Shenandoah

Marcel Parijs · Post by **Marcel Parijs** » 19 Jun 2008 2:36 pm

This is a question for Bill.

Bill, do you have this song from Buddy. I heard he's play this song at the St.Louis convention.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khxx3sCV ... re=related

I love this song very much.

Marcel

Marcel Parijs · Post by **Marcel Parijs** » 19 Jun 2008 2:44 pm

Here's another version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5grgB-d ... re=related

Gr,M

Bill Dobkins · Post by **Bill Dobkins** » 19 Jun 2008 3:22 pm

Marcel, in april of 06 I recorded Buddy playing Shennadoa by his self at Benton IL.I wept. I sent this to Bill Ferguson. so far Bill has posted Blue Jade of of this video, maybe with a little coaxing we could con him in to putting Shenendoa on U TUBE for us all to enjoy. I will say there was a guy kept walking in front of the camera.

Marcel Parijs · Post by **Marcel Parijs** » 19 Jun 2008 3:29 pm

Thanks Bill,

I hope Buddy get his permission to Bill to add it.
So Buddy if you read this, we all love your video's clips.

Marcel

Bill Dobkins · Post by **Bill Dobkins** » 19 Jun 2008 4:48 pm

Marcel, Just above under (send your song file around the world) I have a version of Shenandoa you might like. Its the first thing I've ever put on the web.
Later Bill.

Charles Davidson · Post by **Charles Davidson** » 19 Jun 2008 5:42 pm

Ya'll check out Bill's version of this on Charlies site,great job on it,DYKBC.

Howard Tate · Post by **Howard Tate** » 19 Jun 2008 8:51 pm

I'd love to hear Buddy do it. Frank Rogers has a beautiful version, that also has some of the prettiest violin I've ever heard. Also Reggie Duncan does it great. Bill, your version is very pretty too.

Marcel Parijs · Post by **Marcel Parijs** » 20 Jun 2008 1:38 am

Bill,

I listling to your version at Charlies site.
So now I'm shure there's is a lot great pickers around the world.

Great Job Bill. I love it!

Marcel

Ray Walker · Post by **Ray Walker** » 20 Jun 2008 4:54 am

I am not sure if this CD is still in production it is "Pure and Simple Country" and it is Mike Sweeney's steel solo of the song. I have heard countless people play this song and several on the pedal steel.....but there is no better....no more compelling....and certainly no more beautiful version of this song on the steel than what Mike Sweeney performs on this CD. If you like the song and most do...you certainly owe it to yourself to hear Mike's version. If you don't play the song you will after hearing this version. Having said that I haven't heard Reggie or Bill's version...but I have Mikes and I listen to it often

Ray Walker

Charles Davidson · Post by **Charles Davidson** » 23 Jun 2008 12:48 am

Mike also has it on his CD [Live from the Bandstand]also his tune [[Hangin'out with Curly]is worth the cost of the album alone.fifteen GREAT tunes.DYKBC.

Alan Miller · Post by **Alan Miller** » 23 Jun 2008 1:57 pm

What an amazing voice both tenn' Ernie Ford and Sissel have, but I too would love to see Buddy play this lovely melody. As beautiful as Sissel is to the eye and the ears if i had to make a video choice it would be big E's shanondoah without question.

Jan Mulder · Post by **Jan Mulder** » 25 Jun 2008 5:58 am

Hi Marcel

You mean this one!:

www.youtube.com/v/9GllXOgF4DY
Jan

Jan Mulder · Post by **Jan Mulder** » 27 Jun 2008 1:57 am

Jan Mulder wrote:Hi Marcel

You mean this one!:

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=9GllXOgF4DY
Jan

Howard Tate · Post by **Howard Tate** » 27 Jun 2008 8:39 am

Thanks for that, Jan.

Olli Haavisto · Post by **Olli Haavisto** » 27 Jun 2008 9:38 am

Jan , is it from the ISGC 2007 ?

Jan Mulder · Post by **Jan Mulder** » 27 Jun 2008 10:10 am

Hi Olli

Yes, it was a sneeky recording, made with a photocamera in St Louis 2007

Jan

Olli Haavisto · Post by **Olli Haavisto** » 27 Jun 2008 10:35 am

Yep, I was there. I thought I recognized Buddy`s shirt!

Beautiful playing! This is what I would show to people who don`t love the pedal steel yet.

Alan Miller · Post by **Alan Miller** » 27 Jun 2008 10:52 am

That to me is amazingly beautiful , but what else do we expect from Mr Emmons he always finds the most fitting positions and timbre for every tune he plays.

Stephen Gregory · Post by **Stephen Gregory** » 28 Jun 2008 4:15 pm

Like Howard said, this is also a nice version. Go here and click on Shenandoah. http://www.geocities.com/frsteel/index.html

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 6 Jul 2008 4:50 pm

For my money, this version by Jo Stafford is the gold standard for vocal versions of this beautiful song. For the arrangement, her flute-like perfect intonation and above all, the feeling she communicates, it remains unsurpassed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gSdHajaXVo