Kenny Vaughan/Guitar/Vocals - Johnny G. d'Artenay/Bass/Vocals - Jimmy Lester/Drums @Robert's Western World, Broadway, Nashville, Tn. - Sunday 10. June 2012
I listen to every rendition of Ghost Riders that I come across. I also collect this song. Glen Campbell & Roy Clark, The Ventures, Willy & Johnny with Reggie Young (RIP) also Glen, Roy, Johnny, I'm so glad I got to hear this. I also just made the connection between Kenny here & with Marty Stuart & The Superlatives (I'm from Boston). Kenny is a Virtuoso tele player. Marty Stuart has the creme de la creme of smoking', blazing, tasteful, twangers playing with him.
Liked Kenny for a long time, now; and it seems like forever that I've admired Marty Stuart(who I first saw on an Opry TV special, with a fabulous Nudie-style suit, playing a sunburst Strat with a SLIDE). His hair was perfect, of course. I remember playing "Ghost Riders" in a beach bar in Panama City Beach in the 1980s, with 2 horn player friends - like an R&B horn section! What a great song, to withstand the love of 70 years of overly enthusiastic musicians and still be a crowd favorite. Great version here. Support your local music scene and beer distributors(and bring along a good designated driver). Fortune passes everywhere.
The world is full of technically gifted pickers whose musical instincts are weak. It's also full of gifted musicians who are technically weak. Kenny Vaughan is that rare combination of gifted tech, gifted musician, with perfect timing. Look at the detail paid to the punchline of this song: at 5:56. That my friend is sound bending at it's very best. AND he's a humble guy!
Just discovered Kenny Vaughan literally listening to the last 90 seconds of someone's song, where he (KV) played the solo. Got instantly hooked. For life. No un-hooking. Will keep looking for all his music, recorded & live. What an awesome musician ❗
did take me a long time to realize it was Jimmy Lester from Los Straitjackets! Dammit just love this whole band! And of course master him self Cousin Kenny! Hello from Finland!
As someone who played drums for almost 40 years, I can't say that he's no good, but he could have done so much more. They could have gotten the same thing from a metronome in this one. Of course maybe he was giving the guitar player exactly what he wanted....and he is "the star". I got called to fill in for a sick drummer and the very first thing the guitar player ask me was, "Do you own a pair of brushes?" I did, and ended up playing with them for the next 4 years. 😎
