island CFCY FM 95.1 Charlottetown, PE, Canada, on the web at cfcy.fm.
A Touch Of Texas CIOE FM 97.5 Sackville, NS, Canada,
on the web at cioe975.ca. |
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Jeff Garden
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Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 8 Feb 2021 5:32 pm
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| I'm also hearing some Lee Ann Womack and Ashley Monroe in her voice...pretty impressive. |
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Dave Simonis
From:
Stevens Point, WI USA
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Posted 14 Feb 2021 6:10 pm
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She sounds like LeAnn Womack almost exactly. I suppose that was the sound for awhile...probably had to go another direction when Nashville changed sounds.
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