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jacquesvroom wrote:
Dan,
It is, indeed! Everybody in that “gang” I mentioned had some kind of skill to contribute to the group. Mine was distinctly non-musical. I loved Scotty and Gail, and I had an “unlimited” pass to fly on American Airlines anywhere they flew, first class, and to take a companion. In the mid-1990’s Scotty, long since “retired” and morphed into “engineering” and some producing, had begun to get enticing offers from venues in Europe (and UK) to perform. He eventually got linked up with Alvin Lee’s bass player, Pete Pritchard, who somehow came up with a merry band of very talented Brits to play “behind” Scotty for these gigs. There are videos on YouTube of several of those Scotty in Europe performances. In the earliest times, DJ Fontana went, too.
The appearance fees, I guess, were ok. But the travel arrangement offers were almost always coach, lots of stops, and no ticket for Gail. So, for several years, I helped Scotty and Gail get across the pond to those gigs.
It was the best! I got to hang out with some very interesting musicians, listen to them from amazing seats—and to help a guy whom I thought had been criminally under-compensated for playing with Elvis every night Elvis ever performed, and playing on all the Sun and RCA records, from the first days at Sun in 1954, to 1968’s Comeback Special. He even appeared in 5 movies with Elvis. Total of right at $30,000, for all that!
To get back on topic, on a few occasions, James Burton kind of substituted for Scotty, when Scotty couldn’t go—playing with the same Brit guys who backed Scotty, just performing later Elvis songs. One of these times I flew with James to/from London. As you mentioned a very nice guy. And, a very impressive guitar player! Ah, music! And, ah, the old days!!
If you are ever in Dallas, stop in and bullshit!!
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I get to Ft Hood about 2x a year....see you then!!!
Dan
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