Re: Melba Montgomery, still going strong??
The only melba available is a fairly recent one on Playback which is in a lot of the bargain bins. Grab a Bobbie Cryner cd . Her vocals and melba's are practically twin. Harlan Howard has stated that the favourite recording of one of his songs is by melba Montgomery, a pretty good recommendation. Hey there, Joyce asks... Speaking of Miss Melba, does anyone know if any of her solo stuff has been issued on CD? I have a bunch of her albums, but have never seen anything but her duet stuff and the occassional "No Charge" on a compilation on CD. I really like those albums a lot. Last I checked (about a year ago) she has one and only one CD out. Titled something imaginative, like Melba Montgomery. I think the date on it was early 90's. It gets kinda new-country at times, if I recall correctly. Later... CK ___ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ~
Re: Melba Montgomery, still going strong??
Also, I was wondering where might be a good place to start to put a tentative toe into Vince Gill's back catalog. If it helps, I like most of what Randy Travis does (as a point of comparison) except for schlock like "I Did My Part", and I detest things like "Holes in the Floor of Heaven and other assorted unfortunate metaphors" Stevie I'm assuming that you're familiar with "The Key" as you said "back catalog". If not, that work (in my opinion) is his most compelling and personal output to date. However, you could also try "Pocket Full Of Gold", MCA - 1991; "Where Love Finds You", MCA - 1994; or "High Lonesome Sound", MCA - 1996. Tera
RE: Melba Montgomery, still going strong??
J.W. mentions: "If You Ever Want My Lovin'" - Sara Evans - a decent song. It seems to me that Ms. Evans has borrowed a lot of Melba Montgomery's singing style. The most blatant example is Cupid, the duet with George Jones on No Place That Far, where she sounds exactly like Melba. I attended a BMG promo shindig here last week featuring performances by Sara Evans, the Warren Brothers (great stage presence; one of them even did some buckdancing...but their songs are generic, flatulent "heartland" rock , not country in the slightest) and Keith Glass Russell DeCarle from Prairie Oyster. The whole thing was filmed by CMT for their "Hot Ticket" concert series. Evans was, as Jon noted a while back, solid as a rock and plenty country. As she is a couple of months pregnant there were a lot of one-liners on the level of "she's gonna be the next big thing in country music", etc. If she is the next big thing, that's okay by me - great voice, good songs, engaging onstage presence and her love of traditional country isn't just lip service. The surprising highlight of the show was a duet by Evans and Keith Glass of Fastball's "The Way", recast with a big heap of twang. I'd mostly ignored this song on the radio - the first few times I heard it I assumed it was Squeeze - but throw in a dobro and now I can't get it out of my head. Allen Baekeland *** Boot Heel Drag can be heard on CJSW 90.9 FM , Calgary,AB Tuesdays at 6:30 PM MST and on realaudio at www.cjsw.com.
Re: Melba Montgomery, still going strong??
Sitting listening to the title track of Randy Travis' "You and You Alone", I was struck by the beautiful harmonies on the title track. I remembered Vince Gill was in the mix there, but when I checked the credits, Melba Montgomery turned up too. Wow. I didnt know she was still around. And what's more, turns out she co-wrote it. Am I being really dim? Is she still very much in the biz? Also, I was wondering where might be a good place to start to put a tentative toe into Vince Gill's back catalog. If it helps, I like most of what Randy Travis does (as a point of comparison) except for schlock like "I Did My Part", and I detest things like "Holes in the Floor of Heaven and other assorted unfortunate metaphors" (thanks, Louise, for reminding me how much I dislike that song)... on or off list guidance much appreciated Stevie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Melba Montgomery, still going strong??
On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, Stevie Simkin wrote: Sitting listening to the title track of Randy Travis' "You and You Alone", I was struck by the beautiful harmonies on the title track. I remembered Vince Gill was in the mix there, but when I checked the credits, Melba Montgomery turned up too. Wow. I didnt know she was still around. And what's more, turns out she co-wrote it. Am I being really dim? Is she still very much in the biz? Speaking of Miss Melba, does anyone know if any of her solo stuff has been issued on CD? I have a bunch of her albums, but have never seen anything but her duet stuff and the occassional "No Charge" on a compilation on CD. I really like those albums a lot. Joyce
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On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, Stevie Simkin wrote: Also, I was wondering where might be a good place to start to put a tentative toe into Vince Gill's back catalog. I take it you must already have The Key, so if that's the case, I'd start with When I Call Your Name, the title song of which has to be one of the best HARD country songs of the past 10 years.--don
RE: Melba Montgomery, still going strong??
Melba Montgomery's been writing fairly steadily, I think; there's a great song by her and a couple of other folks on Rhonda Vincent's Trouble Free that had a recent copyright date, and I believe I've seen her name elsewhere on some more-or-less mainstream album credits. I think that her singing appearance on the Travis cut was her first in a while. The All-Music Guide shows one in-print CD from 1992 - a nice mix of classics and new stuff, including a great great song co-written by Russell Smith and a couple of other people that Pam Tillis did called "Do You Know Where Your Man Is" - and that's about it, although a duet with Carl Jackson is listed on a really obscure album from '96 called Nashville Country Duets (hmm, Skaggs, Emmylou, Jackson, Montgomery and the Whites, I'm going to have to check this out). As far as Gill goes, Stevie, I'd think you'd want to start with The Key and see how badly you react to his smoother stuff g; either that or High Lonesome Sound. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
RE: Melba Montgomery, still going strong??
"Out Of Control Raging Fire" - Tracy Byrd (a duet with the incomparable Dawn Sears) "Easier Said Than Done" - Billy Yates "If You Ever Want My Lovin'" - Sara Evans She's got a huge listing at BMI's database; 10 or so pages, many, if not most, of which are co-writes. I don't know whether she's had any huge hits - she might have - but I'll bet if you piece it together, she's got quite a few fairly recent album cuts. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
