Comments on: Mel Tillis Gets Remastered

By: Hacienda Brothers’ Chris Gaffney Succumbed to Liver Cancer -- The 9513

Hacienda Brothers’ Chris Gaffney Succumbed to Liver Cancer -- The 9513 — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:36:48 +0000

[…] of the roundups at the beginning of the month included the news that founding member and lead singer of the Hacienda Brothers Chris Gaffney was […]

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:21:47 +0000

I really like Laura Cantrell’s list and hope she keeps doing more of the same. When it was pointed out here that Country Universe was listing their Top 100 Female Country Artists, I posted that the list better include Rose Maddox! Well Laura has honored Rose in a way that is more than satisfactory in this regard:

“4. Rose Maddox: Her family group, the Maddox Brothers and Rose, dominated California’s airwaves in the 1940s and ’50s, with Rose emerging as the group’s supertalent. She schooled Buck Owens and Merle Haggard in how to sing honky-tonk music with soul, and deserves a place of honor wherever jukeboxes are playing.”

Amen to that.

By: Paul W Dennis

Paul W Dennis — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:05:21 +0000

Too bad it’s the Electra stuff on Mel Tillis that’s being reissued - his best recordings were from the pre-Jimmy Bown era, probably the MGM recordings. Actually Tillis deserves a boxed set covering the entire span of his impressive career including the very scarce material from the Kapp label

By: Hollerin' Ben

Hollerin' Ben — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:05:23 +0000

Chris Gaffney is a great musician, and by all accounts a great guy.

I’m glad to see that the9513 posted this link and I’d encourage everyone to check out The Hacienda Brothers’ music, as well as donating money to help Chris.

By: mikeky

mikeky — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:57:07 +0000

so what is the 9513 netsite going to do for willie nelson’s 75th birthday? something big, i hope. i’d encourage everyone to indulge in that box set (it’s pricey, but it’s worth it).

By: Chris N.

Chris N. — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:42:03 +0000

I hate to be a stickler (just kidding, I love it), but the recording of “When I’ve Sang My Last Hillbilly Song” is listed in the Willie box set as being from 1954 or 1955.