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  • in reply to: Joe Zinkan recording #1100
    kent blanton
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    Here’s Joe Zinkan,1968,,with June Stearns,,she was Columbias Patsy Cline
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkXylD5Jv6k

    in reply to: Joe Zinkan recording #1098
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    Heres Joe with Pee Wee King from about 1940

    in reply to: Joe Zinkan recording #1097
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    Joe worked with Johnny & Jack for a short time in 57-58,,he left them to work in the session world,,he recorded for just about everybody at one time, Patsy Cline,Lefty Frizell,Tammy Wynette,Johnny Horton,Don Gibson,and lots more,,He did cut a couple other songs slapping solo lead,,one was River Of regret by June Stearns,,Unforturnetly the best stuff he ever did has been lost to the airwaves when he worked for Roy Acuff in the 40-50s.
    I have a copy of a book where Acuff kept up with when songs were preformed,,one page is of Joes bass songs,,I have searched all over but it dosent look like much of this was ever recorded,,I have a few sound bites,,and some video footage of him in the 60’s on tv,,but theres not much out there on him,,sadly he’s one of the forgoten players,,even though Junior Huskey always said Joe was his idol,,and Roy Jr also said the same thing.I became friends with Joe about 3 yrs before he passed,,I bought his old bass,,and even got to take him back to the Opry too see a lot of his old buddies.
    He was a really fine player and needs to be remeberd,,heres a page from one of the old Opry programs,,would’nt you love to hear 12th Street Rag slapped on a bass???

    in reply to: Joe Zinkan recording #1090
    kent blanton
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    Let’s try this you tube,,heres Joe with Johnny&Jack from 1958

    in reply to: Joe Zinkan recording #736
    kent blanton
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    try again [file name=johnnyjack58.zip size=404]https://www.artofslapbass.com/artofslapbass/images/fbfiles/files/johnnyjack58.zip[/file]

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    in reply to: Joe Zinkan recording #735
    kent blanton
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    I cannt seem to get this board to load the file I have,,,any ideas??

    in reply to: “You Mostest girl” Slap fills…. #472
    kent blanton
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    Heres one of Joe and myself at the Opry in 2000,,this was the 1st time he’d been back since the 70s,I invited a bunch of other bass player, Bob Moore, Lighnin Chance,Billy Linneman,,and there were other guys there that had’nt sen joe in 30 +yrs,,, [img size=339]https://www.artofslapbass.com/artofslapbass/images/fbfiles/images/Kent__Joe_Opry.jpg[/img]

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    in reply to: “You Mostest girl” Slap fills…. #471
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    I’ll try to post a pic or two,for you Geoff,,heres one of zinkan at a Johnny Horton session in 59,, [img size=239]https://www.artofslapbass.com/artofslapbass/images/fbfiles/images/hortonsession59.jpg[/img]

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    in reply to: “You Mostest girl” Slap fills…. #467
    kent blanton
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    Hey Geoff,,good to hear from you as well,,I’ve been busy here of late keepin the wolf away,,I will try to post some pics,,and I have tried to put up some sound clips but no luck,,I’m not real smart when it comes to this computer stuff,,,Kent [img size=140]https://www.artofslapbass.com/artofslapbass/images/fbfiles/images/4176014917.jpg[/img]

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    in reply to: “You Mostest girl” Slap fills…. #322
    kent blanton
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    Well I;m not sure how to upload to this fourm
    ,,any ideas????

    in reply to: “You Mostest girl” Slap fills…. #321
    kent blanton
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    try this

    in reply to: “You Mostest girl” Slap fills…. #320
    kent blanton
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    Heres one of the greatest slap solos I have ever heard,,Joe Zinkan in 1958,with Johnny&Jacks,Never can come back to you,,hope this will attach the file,,I’m not up on all this file stuff yet,,Kent

    in reply to: “You Mostest girl” Slap fills…. #186
    kent blanton
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    I’m glad to find your fourm,, its really great. Zinkan was the greatest,,he used a wrist roll to do some of those slaps,, I have some real good close up footage but he doesnt do any of the real complex slaps,,I will try to figure out how to you tube some of it soon,,,Kent

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