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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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
"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
