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Posted by Steve Drummond
on December 29, 2007, 1:32 pm, in reply to "Re: Bill Walker"
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Larry & Bill, If I'm not mistaken, wasn't Bill Walker musical director for the Statler Brothers show on the old TNN in the early 90s?
--Previous Message--
: Thanks, Larry. Makes you sort of play the
: "what if" game. Jim could have
: moved so well into a network TV show at that
: time, and a hugely successful one.
:
: Looking forward to the new CD. Thanks for
: all your work on Jim's behalf and ours.
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: Bob
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: --Previous Message--
: Jim met Bill Walker in South Africa and
: admired him so greatly that he worked with
: the U.S. State Dept. for a year to pave the
: way for Bill and his wife to move here. Jim
: envisioned working with Bill on his own
: arrangements and a TV show. That shows you
: that Reeves was headed in a pop direction.
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: Mr. Walker arrived in New York on Thursday,
: July 30, 1964, and spoke with Jim by phone.
: He wanted to stay in NYC and see a Broadway
: show there, and Jim told him to go ahead --
: he'd see him when he got back from Arkansas.
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: Bill did not work with Jim on "The Jim
: Reeves Way" album. Cindy Walker did not
: produce anything for Reeves either. She was
: simply a close friend and wonderful
: composer, who could write all sorts of
: songs, tailor-made for individual artists.
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: --Previous Message--
: I received a wonderful Christmas present
: from
: my daughter, The DVD Highlights of the
: Johnny Cash TV show. It features Bill
: Walker, who led the orchestra on the show.
: The booklet mentions that he came to America
: originally to work with Jim., but that Jim
: died a few months later. Did he do "The
: Jim Reeves Way" album with Jim? Was he
: supposed to take over from Chet Atkins?
: Didn't Cindy Walker produce Jim too?
: Bob
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