Koji Kihara
Date: Mon, 03 May 1999
From: Jason Odd
My name is Jason Odd and I am an Australian based writer currently working on a book
about country-rock and the more alternative offshoots of country and folk music.
A healthy part of this will be about the Californian music scene, notably Bakersfield and
related scenes like that of Las Vegas. Especially artists who worked those areas.
I have some information that may be of interest to you.
After talking to Hap Arnold, who was Wynn Stewart's bass player and band leader
for the Tourists.
He told me who played on the Yours Forever (ST-324) album,
released: 1969 Producer: Ken Nelson, Earl Ball was the P & R man and sitting in
the control room, Were guests Glen Cambell, Bonnie Owens,Cliffy Stone who owned
central Songs at the time. The Musicians playing on the album: Tourists members
Hap Arnold on bass guitar, Kenny Sanderson on drums, Jimmy pierce on piano and
the groups guitarist and newest member Hap Arnold only sang harmony vocals to
Wynn's lead. The recordings were augmented with: Clarence White and James Burton
on lead guitar, Al Bruno on rythum guitar and lead guitar, Earl Ball and on piano.
It took me a while, but there you go. Clarence playing sessions for Capitol Records,
hope this is of some interest.
All the best,
Jason.
From: Jason Odd
Date: 07 May 1999
Dear Koji Kihara,
Oh I made a small mistake, near the end I wrote that Hap Arnold was the
newest member, not true!
It was Jody Payne, who was the newest, an old friend of Hap's who was
drafted into the Tourists as lead and rythm guitarist, although he only
got to sing backing harmony vocals for the sessions, as there was plenty
of top rate guitarists already there CLARECE, JAMES and AL.
Also of interest, German label 'Bear Family' are planning to release a
box set of Wynn Stewart's coplete sessions from 1954-1985, which will
include these 1969 sessions with Clarence White.
All the best
Jason
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