While I kinda doubt that the Possum would be more forthcoming with his vocal
techniques than he is about anything else in his life (call him the Dean Martin
of country), maybe David Ball would have something to say on the matter. The
first time I heard "Thinking Problem", it sounded so much like Jones it was
scary, especially that clenched-teeth "yes, I ad-MIIIIT...". I heard Ball
during a sound check once (long story why I didn't stay for the show), and he
pretty much sounded like that live, too.
And am I the only one who got a little queasy at Joe Gracey's description of
how George's voice emanates from every orifice? Yuck. Maybe the sound guy
should mic his ear.
Next up for discussion--honky-tonk diction. Why the heck do singers like Buck
Owens and early Paycheck add an "ell" to words that don't have them? Like, "I
ain't nell-ver..." They don't talk like that in southern Ohio (Paycheck's
stomping grounds), and I bet they don't in Bakersfield, either.
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** "That ain't no part of bluegrass...
that ain't no part of nothin'" (Bill Monroe) **
