Re: Ray's tenor harmony man....
The one I have a visual memory of could have been Bush, yes. It's a pretty vague memory, however. I'll probably never know g. But if Van was slim, the person I saw in a video dub of old TV footage was definitely not him. --jr.
RE: Ray's tenor harmony man....
But if Van was slim, the person I saw in a video dub of old TV footage was definitely not him. As someone already mentioned, Howard appeared in some of the Gannaway films with Price; he wasn't noticeably chunkier that Ray, at least not then. Of course, when I think of "old TV footage," my thoughts naturally turn to the 50s, not 60s; if I remember it, how old can it be? g Jon Weisberger, Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger
Re: Ray's tenor harmony man....
"Ph. Barnard" wrote: Joe: I think it's Ray Price, doing the old (pre-multitrack) overdub technique whereby you sing as the original master rolls and record the mixed result onto a new master. While I'm the last person to be differing with Joe, I honestly think it's not just Ray overdubbing with himself but another fiddle player or someone. I've seen footage of the guy, in fact. A heavyset guy whose name I can't remember. I haven't listened closely to the harmony singer, so I'm just guessing (read "bullshitting") as usual. -- Joe Gracey President-For-Life, Jackalope Records http://www.kimmierhodes.com
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Jon, the TV footage I was thinking of was definitely either 50s, or very early 60s at latest. They did Crazy Arms. --jr.
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http://www.pond.com/~vanallen/raynvan.html has a nice picture of Ray and Van together. np: Dobrology, Bop to Broadway on Slide Guitar, by Stephen Miller. Nice job of some unusual cover tunes by a Canadian resophonic guitarist.
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On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Ph. Barnard wrote: Ah, thank you Brad! Yeah, Van Howard is the name... And I do believe he's the heavyset guy I've seen in old footage, etc. --junior I've got a picture of him and Ray on my PC right now, a clip from one of the old Gannaway shows, I think ... I wouldn't call him heavy set at all, though. To tell the truth, he kinda looks like Tim Curry of 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' sans makeup and black lingerie. -- Geff King * email [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www2.ari.net/gking/ "It is a tool of ignorance." -- Joe Gracey, re: bass guitar
Re: Ray's tenor harmony man....
Ah, thank you Brad! Yeah, Van Howard is the name... And I do believe he's the heavyset guy I've seen in old footage, etc. --junior
Re: Ray's tenor harmony man....
According to the liner notes in Hillbilly Fever, volume 3: Legends of Nashville, the harmony vocal was sung by guitarist Van Howard on the song "Crazy Arms". He probably did many of the other harmony vocals as well.
RE: Ray's tenor harmony man....
He's the one I saw talking about his harmony singing days with Ray on Backstage at the Opry aways back -Original Message- From: Brad Bechtel [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 19, 1999 2:52 PM To: passenger side Subject: Re: Ray's tenor harmony man According to the liner notes in Hillbilly Fever, volume 3: Legends of Nashville, the harmony vocal was sung by guitarist Van Howard on the song "Crazy Arms". He probably did many of the other harmony vocals as well.
