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Posted by Steve Drummond
on June 12, 2008, 9:55 am, in reply to "Re: Jim's Surviving Contemporaries"
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Two obvious ones I can't believe I didn't think of are George Jones and Merle Haggard.
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: Hi: Right now I can think of Jimmy C. Newman,
: Mel Tillis and Charlie Pride. Know there
: must be
: more.
Doris
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: Names off the
: top of my head include Hank
:
: Locklin, Jim Ed Brown,
: Bobby Bare, George
:
: Hamilton IV, Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn,
:
: Charlie Louvin, Sonny
: James(retired). If I
:
: think about it awhile I can probably come up
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: with others.
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: With all the losses there have been lately
:
: of
:
: people who who performed in Jim's era, I
:
: thought it would be good
: to pull together
: the
: names of some of the ones who are still
:
: with us, particularly
: the ones who are still
:
: performing.
: First comes
: to mind is Ray Price. Heard him
:
: about 5 or 6 years ago
: and I was blown away
: by
: how good he still was.
:
: Bill Anderson wrote Jim's "I've Enjoyed
:
: as Much of This as I Can
: Stand". He is
: also
: still performing.
:
:
: Others:
:
: Little Jimmy Dickens
:
: Kitty Wells (retired)
:
:
: I am
: sure there are more and those of you
:
: who regularly hear the
: Opry may be able to
: add
: to the list.
:
:
: Bob
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