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| groovelines
Intermediate Member Username: groovelines Post Number: 176 Registered: 4-2003 |
This afternoon, on the way home I stopped by the "new" Larry Morgan shop to see how they were adjusting to the move. While I was there I started thinking about something that had happened to me when the location belonged to some other long gone music shop. About six or seven years ago while I was noodling around on a Danelectro, into the demo room walks an older gentleman with a gorgeous blonde hollow-bodied guitar the shop was holding for him. Well, the inevitable happened and we had ourselves a yabber and played a few bits together, just improvising and goofing off. After a bit, he wants to play a tune he says he recorded years ago, so off he goes and a few bars later he asks if I know it....well, no to be honest, not exactly. It did sound familiar in a fuzzy sorta way. He shows me the chord pattern and I muddle through it. Sounded like something my grandpa would have listened to. Its time to get going and as we say good-bye he introduces himself as "I'm Larry Cooper, I used to play for Tennesse Ernie Ford." I haven't thought much about it since, but I can't find a single reference to a Larry Cooper and TE Ford in any search engine, and I was wondering if any of you walking, breathing musical encyclopedias might know if this guy was the real deal or putting me on. Mike | ||
| valvil
Moderator Username: valvil Post Number: 487 Registered: 7-2002 |
Here's a couple of the links I found on google. Many others as well. This is what I entered : tennessee ernie ford http://www.ernieford.com/SiteGuide.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Ernie_Ford Valentino | ||
| davehouck
Senior Member Username: davehouck Post Number: 719 Registered: 5-2002 |
I'm not finding anything. But I only had a few minutes to look. | ||
| groovelines
Intermediate Member Username: groovelines Post Number: 177 Registered: 4-2003 |
Valentino, Thanks for the links. I've tried a number of TEF sites and cross-links, since Friday...still nothing. I did a search on the first link you entered. Great site, but nothing related to the elusive Mr Cooper. I am surprised at the number of related Ernie Ford sites. I vaguely remember his show (re-runs, I'm not that old, LOL). Appears he was quite an icon during his day. I'm not going to loose any sleep over this, but I think it would be pretty cool if he's legit. thanks, Mike | ||
| kmh364
Advanced Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 206 Registered: 9-2003 |
Now you guys got me looking over TEF's websites. I remember him as a little boy...my grandparents (Lawrence Welk FREAKS...used to suffer thru that one EVERY Sat. night as a young 'un, LOL!) used to love him and played his records. Plus countless TV cameo's in the 60's and early 70's. I couldn't find Larry Cooper either. Maybe a web search of Larry on the White Pages would turn up a contact number? It'd be interesting to see if he's for real. |
