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Posted by Mike Slater
on October 11, 2008, 9:28 pm, in reply to "Jim Reeves & Roger Miller"
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Garry, in case you don't know, you might be interested to hear that there is a great 3-CD set of Roger Miller that was released some years back called "King Of The Road-The Genius Of Roger Miller" and features Roger doing a few of the songs that Jim recorded of his. It has a huge book inside as well, which is very interesting reading. I would imagine it is still available on amazon.com
--Previous Message--
: Hi everyone,
:
: first of all, I would like to say a big
: thank you to everyone who answered my posts
: over the last few months, and special
: greetings to all the other Jim Reeves fans
: out there.
:
: Right, there was one thing that I was
: wondering about, and that is: in all of the
: articles and biographies that I have read on
: Jim Reeves over the years, i have never seen
: any that tell of Jim ever crossing paths
: with Roger Miller, the writer of several of
: Jim's hits. I mean, where Roger's songs
: 'sent' to Jim? or where they good friends
: that met from time to time? I know that
: Roger arrived in Nasville sometime around
: the late fifties/early sixties.
:
: Roger was a fantastic guy, very funny and
: wrote some real gems. I think him and Jim
: would have got on famously, as Jim had a
: great sense of humour too.
:
: I was listening to Roger singing his 1982
: hit "Old Friends" the other day,
: and on the song he is joind by Willie Nelson
: and Ray Price.
:
: I really recommend that If you have not yet
: heard this song then please try to get a
: copy. It is fabulous. Who knows, if Jim had
: lived then I am pretty sure that he would
: have joined these three on this recording as
: it is a song that would have suited Jim's
: style.
:
: kindest regards
:
: GARRY
:
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