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Location: Las Cruces, NM | I'm watching CMT's Drinking Songs as I am logged on here, and they covered Roger Miller's Chug-a-Lug, and there he was playing a good looking Ovation. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | I just checked Walter Carter's book on Ovation history, and no mention of Roger Miller. Wonder what vintage the footage is? |
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Location: SoCal | Roger played Ovations. Carter's book didn't mention everybody famous who played them. And Roger was never known as a great guitar player.
"To a dog, everyday is Saturday".
R.M. |
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Location: Dallas | ...When was this tape shot? I remember Miller from my very youngest days.... |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Swat274
There was no time frame given, CMT was rating the top 50 drinking songs or some such thing, and Chug-a-Lug was right up there in the top few. Roger looked in his 40's or thereabout in the tape. They have been running that program quite a lot so if you watch you might see it. The Ovation was a Legend type and looked like a steel string even though Roger generally played nylon string guitars. He started his major career as a fiddle player for Ray Price or someone like that, and they discovered that he was a lousy fiddle player but a helluva song writer entertainer, so he might not be listed as a guitar star. Just a "Kansas City Star" that's what he war'.
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | "Just a "Kansas City Star" that's what he war'."
LOL!
I hsve some Roger footage from 1980 where he is using a blue original Adamas.
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Location: Tennessee | There was a Deacon 12 on eBay a while back that was owned by Roger Miller, and included certification along with a sticker on the case from his performance on the "Midnight Special" TV show. I tried to buy it but the owner wanted way too much for it. |
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Location: SoCal | How much did he want? A Preacher 12 string just went for $800. |
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Location: Tennessee | He was looking for something north of $2000. |
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Location: NJ | Tell 'im to try Greenland. |
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Roger Miller Playing Ovation
