Who played steel w/Faron Young in '66?

Brad Sarno · Post by **Brad Sarno** » 21 Dec 2002 9:55 am

I've got a DVD of a movie called "The Road To Nashville" from circa '66. Great live country performances. Faron young has a steel player with him but I cant identify him. Anyone?

Thanks,
Brad Sarno

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 21 Dec 2002 10:02 am

Brad
That would be your basic Dickey Overby. He was quite young and handsome in those days.

Now he's older and handsome, of course.

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Gene Jones · Post by **Gene Jones** » 21 Dec 2002 10:29 am

......See my post below..... [This message was edited by Gene Jones on 29 December 2002 at 01:07 PM.]

Smiley Roberts · Post by **Smiley Roberts** » 22 Dec 2002 6:59 am

Herb,
When did "Big Ben" Keith work w/ Faron?

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Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 22 Dec 2002 7:44 am

Smiley, you're in the town where that info is probably plentiful, but I believe it was late 50's to early 60's for Big Ben. I do have a video from the late 50's showing a very young Lloyd Green playing a Bigsby with Faron.

And on Faron's "Mary Carter Paint" album, like around 1960 or so, the band is Ben K., Wayne Moss, and Darrell McCall. So, there'd be guys around, like Darrell, who'd know the correct timetable.

But it's definitely Dicky in the "Road To N'ville" movie. He might even be playing "the Wagon," since it's for sure an Emmons wraparound in that film.

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Al Udeen · Post by **Al Udeen** » 22 Dec 2002 6:23 pm

In 58 I was sitting in a club in Printers Alley with Ben Keith listening to Hank Garland, & Ben hands me his drink & says I gotta catch Farons bus, In 64 I saw Dickey Overby at the Four seasons in Aroura, Co. with Faron, I sure got around in those days! au

Jason Odd · Post by **Jason Odd** » 24 Dec 2002 6:44 pm

I'd say that Big Ben left Faron circa 1964, Paul Graupp mentions seeing Ben with the Faron around that time, and Darrell McCall was with the group in the mid 1960s.

There is a woman who is working on a book about Faron's bands, there's a website that should be found without too much difficulty.

scott murray · Post by **scott murray** » 27 Dec 2002 4:43 pm

I don't mean to contradict Herb, but I'm pretty sure it's Ben Keith on the 'Road to Nashville'...

I've also got some footage of Jimmie Crawford playing with Faron a couple years later on the Billy Walker show.

I think Jimmie's on that 'Road to Nashville' too.

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 27 Dec 2002 6:17 pm

scott, I too thought it was Ben in the movie, but Dicky himself assured me that it was he. Then, when I got home and looked close, I could see that it WAS Dicky, but a lot less of him than exists today.

But who is the steel player with Bill Anderson, sitting next to Jimmy Lance and in front of Snuffy Miller?

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Paul Graupp · Post by **Paul Graupp** » 27 Dec 2002 6:41 pm

Ahhh, I remember it well....Jason ! I almost gave up steel after listening to Ben play.

Then Jimmy Day showed up and ate all my pills and got me started again.

It was a very interesting year and it was in Europe as well. I shouldn't ever complain.
I've had a good life and more memories than I care to recall. I think I've posted half of them on the Forum in 2100 posts over two years. Let's see....I've got two more years before I finish it all up. Thanks for remembering what I seemed to have forgotten !!

Regards, Paul

jim milewski · Post by **jim milewski** » 28 Dec 2002 5:54 am

is that the same Ben Keith that played on Neil Youngs albums

Richard Bass · Post by **Richard Bass** » 28 Dec 2002 7:25 am

Brad Sarno · Post by **Brad Sarno** » 28 Dec 2002 3:47 pm

Herb asked,

"But who is the steel player with Bill Anderson, sitting next to Jimmy Lance and in front of Snuffy Miller?"

Is that a young Larry Sasser?

Brad Sarno
St. Louis

Steve Hinson · Post by **Steve Hinson** » 28 Dec 2002 4:33 pm

That's probably Weldon Myrick with Bill Anderson...my guess anyway(I didn't see the movie,but Weldon was Bill's steel player around'66).

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 29 Dec 2002 1:46 am

Nope, not Weldon. Played a Sho-Bud with a geometric pattern on the front apron.

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Steve Hinson · Post by **Steve Hinson** » 29 Dec 2002 4:51 am

Weldon played a Sho~Bud...there's a picture of him with Anderson's band at the Flame Club in Minneapolis in the second Winnie Winston book.Like I said,I haven't seen the movie...

Al Udeen · Post by **Al Udeen** » 29 Dec 2002 8:54 am

I also saw & met Weldon in 64 w/Bill Anderson at the "Captains Table" in Denver, & he was playing a walnut colored Sho-Bud au

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 29 Dec 2002 9:09 am

I saw Bill Anderson in 1964 with Weldon playing his Sho-Bud, and this guy does not look like Weldon to me.

Don't make me watch this movie again... I'll be very upset!

Actually, I'm joking. Doodles Weaver was one of my favorite actors. Used to watch him on the Spike Jones Show. A little known trivia thing about Doodles is that when he was going to LA High in the 1920's, he climbed the school rotunda with a mannequin/dummy dressed in his clothing and, after threatening suicide, hanged the dummy from the roof of the school with the student body watching. That little stunt got him suspended for awhile.

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Steve Hinson · Post by **Steve Hinson** » 29 Dec 2002 11:08 am

Well,I guess I'm gonna have to order this POS movie...it can't be any worse than"Hillbillies"...can it?

Gene Jones · Post by **Gene Jones** » 29 Dec 2002 12:46 pm

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Paul Graupp · Post by **Paul Graupp** » 30 Dec 2002 5:56 am

Gene: I'm glad I caught your post in Testing or I would have missed this !!

Regards, Paul

Ernie Renn · Post by **Ernie Renn** » 30 Dec 2002 7:28 am

Didn't Sonny Garrish replace Weldon Myrick with the Po Boys in the mid 60's? (Or was there somebody in between?)

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Gregg Galbraith · Post by **Gregg Galbraith** » 30 Dec 2002 2:35 pm

Ernie,Bob Lucier played for Bill briefly,between Weldon and Sonny. I haven't seen the movie either, but there's a chance that it was Bob.[This message was edited by Gregg Galbraith on 30 December 2002 at 02:36 PM.]

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 30 Dec 2002 3:16 pm

Ahhh!!! Bob Lucier!!! Yes, it's him!!!

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Joey Ace · Post by **Joey Ace** » 5 Jan 2003 4:28 pm

Sorry folks. The mystery is still unsloved.

I asked Bob Lucier, and he said it wasn't him. He said he only played with Bill Anderson at the time.

So who is it??