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  • Hello subscribers and others.

  • I'm David Hoffman filmmaker, and you're about to see a clip from the documentary I made in 1969 called Nashville Sound.

  • So 1969 Grand Old Opry, The center of Country Music, Nashville.

  • The center of country music.

  • The money is there.

  • The stars are there.

  • The record companies are there on the predominant radio station.

  • W S M Nashville is also there.

  • So it's really the center.

  • And I'm on the stage at the Grand Old Opry doing the 45th anniversary celebration as this feature documentary, and somebody says to me, You are a little recording studios because at the time the recording studios at all the money on all the power and all the talent thes studio musicians were just amazing.

  • So I got to go into the studio of a incredible producer named Bob Johnston.

  • He was one of the best.

  • I think he did Dylan among other people, and he was just considered a God.

  • These studio producers were paid a huge amount of money because they produced records that radio stations played.

  • That's the key.

  • The record has to be great, and the radio station has to play it, and in order for it to be great, the rhythm has to be just right.

  • The beach has to be just right.

  • It is to get you in two seconds so that you'll listen to the tune so that the radio talk show guy plays it and so that you buy the album.

  • So you're about to go into the studio of Bob Johnson, who is recording an album for Bubba Fowler.

  • The song is called Louise.

  • Now look who's in this recording.

  • Doug Kershaw, the great Cajun fiddler.

  • Charlie Daniels, the incredible guitar player and now with his own band, Carl Himmel is on drums, first Rate and Tim Drummond on base.

  • So this is a great group.

  • At the very start.

  • Bob Johnston starts it and he gets that beak, the critical beat going.

  • And from that beat, you'll hear what develops.

  • Okay, get it established.

  • The federalist first brought in your second.

  • The piano is third.

  • Charlie is for the basis filled the break on the drum.

  • And then he comes in like this for beach silent on the brake on the driving, and he comes in at the last part of it.

  • And then Bubba takes it out.

  • Ah, like a funeral in New Orleans played a little hard to do when you're walking around.

  • Yeah, thing ends up into a thing.

  • In the end, it's not all state with what I got, but it ends up into a big thing off, All working in that If you want to use it, you can mix it.

  • But if you know if he's going to use that, really playing everybody cool, thank you.

  • Don't put yourself down with Well, that's good.

  • Wait, wait.

  • You know, when you quit making records, you can make music, and that's what people are doing today.

  • In my opinion, that's what everybody's doing.

Hello subscribers and others.

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