Flippin swingin my friend, had to dance :dancingaround the room…you are spoiling us. :flower
I havt to say, the sound is superb. Nice and clear :medal like I’m there… Thank you M. :cheers
the Louise archives revisited - very beautiful tune - this song is by Leo Kottke
3 different arrangements of Louise sung by a very young Vince Gill - MP3s
Vince Gill sings Louise, performed by Lazy River band - August 15, 1976
soundboard mix - Monte is the soundman and taper
vocalists and instrumentation for this track
Vince Gill - lead vocals, electric mandolin
John Jump - vocals, accoustic guitar
Bobby Briedenbach - pedal steel guitar
Bill Millet - banjo, vocals
Johnny Beaser - electric bass
Vince Gill sings Louise, performed by Bluegrass Alliance band - September 23, 1975
soundboard mix - Monte is the soundman and taper
vocalists and instrumentation for this track
Vince Gill - leadvocals, accoustic guitar
Bill Millet - baritone vocals, banjo
Al White - mandolin
Lonnie Peerce - tenor vocals, fiddle
Marshall Billingsley - bass fiddle, background vocal
Vince Gill sings Louise - Bluegrass Alliance studio session
Recorded and mixed at Starday Studio
Nashville, Tennessee
Dec. 5 - 8, 1975
The Bluegrass Alliance studio band:
Vince Gill - lead vocal / acoustic guitar
Bill Millet - banjo / background vocal (baritone)
Al White - mandolin
Marshall Billingsley - upright bass / background vocal (baritone bridge section)
Lonnie Peerce - fiddle / background vocal (tenor)
Nashville studio session players:
Buddy Emmons - steel guitar (E9 tuning)
Karl Himmel - drums
Engineered by: Sundance (former engineer for Pink Floyd) on MCI console
MCI 16 track 1’ analog tape deck - mastered to 1/2" on Ampex deck
mics:
Neuman U87 - vocals / upright bass
Electrovoice - RE20 banjo
AKG condensers - guitar, mandolin, fiddle
Bluegrass Alliance - Kentucky Blue LP 1975 - 1976
executive producer: Lonnie Peerce
music arrangements and production by: Vince Gill & Bill Millet
includes Louise track
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Released on American Heritage record label
Kentucky Blue LP never remastered or re-released
Before going to Nashville to record Louise with Buddy Emmons, rehearsal recording sessions for Louise were recorded in Monte Barry’s apartment - the one he shared with Vince Gill - upstairs at the grannies’ place, in Louisville. Vince Gill and Bill Millet produced the sessions.
Monte used his Nakamichi 2-track cassette deck and another cassette deck to bounce back and forth for overdubs. Mics were set up in his living room. The entire Bluegrass Alliance band, as listed above, played on these demo sessions. They had a head-start when they went to Nashville.
[center]Bill, Vince, Lonnie, Al, Marshall
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FYI…
Country stars have expressed concern about the state of the Opry House since it was flooded Monday. Stuart, in an interview earlier Tuesday, said he'd been told of widespread devastation by those who witnessed it.“What I understand is that as of yesterday one of my friends floated through the Opry House in a canoe and there was 4 feet of water on the stage at that time,” he said. “The dressing rooms are a total loss.”
It has yet to be determined if the Grand Ole Opry Museum, the Acuff instrument collection and the archives were lost. Stuart said if those things were destroyed, it would be “a profound American loss.”
“I would say you lost photographs,” he said. “I would say you lost film. I would say you lost audio and the costumes, instruments, manuscripts, boots. You know, just everything that goes along with the Opry and Opry stars.”
Gaylord Entertainment CEO Colin Reed says it will be a minimum of three months before the massive entertainment complex that also includes the Opryland Hotel and the Opry Mills Mall hosts guests again. He said there will be thousands of workers on site within a week.
Opry General Manager Pete Fisher said it’s too early to assess the damage in the Opry House. He called the evening historic because of the show’s return to the auditorium and said it was a celebration of the enduring nature of the 85-year-old Opry.
“We’re here to get the word out that the Grand Ole Opry is not a place, it’s a show,” Fisher said.
Of special concern was a 6-foot circle of wood from the old Ryman floorboards that was incorporated into the Opry House stage when it opened in 1974. Many consider it the very heart of country music.
Fittingly, the evening came to an end with the Opry’s stars gathering on stage to perform “Will The Circle Be Unbroken?”
“It’s done in such a way I would have to think when the water goes down it will still be there and that’s what I’ve got my eye on,” Stuart said. “That circle really is symbolic of the spirit, and so the circle will be unbroken, if you will.”
Source: Billboard Magazine
Dustin,
The circle IS INTACT! :thumbsup
They were able to get into The Opry House (The new theater, not the Ryman downtown) and although the stage surrounding “The Circle” from the original Ryman Auditorium Stage had major water damage and will need replacement, "The Circle was only caked with mud and held it’s own against the raging Cumberland River Flooding.
“The Circle” indeed, has not been broken! One could almost hear a collective sigh on the wind when the news was announced.
:cheers
Auntie Hope :festivarian2 :green
Awesome.
Thanks for the update, Hope.
:thumbsup
Thanks Hope !
and our Circle will be coming back together in just a months time
We are a Bless bunch of people !
:cheers
Okay, this is the article we’ve all been waiting on since the Nashville Flood of 2010…
After The Flood: Grand Ole Opry
Things are looking up! :thumbsup
Now, can someone turn the faucet off? It rained again today (but not like last time!)
Auntie Hope :festivarian2 :green