Hello fans and fellow players,
I’ve been seeing some information about the old and famous rat pack which included Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford which in itself is a pretty hilarious group of characters. It made me think about the steel guitar player rat pack which was Buddy Emmons, Jimmy Day, Big Ben Keith, Gary Adams and Darrell McCall.
These guys were the tightest of friends. If one of them had a job anywhere near Nashville, you could count on the rest of them being there. Darrell was a great singer. Of course, Buddy was a high quality steel guitar player as was Jimmy Day. All of them were dearly loved and could put on a great show by themselves if you had a microphone and a stage to perform on.
I could remember Jimmy Day’s personality totally changing when any of the rest of the rat pack went into a club where he was working. These boys performed well together and very well apart. I feel sorry for any poor singer that had these boys on the stage when he was trying to do a show because they would be upstaged by their sideman.
When it came to a good jam session these guys were right there to do their tricks. Quite an interesting rat pack. I’ve seen them get together on the road. I remember when I was working with Ray Price and they’d just come in and take the bandstand over.
It was a lot of fun to see them together. I used to think it would be a good idea for them to put their own show together. I don’t know how easy it would be to book, but with Darrell McCall singing and Buddy playing the steel or lead guitar and of course Jimmy Day playing bass, it was a great show as Buddy worked the microphone very well.
Gary Adams was one of the best lead players around so these guys in a jam session were like watching the who’s who of the jazz world. Big Ben Keith and Johnny Paycheck added a lot of talent and entertainment value to the rat pack. These guys were as hilarious as you’d ever want to see together.
I remember them scaring people like Faron Young off the stage at times, but Faron would always end up fighting for the microphone for himself. I’m sure many of you remember all these guys and especially when they were together onstage.
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