one of my favorite Mosrite players...

[ElTwang]

Now I have one too....! That's INSANE

[Dennisthe Menace]

Now I have one too....! That's INSANE

You have a Doubleneck Mosrite with an Octave Neck?

BTW, I see this is your first post....Welcome!

[ElTwang]

Thanks!
No no no guitar, I guess I have to settle for a new favorite Mosrite Player

[Dennisthe Menace]

Just to jump start this thread, Here's 2 Mosrite players, but Glenn is on some kind of early
Japanese guitar (judging by the fret markers...Teisco??) and half way through the tune,
switches to Banjo. This takes place after Phil's guitar solo....on FUZZ! (but what kind?)..

[thunderhead]

Thanks for the videos, smokin' licks and tone!!! Hey Zak, miss your quick witt and gear knowledge over at SG101, not the same without you.

[jfine]

One of mine too! Actually, I didn't know he played a Mosrite--on the cover of the Country Guitar album, he's holding a Telecaster. This would probably be a good thread for me to tell y'all about the times I met Phil Baugh and Joe Maphis, just a couple months apart. In late 1980, I got hired out of Las Vegas, along with a bass player and drummer, to back up a singer named Jerry Graham, from Sedalia, MO. In January of '81, we did a state and county fair talent bookers' convention at a hotel in Richmond, VA. We did our first set in one of the banquet rooms, then we had a few hours to kill before our next one, so I wandered into one of the other rooms, and who should I see, setting up with a local bluegrass band, but a lady with a Gibson ES-125 (I think) that had a Semie Moseley pickguard. As I got closer, I could see that it said "Rose Lee" on it. "Are you Rose Lee Maphis?" I asked her. She replied that she was, and that she and Joe were there for the convention. "Oh, my God!" I said "Is Joe around? I'm a big fan." "Hey, Joe!" hollered Rose. "This guy wants to meet you." So up walked Joe, I introduced myself, and when I told him I was a guitar player too, he took me behind the stage, opened up this huge case, and handed me his doubleneck Mosrite. Wow! I can't imagine handing my guitar to a total stranger, but he did. What a nice guy. We talked for a bit, and I invited him to come and hear us when they were done. I hung aroud and caught part of their set--they sounded great; you don't need a drummer with Rose Lee playing rhythm guitar, and Joe was just stellar--"clean as country water", indeed. I had to leave partway through to do our second show, and I looked up halfway through our set to see Joe and Rose Lee out in the audience. I got a little nervous, but managed to get through the set OK. When we were done, Joe shook my hand and said, "Son, you pick all right." I'll never forget that.
Jerry was signed to Sound Factory Records out of Nashville, which was owned by Phil Baugh and Buddy Emmons. His first (and only) single was a tune called "Call Me Cotton-Eyed Joe", which got dance-hall play in Texas and Oklahoma, and died everywhere else! The intro was the melody to "Cotton-Eyed Joe", tracked in 3-part harmony by Phil Baugh. Of course, live, I had to play all three parts in real time, and I had to practice it for a week before I could get it right. I remember sitting at the bar at the Ramada Inn in Sedalia, getting drunk with Phil and trying to keep up--eventually, I had to crawl off to bed. That guy could sure put it away. He had taken Chet Atkins' place in the Nashville Superpickers, and at one show they opened for us(!) and I used his amp--one of the first Peavey Session 500's. There was some real talent coming through Jerry's band--at one point, we had the incredible Rhonda Vincent (at 17!) on mandolin and backup vocals.

[Dennisthe Menace]

jfine,
That is one incredible story right there .......

[Veenture]

What a wonderful firsthand account Jon. The only guitar hero from America I ever did get to see in person was none other than Nokie Edwards! I did not get to play his guitar but I did grab the opportunity to shake his hand and exchange a few words! This was in Amsterdam in 2002 and I still treasure the event.

Thank you for sharing with us

[jfine]

veenture--I met Nokie at a NAMM show a few years ago. Just a super-nice guy, and of course, a great player. I've been fortunate enough to have met several of my heroes, and it's always cool when they turn out to be good people as well as great musicians. James Burton's another terrific guy, so is Dick Dale, and B. B. King's one of the nicest guys you could ever meet. I've never met Eric Clapton, or any of the Beatles (all huge influences), but if I ever do, I'd love to thank them for helping set me on the right path.