tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post9191309230885170119..comments2024-03-28T13:34:02.271-04:00Comments on Fayfare's Opry Blog: April Opry Highlightsfayfarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00173166778978335059noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-60539093137699262752014-04-02T08:11:26.730-04:002014-04-02T08:11:26.730-04:00Fred, Bismarck:
Byron, just one of the benefits o...Fred, Bismarck:<br /><br />Byron, just one of the benefits of your monthly retrospective is, it makes me dig a little deeper in my CD rotation for something I haven't listened to in a while.<br /><br />This month it's Fiddlin' Arthur Smith and his Dixieliners, wonderfully represented on County Records #3526. (Still available, I see, including from my favorite shop, label owner County Sales.) This is stringband music of the kind Fayfarers talked about (and the Opry used to stand for) on a recent thread. What Smith does with that fiddle you won't hear anyplace else, and his vocals are also superb. Remastered sound is crisp and excellent.<br /><br />Where backing isn't by the McGees, it's by the Delmore Brothers. Talk about a can't-lose proposition!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-4615752738225539302014-04-01T10:42:05.634-04:002014-04-01T10:42:05.634-04:00I believe today is also the birthday of one Jim Ed...I believe today is also the birthday of one Jim Edward Brown, who now joins the Opry's octogenarian gang--and still has most of his pipes.<br /><br />Great stuff as always, Byron. There are some You Tube clips of the Opry from 1967, with Mr. Acuff and his group, and Vito is moving around the stage and talking with Mr. Acuff during an instrumental break. I thought, THAT'S the way it was.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01998867386294693956noreply@blogger.com