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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.