Curtis Potter w/ Jim Loessberg on Steel&Producer

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 3 Apr 2003 2:49 pm

Ok I just listened through the NEW Curtis Potter CD called "Walking on New Grass"; Produced and played his '65 Wrap-around Emmons and played Drums by our very own Jim Loessberg..........and OH MY GOSH......this is one of the best sounding Classic Country projects of Today.
Curtis has always sang is butt off and did it yet again.....but the production of this CD is priceless.....and I've known Jim Loessberg for quite a while and his ear for purity is the best I've heard. Loessberg's Steel Playing is just as sweet as the production of this Classic. Yes Lloyd Green is my Favorite and I'm heavily influenced by Lloyd and Weldon and Jimmy Day; but I'm gunna have to say(cause I go listen to Jim play once a week)> Jim Loessberg is one of my all time favorite steel players....I can listen to him play alll daaay long.
This is a must buy....and I rarely promote something other than my own business...ha..but TWO THUMBS UP on this one....WOW>
Get it Here> http://www.startexrecords.com/ and get it NOW.......shoot my blood is still pumping....that STeel player is something else...and wait till you see who the other musicians are....and you won't belive who the Bass player is???ha....
Ricky

Dicky Overbey · Post by **Dicky Overbey** » 3 Apr 2003 3:45 pm

Hi Ricky,
All I can say is, You are right.
How about the kickoff that Randy Reinhard
and Bobby Flores did on Shenandoah?
That alone is worth the price of the C-D.
Also I got to hear Jim the other night in
Bandera with Justin Trevino and I too am a
fan.
Also let me just say that Justin Trevino is
turning out country music in his studio that
will be treasured by true country fans forever.
I'm coming to hear you as soon as it is possible Ricky.
Love and deepest respect for all of you.
Dicky Overbey

Peggy Poovey · Post by **Peggy Poovey** » 3 Apr 2003 4:21 pm

YES, to everthing Ricky and Dickey said. This CD is awesome. I have not heard Curtis sound this good since "Here Comes Curtis Potter". Very well produced and Loessberg plays as well as I have ever heard him, on steel and drums, and Bobby Flores is also awesome on fiddle.
If you like Country all the way you will love this CD.

Peggy Poovey

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 3 Apr 2003 5:29 pm

Hey Cool Deal Dicky> yes it is awesome sounding what Randy and Bobby did....
If your in town Sat. I'm playing with Redd Volkaert at the Continental afternoon gig..from 3:00 to 6:30pm...come on down...
...and Dicky I might add....you sounded super duper the other day with Justin "young Man"...(I say that cause you play like a young excited man"...wow)...I can't wait to get your Cd pal>I'll email you.
Ricky

Gene Jones · Post by **Gene Jones** » 3 Apr 2003 5:49 pm

My first acquaintance with Curtis Potter was with Billy Gray at the Golden Nuggett in Los Vegas in 1963...and he keeps getting better! www.genejones.com

Shaan Shirazi · Post by **Shaan Shirazi** » 4 Apr 2003 7:34 am

I bought my copy from Jim the other day and it is a great record that I will treasure alongside my Texas Dancehall Music album and the live CD from a couple of years ago.

Jim Loessburg is definitely one of my all time favorites and I'm lucky enough to have a fiance' who not only agrees with me but also lives 3 blocks away from where we can go hear him play with Justin Trevino and Levi Mullen in the same week.

Those shows are rapidly becoming "THE" place to be for Country Music in Austin because it seems like every week you also get to hear the cream of the crop of Austin's players come out to hang around and sit in. It really is a special thing to behold.

Shaan

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Jelle Biel · Post by **Jelle Biel** » 4 Apr 2003 12:28 pm

Ricky & Dicky
AGREE,,,,,,,all the comments,,,,,,,,,for me
Jim LOESSBERG is TOPCLASS .
We overhere in Holland (Europe) enjoy the CD(Curtis Potter) very very much ,all the steelwork Jim did is GREAT. We ((ao.koos and the band members))are astonished the most about his HIGH CLASS LEVEL on C6.
HIGH CLASS JIM
""fans from europe (holland)""
jelle[This message was edited by Jelle Biel on 04 April 2003 at 12:29 PM.]

