Re: [Harp-L] Charlie McCoy?

[icemanle@xxxxxxx]

 Charlie works with his "usual suspects" when he can afford to bring them to a gig - these are great Nashville session players that worked with Charlie when he was musical director for "Hee Haw". Unfortunately, when he is booked in the US, most of it is for regional festivals and - if you can believe it - the RV Parks, where there is not a lot of $ to spend, so he will use a local country/bluegrass band for back up. They cut the gig, but are definitely a level or two below where he likes to play. 

This I know from talking with him directly, as I booked him for a show last year in the Orlando area. Because I like to create a first class experience for the musicians and the audience, Charlie was very happy when I told him I'd bring in his hand selected Nashville musicians for this particular gig, as they haven't played together in years. What a blast, especially picking them all up at the airport. It was quite a reunion scene. It was also fascinating to watch him work them at the sound check/rehearsal to pull them into a first class unit in a short period of time. Charlie is amazing and the respect and response from these musicians was something to see. The show that night was as good as anything done at The Grand Ol' Opry.

Anyways, the next day I took all the side men out for lunch before running them to the airport. They all told me amazing stories about Charlie, including the fact that he, along with Chet Atkins, developed the Nashville system for charts back in the early days. 

So, my verification is from horses' mouths and was good enough for me to repeat here. Winslow, on the other hand, may like more official documentation - perhaps something in writing....?





I think he was around when it was developed, but is he the actual originator? 
Likely more than one person was involved.

If this claim can be documented and verified, it would be great.



 


 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 2:41 pm
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Charlie McCoy?










I think he was around when it was developed, but is he the actual originator? 
Likely more than one person was involved.

If this claim can be documented and verified, it would be great.

Winslow

Winslow Yerxa

Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5

--- On Thu, 2/5/09, icemanle@xxxxxxx <icemanle@xxxxxxx> wrote:
From: icemanle@xxxxxxx <icemanle@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Charlie McCoy?
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thursday, February 5, 2009, 10:59 AM

 Did you know that Charlie was responsible for developing the chord chart
system known as the Nashville System? 



there are a lot of people who owe a lot to him without even 
knowing about him.



 


 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Dempster <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: mzaklan@xxxxxxxxx; harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 10:30 am
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Charlie McCoy?










Well, good, and about time. I don't think Charlie gets enough attention on 
harp-l. He brought harp kicking and screaming into the post Beatles era, and 
gave it more mainstream cred. than anyone since the chromatic lads (Borrah, 
Larry, Jerry M. etc. etc.) AND he was playing diatonic. Harp wasn't the
same 
after Charlie, and there are a lot of people who owe a lot to him without even 
knowing about him.
RD

>>> Mick Zaklan <mzaklan@xxxxxxxxx> 06/02/09 12:03 AM
>>>
   According to the AP (
http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?p=McCoy&ei=UTF-8);  Barbara
Mandrell, Roy Clark, and Charlie McCoy are being inducted this year.

Mick Zaklan
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