olewichita, I read your post here, and it's obvious you've compiled a lot of info that answers questions i've had for years. i have a long list of haggard tracks where i've catalogued solos/fills, and worked on decoding them for my own playing and teaching. i'd appreciate any help from you as far as who played on what track, either posted or emailed to me. i love roy and james, but it would be helpful to know who played which part! if nothing else, i'd like to know who's influencing me when i steal licks.
thanks,
karl straub
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Originally Posted by olewichita
am not trying to take anything away from roy nichols but here's a list of all the electric james burton post workin' man's blues his last real heavy haggard collaboration in 69:
the longer you wait
the bottle let me down'
i can't stand me
someone else you know
i'll lover over you
mixed up mess of a heart
lonesome fugitive
life in prison
all of me
if you want to be my woman
someone told my story
whatever happened to me
loneliness is eating me alive
skid row
drink up and be somebody
gone crazy
james and roy also did a lot of sessions together including mama tried ( james on the acoustic intro ) and bringing home good news par example...
there is no doubt that james and the late phil baugh ( swinging doors... ) wrote the blue print on electric chicken' pickin' guitar... and roy jumped on board developing this style while watching james create it...
i'll be more than happy to post the electric pre workin' man's blues roy nichols played on without burton too if so desired and you'll see that roy really didn't get to shine until the 3 live albums and after 69 when he started incorporating some of his main jazz influences as he displayed on all that GREAT ESSENTIAL maddox bros. and rose stuff...
i'll tell you another thing roy was playing what we now call rockabilly guitar scotty moore style with maddox and rose and that's when he was truly an innovator... this is the late 40s and it sounds nothing like junior parker and his main blue flame floyd murphy ( yes brother of that other murph... )
to me there's a lot of early nichols fused with chet and merle in scotty... much moreso than floyd murphy, willie johnson or pat hare ever where...
don't know why i'm writing this know, maybe because i'm back at figuring out all those burton beauties on the merle records right now due to some possible work or because i still get uptied everytime i read how great roy nichols was on all those seminal haggard tracks that were really burton's work...
that all said i love roy nichols and love the terry downs DVD, GET IT!!!
tj
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