Johnny Stout · Post by **Johnny Stout** » 4 Apr 2003 2:30 pm

Shann, where is this place in Austin to hear Jim and real country music?

Tommy Detamore · Post by **Tommy Detamore** » 4 Apr 2003 6:36 pm

Ricky and Dicky and everybody else, y'all are soooo right! This is a great record! Jim Loessburg has been a hero of mine for as long as I have been in Texas. He continues to just blow me away. I heard some of his Ray Price course at a friend's the other day. Very nice! I gotta have it to learn the right way to do all that stuff....Ricky, they were playing the Bill Kirchen/Linda Lay album during dinner tonite at the AllGood cafe in Dallas. Brilliant work, my friend. Your solo on "Streets of Baltimore" made me forget to chew my salmon...Started drooling like Homer

If we get to town in time tomorrow I'll come harrass you and Redd...[This message was edited by Tommy Detamore on 04 April 2003 at 06:39 PM.]

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 5 Apr 2003 1:30 am

WEll just now getting your messege Tommy...ha...and thanks for the nice words on the Bill Kirchen CD...>.yes come on down to the continental...3 to 6:30....and I'll be playing Stephen O'Brien's ShoBud I just restored for him that you can see over in the pedal steel section yeee haaa.
Ricky[This message was edited by Ricky Davis on 05 April 2003 at 01:31 AM.]

George Duncan Sypert · Post by **George Duncan Sypert** » 5 Apr 2003 7:57 am

Agree with all comments about Jim Loessberg's playing and a fine fellow to boot. I spent two hours or better listening to Jim, Levi, John & a drummer who's name I can't remember on the 26th of March at Ginny's in Austin and it was a treat. I have been to Ginny's three times in the last year and heard two great steelers. Jim twice and Ricky once. Actually both twice because Jim let Ricky play one of his sets. Jim also let me embarrass myself by allowing me to play a set in a real Texas honky-tonk. I had a really good time. Thanks to the Jim and the guys for that.

If you want to hear real country music in Austin make it to Ginny's Little Longhorn Saloon.

We all need Jim's little 25 song course on the right way to play those Price songs. Sure would have saved a lot of hair and nail biting over the last 30 years.

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Shaan Shirazi · Post by **Shaan Shirazi** » 7 Apr 2003 5:31 am

To answer Johnny's question:

Ginny's Little Longhorn is on the west side of Burnet Rd. N of a street called North Loop and South of Shoalmont. The main thoroughfare to the North is 2222 and you can exit on to that off of either i-35 or Mopac Expressway.

It's a stand alone white building whith orange trim. Here's the weekly linep:

Monday 9:00: Redd Volkaert and BIlly Dee (with Ricky Davis?)
Tuesday 9:00: Alternating between Justin Trevino (with Jim Loessburg and Levi Mullen) and Roger Wallace (solo)
Wednesday 9:00: Levi Mullen also w/ Jim Loessburg
Thursday 9:00: Dale Watson
Friday and Saturday 9:00: Various Bands some better than others
Sunday 4:00: C.S.S. with Dale Watson

That oughta hold you for a while.

Shaan

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Jim Loessberg · Post by **Jim Loessberg** » 7 Apr 2003 12:40 pm

I just ran across this post. Thank you very much to all who wrote such kind words!

All the credit for Curtis' CD goes to the great musicians who played on it, Justin Trevino, who engineered it and, of course, Curtis for being the great singer he is.

Thanks to everyone who bought a copy. Your support is helping to keep traditional Country music alive.

Thanks, too, to everyone who comes to our shows and thanks to Ginny, Sharon and the staff at the Little Longhorn for providing a home for real Country music!

Best wishes,

Jim