tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post2055612384066716162..comments2024-03-28T13:34:02.271-04:00Comments on Fayfare's Opry Blog: Grand Ole Opry 2/16 & 2/17fayfarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00173166778978335059noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-54734158320219575762022-01-02T17:32:12.623-05:002022-01-02T17:32:12.623-05:00I have a copy of "The Lester Flatt Show"...I have a copy of "The Lester Flatt Show" publication, published in 1969 by Big Country Enterprises, if anyone is interested in it. Also a copy of "Flatt and Scruggs--Sacred Songs" picture album (circa 1968) with an autographed photo of Lazy Jim Day tucked inside.MFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12416044800194277098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-3726696495615235252018-02-21T17:13:48.759-05:002018-02-21T17:13:48.759-05:00which acts do you guys see being inducted into the...which acts do you guys see being inducted into the Hall of Fame in the next ten years (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, and 2027)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-1112682868374218092018-02-19T21:36:19.980-05:002018-02-19T21:36:19.980-05:00A couple more notes on Bill. That made for TV mov...A couple more notes on Bill. That made for TV movie 45 sleeve has the following in the upper left corner: Word Premier,October 31, 1967 "Tuesday Night at the Movies" on the NBC Television Network.<br /><br />The other thing goes back to the Opry a week ago. Guitarist Jimmy Lance was visiting Bill at the Opry. He is the last of the original Po Boys band and Bill had not seen him in many years. He went to work for Eddy Arnold for many years after leaving Bill. James Freeze said that was the first time he had met him. James is very interested in Bill Anderson and Po Boys history.<br /><br />Have a safe and fun trip Byron.<br /><br />Jim<br />Knigthsville, INAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-59611799846884769822018-02-19T18:15:52.881-05:002018-02-19T18:15:52.881-05:00I don't know when the show ended. I saw Leste...I don't know when the show ended. I saw Lester Flatt in concert in Raleigh, NC in 1973 and Marty Stuart had joined his band by that time. I think the show had ended by then.Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13923631716045202449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-83314132051368392572018-02-19T18:12:25.016-05:002018-02-19T18:12:25.016-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13923631716045202449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-6582652380776680752018-02-19T11:35:06.184-05:002018-02-19T11:35:06.184-05:00And we tend to forget that Bill is 80 and still go...And we tend to forget that Bill is 80 and still going strong. A tribute to clean living and whispering a lot!Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01998867386294693956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-17427261335161399222018-02-19T08:36:47.900-05:002018-02-19T08:36:47.900-05:00Thanks Jim for the update. Based on how many dates...Thanks Jim for the update. Based on how many dates Bill plays in Indiana, it looks like he has found a second home up there. Not too bad of a crowd for a legend and it sounds like it was another fine show. I will be seeing Bill on Saturday night as he is scheduled to appear on the Opry and I am going to be heading down to Nashville for the weekend. Byronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07610237116677181633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-38863221437761935422018-02-19T01:38:07.783-05:002018-02-19T01:38:07.783-05:00Thanks so much for the reply, you told me a lot I ...Thanks so much for the reply, you told me a lot I didn’t know. I had never heard about them participating in the inauguration parade. That shows how popular they were just prior to them going their separate ways. I have the Flatt & Scruggs TV shows the CMHOF put out on DVD a few years ago but didn’t realize Lester Flatt continued the TV show after the split. Do you happen to know what year the TV show ended?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-300521668135345402018-02-18T23:09:19.382-05:002018-02-18T23:09:19.382-05:00Nat,
