RE: [Harp-L] Dream come true, gonna be on the Wheeling Jamboree radio show saturday

[John Neff <soulchicken@xxxxxxxx>]

Congratulations! Sounds like a great opportunity and alot of fun. Hope I can listen online.
 
Soulchicken
 
> Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 22:06:30 -0700
> From: dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Harp-L] Dream come true, gonna be on the Wheeling Jamboree radio show saturday
> 
> Every West Virginia musician has one thing on his kick-the-bucket list, playing 
> the Wheeling Jamboree. It's a badge of honor one step below the Grand Ol' Opry, 
> at least for us. It's the second oldest radio show in the world, it's been 
> around since 1926 on WWVA AM 1170. 
> 
> Imagine my surprise when I got the call tonight!!!! I'm gonna be playing THE 
> Jamboree Saturday!!!
> 
> 
> I'm going to be playing on the same radio show that Merle Haggard, Conway 
> Twitty, Buck Owens, Johnny Cash, etc. played on! I'm humbled, nervous, a million 
> emotions rolled into one. 
> 
> Here's the show schedule. We are the Lonesome Midnight Cowboys. We are a trio, 
> bass mandolin and guitar. I play the guitar and I'll be singing a few and 
> blowing harp on a few. I'll be playing an A B-radical on "I'm So Lonesome I can 
> Cry," a circa 1915 prewar Seydel Bandmaster G Paddy tuned on "Bluestone 
> Mountain" and an Elk River Special C on "Amazing Grace." I'll be singing an old 
> W.Va. blues song Frank Hutchison recorded in 1928, "Miner's Blues" and a 1944 
> Ernest Tubb tune "Driving Nails in my Coffin." 
> 
> 
> Here's the schedule:
> www.wheelingjamboree.org/shows.php
> 
> Here is a video I took at practice tonight of "Miner's Blues" 
> 
> youtu.be/GAI_8sAMF3k
> 
> David Payne
> www.elkriverharmonicas.com