Murph
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“Later on I said to Kent: ‘What about putting Free Bird on my rock album too, if we get permission from them to do it?’ So that’s what we did. Then Ronnie Van Zant’s widow said that she’d let us use his voice on the track. She wouldn’t allow Lynyrd Skynyrd to do it, but she said: ‘I’ll do it for Dolly!’ So we got to use Ronnie on there. We had already recorded it, but his phrasing was so simple that they just dropped his vocal in.
The song also features members of Skynyrd themselves, including original guitarist Gary Rossington and former drummer Artimus Pyle.
“Some of them hadn’t gotten together for a while, but one of their daughters said: ‘You gotta do it!’” says Parton. “So they actually mended some fences there, and I felt very blessed to be part of all that.”
Sadly, Parton’s epic rendition of Free Bird now serves as an epitaph for guitarist Rossington, who passed away this March.
“We were so heartbroken when that happened, because we’d done that track with Gary not long before,” she says. “Right now, some of my crew are trying their best to see if we can actually get some footage of Gary and Ronnie Van Zant and try to incorporate that into a possible video. I’d love to make that work. Wouldn’t that be something?”
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I know opinions are like arseholes, but this gave me a smile and a tear. I think Ronnie would have dug it.
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37 minutes ago, gearbasher said:
I wonder where the gold to mint those coins comes from?
The "Lost Dutchman Mine" just outside of Apache Jct.
Duh....
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2 minutes ago, fortyearspickn said:
So was Walmart.
When Sam was alive, he was all about "Bring it home to the USA". He pushed for American made products, would work with makers, and paid his employees with stock bonuses that made many early employees millionaires.
After he died is when it went to hell.
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21 minutes ago, Gibson29 said:
I’ve always had a spot for old A models, teens-‘20s. Still can find good ones in the 1000$ area.
I paid 2K for my 1933 A-00 15 years ago, but it has some legendary provenance.
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1 minute ago, PrairieDog said:
They can’t use the Made In label unless the product is created from substantially US materials/parts and manufacture.
Yep.
And that's the stuff I'm buying this year.
Case knives, Vaughn tools, Channellock, stuff that SAYS Made In U.S.A. American Benchcraft leather goods, and such.
Some of the women are getting American made gold coins.
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16 minutes ago, NighthawkChris said:
I’d like to think that a vast majority of electronics are made with semiconductors that are fabricated overseas. Sort of like how American are vehicles that use - and they all do - parts overseas? A lot of overseas corporations here in MI that work on building electronic modules for the Big 3… Maybe Americans put this stuff together, but couldn’t do it without international support apparently to make the stuff line workers assemble. Just curious on others’ thoughts in this regard.
My Mom built chips in Mesa/Tempe in the 70's / early 80's.
Eventually they moved the factory to Mexico. Then across the pond.
We CAN do it.
We just don't.
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9 hours ago, E-minor7 said:
Hehe, , , yea, censorship wasn't invented yesterday. The butcher-cover got the knife somewhere around 1966. .
Yea, and ya hardly ever hear the original Alice's Restaurant anymore...
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16 hours ago, merciful-evans said:
I could not enjoy life fully on home products though.
Nor could I. I like Swiss Army Knives and Apple electronics and German sausage.
I'm just doing it this Christmas as a challenge and to support local and American workers.
It's been fun, I'm about done.
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2 hours ago, Salfromchatham said:
I care about price, sweet warm tone, and good setup above all…
thoughts on which model, and where to buy?
It doesn't work that way.
Put yourself out there.
It'll find you.
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I've gigged Les Paul's and SG's in dumpy biker bars and redneck joints since the 70's and their acoustics since around 2003 and have never had this happen. So I've never considered it a weak link, ever.
However, for my own reasons, I think the U.S. Navy videos are legit and there are many, many more.
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On 11/24/2023 at 4:12 PM, Cougar said:
$100 off for Gibson forum members!
What a nice thing to do!
I'm not in the market at the moment, but you're a class act, my friend.
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Two elves are winding down in the North Pole bar after a long day of making toys.
After downing some shots of peppermint schnapps, the first elf says to the second, “That COVID outbreak in China has really messed up the toy production schedule. I don’t think Santa has ever pushed us so hard!”.
The second one added, “Yeah, things were so bad today that Rudolph and Blitzen were even called in to work on the assembly line.”
The first one got an odd look on his face and said, “Well, that explains why those Raisinets I found on the floor tasted so strange.”-
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A man was relaxing, reading his Sunday newspaper...
There was a knock on the door, he begrudgingly got up to answer. There was no one there. He looked around, and just as he was about to go back in, a voice said "hi, how are you doing today?"
He angrily stared down at a Snail, who was smiling up at him. He picked up the Snail and gave it a hefty kick, and returned to his newspaper.
Three weeks went by, and the man was pottering around in the kitchen. There was a knock on the door, and the man went to answer it. No one there, but he looked down. The snail was looking up at him, and in a bemused, but angry voice said "What did you do that for?" -
38 minutes ago, Sgt. Pepper said:
Do you watch that nut and his show about aliens? My brother does. I look at it for a few mins, shake my head, and walk away. Why is it the same story over and over. Aliens land in a corn field in Nowhereville, Kansas and abduct a farmer, get a poo sample and return him home with vague memories of it happening. Moonshine is why. The farmer was on a serious bender.
So, you think those Navy Tic Tac videos are fake...
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12 minutes ago, badbluesplayer said:
I bought a John Deere 235 lawn tractor this year. Does that count?
I've always wanted a 300 series, but have yet to drop the cash.
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He's being probed as we speak...
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I moved to southern Louisiana around 1982 and had an old Chevy 1/2 ton pickup with a full length ladder rack (front bumper to the rear) that was custom built. Me and a friend were doing construction sub-contracting and were totally new to the area.
We were sitting in a bar one afternoon and a guy comes in the front door and yelled "Who's that blue truck for?"
We looked at each other like he was speaking Russian. WTF did that mean? We eventually figured it out. He wanted to know who owned the blue truck, and later was asking about my custom rack.
I learned to love Cajun slang and even married one...
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11 hours ago, Rabs said:
Why is it some people come on here and ask questions like this and then never seem to come back?
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They made a good couple.
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15 hours ago, E-minor7 said:
Remember when it came out though - . . 😵
I wondered what it meant.
I mean, it's not a bowl of cherries...
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I was at Rural King yesterday getting dog food and saw a whole slew of American Made socks.
Lincoln Outfitters Men's Merino Wool Blend Sock 2 Pack Charcoal - L2/8791-CHAR | Rural King
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Another 100% American made legend.
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16 hours ago, Rabs said:
Well hes done the walk of life.. Maybe hes selling them as he is in dire straits.
Well played, Rabs.
Well played...
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The new Beatles
in Gibson Acoustic
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Yep.
Less production, more honesty.
And acoustic.