Did you happen to hear Leona Williams on th...Nat, <br /><br />Did you happen to hear Leona Williams on the Midnite Jamboree last night? Eddie Lang who played with Bill for a while was working the show and did a real nice job. <br /><br />I'm sure Bill could find a lead guitar too but it has to be tough now that Lester is ill and can't travel. Ziggy does a good job with the keyboard but it just isn't the same with Po Folks without a real banjo or Golden Guitar with out the real thing.<br /><br />But, if that is what it take to keep Bill touring, I guess I can overlook it.<br /><br />Jim Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-80559661815100871732018-02-18T21:57:47.379-05:002018-02-18T21:57:47.379-05:00Thanks for the great report on Bill's performa...Thanks for the great report on Bill's performance.<br />I guess Bill has given up on paying a steel guitar player!<br />I got a good dose of steel guitar on the Country Music Cruise, so I'm good! :)<br />Carco Clave played in Chuck Mead's band, and he was phenomenal.Nat Hill IVnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-67969870044495057772018-02-18T19:38:03.516-05:002018-02-18T19:38:03.516-05:00Just a quick note about Bill Anderson on the road ...Just a quick note about Bill Anderson on the road this weekend. I usually report on the shows but I don't want to be redundant.<br /><br />Bill and the Po Folks were in Effingham, IL Friday night and played to a crowd of just under on thousand in a house that seats 1500. The band was the same as last August when they played just up the road about 40 minutes at Windsor and included James Freeze, Ziggy Johnson, Cotton Payne and Kenzie Wetz. Sorry Nat, still no steel player!<br /><br />They played for about and hour and thirty five minutes doing 18 songs. An oddity was the way they did City Lights. Kenzie and Ziggy instrumentally did what amounted to one verse ant then Bill only sang the first verse and the chorus. A little different too, was Bill pinning down what he said may be is two favorite songs he had written, one new and one old. He said it was still like choosing your favorite child but if he really had to pick these were probably it: A Lot Of Things Different, and Mama Sang A Song.<br /><br />And as usual, after the show Bill and the band met and signed autographs for over an hour for approximately 350 of those in attendance. <br /><br />One of the items we had with us generated a lot of discussion with Bill explaining it to us and the band. It was the picture sleeve 45 to the very first made for TV movie "Stranger On The Run" a western starring Henry Fonda, Ann Baxter and Dan Duryea. Bill sang the title song and his picture was below the actors on the cover of the 45. Seemed to bring back a lot of memories for Bill and the rest of us learned a lot. Makes for a special few moments when you can generate that kind of conversation and memories.<br /><br />They were off to Wabash Indiana near Ft Wayne for Saturday night, about a five hour drive.<br /><br />They will be back in Indiana later this year. They play Scottsburg about an hour south of Indy on September 21 and Shipshewanna near South Bend on October 11 and 12.<br /><br />It is amazing to me that six of his performances were those long recitations or story songs like Old Army Hat and he never misses a word. The guy running the theater said "Ya, and he isn't using a prompter". Shocking! <br /><br />As I always say, get out and see Bill, he is sill putting on a great show if you enjoy his kind of Country. <br /><br />Jim<br />Knightsville, IN <br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-6483690750582826922018-02-18T14:55:40.190-05:002018-02-18T14:55:40.190-05:00As for the Flatt and Scruggs final appearance, it ...As for the Flatt and Scruggs final appearance, it was reported beforehand in Country Song Roundup Magazine in Ray Pillow's column that the break up was coming. They also recorded a final album together called "Final Fling," which I have in my collection. I am guessing they knew that it was their last Opry appearance together. Interestingly enough, they also appeared together on Jan. 20, 1969 on a float in President Nixon's inauguration parade. Their TV show became the Lester Flatt show and Lester had a contest to name his band which became the Nashville Grass.Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13923631716045202449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-37340467546956623492018-02-17T22:13:25.351-05:002018-02-17T22:13:25.351-05:00whoops, that was Mark Wills on Frizzell's &quo...whoops, that was Mark Wills on Frizzell's "Mirrors" tonight !<br />DashmannAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-34218644482243596572018-02-17T22:08:19.412-05:002018-02-17T22:08:19.412-05:00William Marshall Morgan's Opry performance ton...William Marshall Morgan's Opry performance tonight of Daryl Singletary's " I Let Her Lie " was so heartfelt it brought tears to my eyes. Darryl Worley also hit it on the head with Lefty Frizzell's " I Never Go Around Mirrors ". Real country music --- Flushing Mich, DashmannAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-51653172231137685222018-02-16T19:31:04.181-05:002018-02-16T19:31:04.181-05:00Byron: Thanks for the beautiful write up on Daryle...Byron: Thanks for the beautiful write up on Daryle Singletary. RIP Dayle. You will be missed. BobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-44173088697215784292018-02-15T00:23:42.746-05:002018-02-15T00:23:42.746-05:00I am curious, was it known beforehand that the 196...I am curious, was it known beforehand that the 1969 show would be Flatt & Scruggs’ last appearance, or did they just never appear together again?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com