According to postings on the Steel Guitar Forum, there will be a benefit concert to
help try to pay off some of the hospital bills the late Jimmy Day accumulated during
his battle with cancer.
It will be held at the Nashville Nitelife nightclub on Music Valley drive, starting at
2:00 on March
Chad wrote:
Hey folks,
Sorry for not paying attention, but would someone mind clueing me in on
the circumstances surrounding Jimmy Day's death. I've been in nothing but
browse mode lately, so any info would be much appreciated.
Chad, smilin', even more than Jim, Smilin' Jim that is...
A little behind the 8-ball being in digest mode, but that was beautiful Joe.
"Ferguson, Dan" wrote:
A little behind the 8-ball being in digest mode, but that was beautiful Joe.
Muchas muchisimas gracias, amigo.
--
Joe Gracey
President-For-Life, Jackalope Records
http://www.kimmierhodes.com
from this week's Austin Chronicle
JIMMY DAY, 1934-1999
If the death of Austin blues guitarist T.D. Bell
on January 9 was a hard blow for the Central
Texas music scene, the loss of steel guitar
player Jimmy Day must be measured in even
larger terms -- its impact
room when the doors would open, fittingly) I remembered.
Jimmy Day, possibly the greatest steel player of all time, was buried
yesterday in a little town south of Austin. There were a bunch of people
there, overflowing out into the front yard, a testament to how much love
and respect he engendered.
Jimmy
Thanks Joe!
I was so moved I went and got all my albums and had my own little memorial,
right here at the station, in front of everyone. Wynn
"R.W.Shamy Jr." wrote:
Joe I personally want to say Thank You for the Jimmy Day piece. Also I
would like to add I have never met anyone who left such an impression on me
as you did when I was first introduced to you in Austin this past summer at
the Arc of Austin benefit. Ag
