Gordon Terry was a multi talented entertainer and a very good friend for many years. We sat around the coffee table and heard many a story. Gordon played fiddle on some of my original recordings. "Wild Honey" and "The Easy Way Out" in my opinion were some of his best songs. Gordon will be missed.
i bought that record when i was 15, and it's always been a treasured favorite. the flip, 'run little joey', is also very good. it was great to see this awesome video of an artist who never quite got his due credit.
I'm his daughter and can say I've heard many times the conversations about that and it just isn't true. My dad and Johnny were very close friends and they went through a lot together, but he didn't give him his first amphetamines.
Good Grief indeed! Never expected this video of this talented performer. I remember this song at the age of 8. As transplants from Arkansas, my mother discovered KFOX radio (with my help fiddling with the Silvertone Radio)in Los Angeles and it open a world of country music to us. As time went on, I found and bought the 45 record and it is one of my cherished possessions. It marked a significent time in my childhood where such such personalities as Molly Bee sang a jingle of Stanley Chevrolet.Bye
A guy I know was friends with Gordon's daughter in college. I went to Gordon's house a couple of times in the mid 80's. He told of some stories about playing with Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard and others. He also played with Neil Young....check out Live Aid....he's on there with Neil Young. Also, check out the studio scene in Honday Tonk Man with Clint Eastwood. He is in the movie. He played me this video and some other audio of some stuff he did out in hollywood...orchestrated hoedown type stuff.
Back in 1971 I got to see him perform in Wichita Kansas.Shoji Tabuchi the Japanese fiddle player was on stage with him and was going to play Orange Blossom Special. Gordon asked if he could join him.He took out an old blue painted fiddle and played it better than I have ever heard it played. Shoji put his fiddle back in the case and stood and watched in awe
He got his start with Bill Monroe as his fiddler after his service in the Army he went on to work for Farron Young, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, and also played in some old westerns out in California, and various other artist as back up musician.
is this the first time gordon was ever on ANYTHING whatsoever? he's my uncle, which i just found out recently...haha, so i think its pretty cool.
hayyy4494 1 year ago
Gordon Terry was a multi talented entertainer and a very good friend for many years. We sat around the coffee table and heard many a story. Gordon played fiddle on some of my original recordings. "Wild Honey" and "The Easy Way Out" in my opinion were some of his best songs. Gordon will be missed.
FrankJamesMusic 1 year ago
Hey Gordon...do you know you and Joe Maphis make a good team there in heaven. You are both good guys of country music.
jerry854 1 year ago
A multi talented man Gorden was..
Jeffro321 2 years ago
What an all-around talented guy. Thanks for presenting this great video!
justmusicandme 2 years ago
holy crap, what a voice
greaserleo 2 years ago
i bought that record when i was 15, and it's always been a treasured favorite. the flip, 'run little joey', is also very good. it was great to see this awesome video of an artist who never quite got his due credit.
eztobfree 2 years ago
He was the one who gave Cash his first amphetamine pills :[
tadpoliosis 3 years ago
@tadpoliosis
I'm his daughter and can say I've heard many times the conversations about that and it just isn't true. My dad and Johnny were very close friends and they went through a lot together, but he didn't give him his first amphetamines.
MitziTC 9 months ago
Is it, at 2:08, to the left Joe Maphis sitting there? I saw the double neck gtr for a sec so I checked back. It must be him.
gangerollo 3 years ago 2
Yes it's Joe allright, playing his Double Neck MOSRITE-guitar (as usual).
halpeters 3 years ago
It's me again. If you don't know the date of this song...will let me tell you..it was in the whirlwind year for county and rock and roll...1957.
jerry854 3 years ago
Good Grief indeed! Never expected this video of this talented performer. I remember this song at the age of 8. As transplants from Arkansas, my mother discovered KFOX radio (with my help fiddling with the Silvertone Radio)in Los Angeles and it open a world of country music to us. As time went on, I found and bought the 45 record and it is one of my cherished possessions. It marked a significent time in my childhood where such such personalities as Molly Bee sang a jingle of Stanley Chevrolet.Bye
jerry854 3 years ago
A guy I know was friends with Gordon's daughter in college. I went to Gordon's house a couple of times in the mid 80's. He told of some stories about playing with Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard and others. He also played with Neil Young....check out Live Aid....he's on there with Neil Young. Also, check out the studio scene in Honday Tonk Man with Clint Eastwood. He is in the movie. He played me this video and some other audio of some stuff he did out in hollywood...orchestrated hoedown type stuff.
sir60man70 3 years ago
Good grief, he was sooo talented!
AGibsonJ 4 years ago 2
Back in 1971 I got to see him perform in Wichita Kansas.Shoji Tabuchi the Japanese fiddle player was on stage with him and was going to play Orange Blossom Special. Gordon asked if he could join him.He took out an old blue painted fiddle and played it better than I have ever heard it played. Shoji put his fiddle back in the case and stood and watched in awe
donypoger 4 years ago 2
He got his start with Bill Monroe as his fiddler after his service in the Army he went on to work for Farron Young, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, and also played in some old westerns out in California, and various other artist as back up musician.
mclineman 5 years ago
What a talent!? Awesome.
DannyA123 5 years ago