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
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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.
Ray's tenor harmony man....
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. Jon? or someone around here surely knows who this harmony singer was. Those two-part harmonies on Ray's hits (especially post 1956 Crazy Arms, etc.) are very distinctive and I could swear the high harmony is a different voice than Ray's --junior
