Piano Trivia
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wrote on 10 Mar 2022, 03:30 last edited by
What was the first hit song to feature the Nashville slip-note style and who was the pianist?
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wrote on 10 Mar 2022, 05:23 last edited by
Don Robertson wrote a song called "please help me I'm falling". Floyd Cramer played the piano on the finish cut, and copied the style from Robertson who played it first, on the demo.
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wrote on 10 Mar 2022, 07:23 last edited by
Yep, song was sung by Hank Locklin. I didn't know the part about Robertson. IIRC, Chet Atkins also worked on the record.
The song Last Date didn't come out until later in the year.
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wrote on 10 Mar 2022, 16:16 last edited by
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wrote on 10 Mar 2022, 17:23 last edited by
Hank singing his hit. I'm not sure if that's Floyd on the piano, I'm guessing it is.
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wrote on 10 Mar 2022, 17:25 last edited by
BTW...Something I found pretty amazing...I saw a video of Hank singing that song ten years or so before he died. He had to be in his mid-70's or maybe a little older.
Same key.
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wrote on 10 Mar 2022, 17:33 last edited by
If Don Robertson had had any range, he could have been "Mr. Piano" instead of Floyd. Unfortunately, "please help me im falling" was a hot screaming barn burner compared to the rest of his catalog, with most of it sounding like he was falling asleep.....
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wrote on 10 Mar 2022, 17:37 last edited by
Larry, you remember Tommy Wells?
Tommy helped me when I bought my son his first set of drums...
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Larry, you remember Tommy Wells?
Tommy helped me when I bought my son his first set of drums...
wrote on 10 Mar 2022, 17:41 last edited by@Jolly said in Piano Trivia:
Larry, you remember Tommy Wells?
Tommy helped me when I bought my son his first set of drums...
I had to think a minute, but yes I remember him. Great drummer.