Comments on: R.I.P. Eddy Arnold

By: tpierce2

tpierce2 — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:27:46 +0000

I am dating myself with this comment–but in college we used to shoot pool, shuffleboard dance and drink beer to his music.

Class act!

By: tiredofit08

tiredofit08 — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:15:27 +0000

not my kinda music but RIP…a definite talent and a class act….

By: Ordinary Coloradan

Ordinary Coloradan — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:55:09 +0000

Class act, all around. And such a great set of pipes.

By: sillygatboy

sillygatboy — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:59:34 +0000

On May 8th, I posted on this blog:
“…and now for the most serious news of the day, I just heard that Eddy Arnold died a few hours ago. I’m from the D.C. area, Uline Arena in the 60’s…Porter Waggoner, Roy Clark, Jimmy Dean, Willie, Patsy Cline, so many others. …and Eddy Arnold, a voice like no other.
I must go now and shed a tear…”

By: GraniteMan

GraniteMan — Mon, 12 May 2008 03:34:17 +0000

In 1951 me and my buddies loaded up the trunk with fried chicken, cherry pie and sodas to last three days and drove to Nashville in a 41 Ford club coupe. We heard Eddie Arnold and he was the kind of guy that made our country great as well as a singer that had a voice like no other. You knew it was Eddie Arnold from the first note out of his mouth. God Bless Him, we won’t see another for a long time.

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By: GaMidnightRider

GaMidnightRider — Sun, 11 May 2008 07:48:46 +0000

Eddy you will be missed but you and your music will always live on and be a great asset of our county roots.

R.I.P.

By: ammo john

ammo john — Sun, 11 May 2008 02:37:44 +0000

I’ve always loved “Cattle Call”. Just something about it that makes me smile.

By: terrig

terrig — Sat, 10 May 2008 22:26:42 +0000

My folks listened to him a lot when I was growing up so I am very familiar with his music. I can sing the “Big Bouquet of Roses” in my sleep, which is probably the best time to hear me sing since I can’t carry a tune in a bucket.
Anyone ever hear of Ray Price? I saw him with my Dad a few months ago at Cypress Gardens (or whatever they call it now) in FL. He was another one we were spoon fed as kids too.

By: MNUSMCDavid

MNUSMCDavid — Sat, 10 May 2008 18:42:47 +0000

Thanks seedubya

This brought back a great memory of me learning to play guitar. My father was a jazz guitarist and was trying to teach an 11 year old with short fingers to play. I never could understand his telling me I had to feel the music before I could play it. To show me, he put on Eddy Arnold and told me to close my eyes. Then I knew. Thanks!

By: WarEagle82

WarEagle82 — Sat, 10 May 2008 18:10:06 +0000

Eddy Arnold was my mother’s favorite. And as a boy I liked him too. “Make the World Go Away” was one of my favorites.

The world has changed since I was a kid and music is one area where it hasn’t gotten better. There are far too few people like Eddy Arnold out there making music.

I don’t have to miss Eddy Arnold, or Buddy Holly, or all the others as we can still remember them through their music as long as we aren’t too old and senile to find an mp3 player.

By: TTFK

TTFK — Sat, 10 May 2008 18:08:06 +0000

Up in the attic? Hell, I have MP3s of him that get regular play along with Charlie Pride, Dale Watson, Jimmy Carpenter, Johnny Ace, Bill Monroe, Billy Joe Shaver, Doc Watson, Jimmie Rodgers, Johnny Bush, Merle Travis, Ray Price and Dave Dudley.

Of course, I am also only 32… I feel old now.

By: Alaskan

Alaskan — Sat, 10 May 2008 18:00:21 +0000

There are a number of videos of him singing on Youtube, but this one of a live performance in 1996 is charming.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE6rdpMV2Dg

By: swmbo

swmbo — Sat, 10 May 2008 17:17:08 +0000

Bluegrass hurts my ears, but Eddy Arnold soothes them. We all have different tastes, but to me his voice was smooth as chocolate silk pie. He was so mellow.

By: misterbee241

misterbee241 — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:50:11 +0000

On May 10th, 2008 at 1:20 am, JimC214 said:
Mr. Arnold was one of the last of the old style country singers. He will be missed.

No he wasnt. I grew up on country music (CM), from the 50’s (Faron Young, Carl Smith, Little Jimmy Dickens) right on up to the trash it has become today. For my money Charlie Pride, Allan Jackson and Merle Haggard are the last of the old time honky tonk singers. Eddy was never that. He should have retired after Cattle Call. He hasnt released a record in over 40 years and I cant say I’ve missed him.
I quit listening to CM several years ago because of the lack of talent. There are no instrumentals anymore and everybody sounds alike. When no-talents like Tim McGraw, Gretchen Wilson and Big-n-Rich are the hot numbers, it’s time to move along.
While I appreciate the quality of Eddy’s voice, I also credit (or blame) him and his producers for putting the first nail in CM’s coffin. You can also put Chet Atkins on that list too. CM was beginning to be “citified” in the mid to late 60’s and reached it’s zenith in the mid to late 70’s when there was so much orchestration you could barely hear the singer. In the early 90’s it made a brief comeback as real country music, but it degenerated into what it is now.
CM as far as I’m concerned is dead, it’s been dying for 40 years. So I’ll stick with Bluegrass – it takes real talent to play that and you cant fake it.