Amazing Rhythm Aces. How did I miss it ?

[WaylonFan76]

Being the same age as those records, I missed ARA when they were first out. Heard "Third Rate Romance" a couple of times on satellite radio, but that's about it. Some of their stuff is on par with the best of Marshall Tucker Band and the like.
How did I miss that ???

Check out the great vibe and Strat tones on this little gem :

 

[FingerMullet]

Amazing Rhythm Aces were the first country band I every really enjoyed, that was over 30 years ago, and I still love to listen to them. Spirit Walk really gets to me !

 

[fezz parka]

Sometimes it pays off to be an old guy. Great band!

 

[brookdalebill]

I loved em' in da day.
The song writing (H . Russell Smith) and guitar playing (Barry "Byrd" Burton) were superlative.
"Out In The Snow" is a great, old-timey kind of tune.
Way more spin on the ball than the Tuckers, IMO.

 

[WaylonFan76]

Sometimes it pays off to be an old guy. Great band!

 

[Skully]

Being the same age as those records, I missed ARA when they were first out. Heard "Third Rate Romance" a couple of times on satellite radio, but that's about it.

I had that on an 8-track K-tel compilation when I was a kid. "Third-rate romance, low-rent rendezvous..." Perfect for a 10-year-old.

 

[picknfool]

The great lost band of the 70's, IMHO- used to do a lot of their tunes.

 

[historicus146]

Add Confederate RR to the under appreciated bands...imo

 

[telex76]

I had all thier LP's in the 70's. I really liked them, but my wife at the time thought I played them too much. I've got most of thier stuff on CD now.

 

[Tom Cook]

Being the same age as those records, I missed ARA when they were first out. Heard "Third Rate Romance" a couple of times on satellite radio, but that's about it. Some of their stuff is on par with the best of Marshall Tucker Band and the like.
How did I miss that ???

Check out the great vibe and Strat tones on this little gem :

Hey Waylon Fan , check out Barry Byrd Burton :
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He is one of my favorite players , he gave ARA a big boost , he also played with a lot of other greats , We miss him but his tunes will kept him alive . He did one solo Album "Byrd Bryanz" , no long in production .

 

[Markdett]

Good Band! The 70's were a great era musically.

 

[Collirem]

I loved this band in the 70's when the line-up was Russell Smith, Barry Burton, Billy Earhart III, Jeff Davis, James Hooker & Butch McDade. Too Stuffed To Jump & Burning The Ballroom Down are great albums. Burton's guitar & Smith's songs were a winning combination. I saw them live about 5 years ago with Smith & Earhart (the rest of the band was new members) .... not so good. They really needed Burton to make the band work.

 

[Berek Halfhand]

James Hooker has long been Nanci Griffith's keyboard player in the "Blue Moon Orchestra". Nice guy. Liked my hat.

 

[Collirem]

Red To Blue, Ashes Of Love, Spirit Walk, Burning The Ballroom Down ..... man they were good ....

 

[Rasputan]

Have you heard Arlo's version ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfsa5VxJp58

He is a member here.

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<><> Rasputan <><>

 

[Starting 2 Old]

Several years after the Aces were no more I was driving and heard a song clearly by Russell Smith that I didn't know. I pulled over and listened and the DJ said it was called "Three Piece Suit". I high-tailed it to the local record store and flipped through that huge book (actual paper) and found the song, it was to be on a as yet unreleased album called "This Little Town". I put in my pre-order and waited many weeks. When the album came out it was pretty darn good, but didn't include the song that made me buy it. Still haven't found that darn song.....

 

[joyster]

I only discovered the Aces through Arlo on here... Too Stuffed to Jump' is one of my fave albums

 

[WaylonFan76]

Have you heard Arlo's version ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfsa5VxJp58

He is a member here.

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<><> Rasputan <><>

That's actually what brought me to this song...

 

[1955]

I just learned 3 r romance. Great tune. Love the guitar work on that one. Anybody know what guitar/amp was used? Sounds a little like a strat, but I'm no expert.

 

[R. Stratenstein]

Believe it is a Strat. . .