We played the Well Coffee Lounge in Royse City, Tx. last Friday night. Great food there by the way and they sell wine and beer there too.

Anyway, not ready for prime time I know, but we had fun. Our bass player was out taking care of an ill brother. We threw a Merle song in the mix.

A fiddle and a steel and you're prime time podnah, good job.

I dig it

Good job Bob! That's the 2nd whiteboy I saw today with a massive fro

I like it.

Thanks, I think my singing made him leave. Surprised the Restaurant manager didn't pay me to stop singing.

Good idea. A steel would have been just right for that song! Thank you.

Vocals good,music good ....but turn down thhhhhhhhhhose amps you are drowning out good vocals.

Thanks. Good advice. The guitars are mixed in, they have electronics inside. I recorded this with my HD Panasonic video cam on a tripod on a nearby table which I just hit the record and let it run for the two sets of 12 songs that we did that night from7:30 to 9:30. The restaurant Manager requested that we were to be just background for the folks in there eating, drinking, talking and playing games. So we had to keep it soft. I would have got more true audio if I had tapped into the mixer to the camera mic input. Our bass player is going to be pizzed that we got $75 to split from the tips and 15% of the take. hahahahaha

Man Bob, that�s awesome my friend!!!

Good steel and fiddle players are hard to find. We have a good steel player at church who used to play for Ray Price but the youngun's in the band and choir don't appreciate steel music.

Thank you Sawhorse!

Cool that he played for ray price. We had a steel player for a few months. He lives in plano. He was pretty good, but the steel doesnt work with all of our songs. You are correct too about "good" fiddle players. Hard to find.

Jim Loessberg?

Very good stuff there Bob.

I liked Merle's music, despised his politics. Hard for me to separate the two.

.I've heard a lot worst singers Bob. Audio wasn't very loud. But I could hear it better close to my ear. Your pitch wasn't all over which most people who don't sing have issues with. Seemed just fine to me.

That's why you ignore an artist's political views. Rage Against the Machine are insanely political. They were the bomb back in the day though.

Good buddy of mine played fiddle for Ray Price in his later years... He is on tour with T Byrd now.

Real Country music has just about gone the way of real mashed potato's. Country bands these days use the same instruments as the rock bands so fiddle and steel guitar players are not as valuable anymore. For me, if the country band doesn't have a fiddle or steel I don't listen to'em. I'm just about down to either George Strait or Alan Jackson.

Thanks RayBob. I hear ya on the politics. Difficult sometimes. We did a variety of stuff. A John Fogerty Tune, an Eagles tune, Graham Parsons tune, Dolly Parton, John Denver, etc.

I recorded all of the songs. I have a Channel on youtube if you ever have some time to kill:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bdavismartin

Thanks Rick.

I played with a steel player once who was playing with Ray Price but I can't remember his name. I remember his face and that he was a slender fellow. Other than that I couldn't tell you anything about him. Kind of the way it's always been when it comes to musicians, just two ships passing in the night.




Bob, next time you post a Merle song I have a request;
"Looking for a place to fall apart".
Easy song in A,D, and E.
Heck, most of Merle's songs were just A,D, and E.

They're out there. Nashville just ain't playing them. There's a really good outlaw movement going on right now. Get you one of the streaming apps. Spotify is what I use. It will suggest artists by style. Just start going through the suggested artists.
There's basically three categories of country right now.
What Nashville pushes. Straight garbage
Texas Red Dirt. Which has some good artists.
The outlaws. Which is the country I listen to most. If I'm listening to country.

Nothing like country music!

Great song. Yep, most of Merle's song are fairly straight forward. I learned The Fugitive and Sing Me Back Home, a lot of folks recognize them. Are you still playing regularly?

No Bob.
I haven't played regularly for a few years now.
I play all I can at home and enjoy doing so, but...
This was a photo from my last gig and hopefully not my final one (recognize the shirt?)

Very cool! Yes, I recognize the shirt and like the longhorn cooler! A lefthander too.

Where's the video ?

We never allowed video recording at our shows.

I listen to the Outlaw channel on Sirius and Willie's Roadhouse, both have some country. Outlaw also has some of the rogue artist which can be pretty good.

Steel players name is Gary Woodall who also plays bass and he is a slender guy.

Hey Icepick, how many different people did you meet that claimed to have written the song �Tequila�? I played professionally too. Probably met 8 different guys, in 8 different parts of the country who all claimed to be; 1) retired touring musicians, and, 2) the one who wrote �Tequila�.

(BTW - My question is in no way related to your comment about Ray Price dude...it just sparked the �Tequila songwriter claim� memory for me.)

Excellent song Bob. Good to see you are out on parole.

Nope that's not him.
I remembered the guys last name because he made a joke about it being easy to remember.
The name was Day.
If you get the chance maybe you could ask Mr. Woodall if he heard of a guy by that name that might've played with Ray Price.




None.

Jimmy Day

Got to see him once. what a voice, so smooth.

Effortless...wish I could have seen him live. Very under-rated guitarist too.

Junior Knight is one of the better steel players around, Gary Pogue was also an excellent one until he passed away.

have known Junior since the early 70's.,and he is damn good!!!!