Roy Nichols - No Stranger to a Tele - Ask Zac 72
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With the blessing of Redd Volkaert, who has an album by the same name, this Roy Nichols episode is titled "No Stranger To A Tele." Roy of course was the guitarist in Merle Haggard's band, The Strangers, from 1965-1987, but there is so much more to his story than just his time with Merle. Today we look at his story that takes flight during the depression, going through his time with The Maddox Brothers and Rose, Lefty Frizzell, Wynn Stewart, Johnny Cash, and his seminal work with the Hag. Of course, we take a look at his gear, and specifically what he used on the Merle live records that are to many the "Nichols Bible" of licks and tone.
More information and photos of Roy through the years, including shots of him playing his main Tele, are at my site.
www.askzac.com/post/roy-nicho...
Spotify Playlist for Roy
open.spotify.com/playlist/2Tb...
Gear for this video:
1957 Fender Esquire with added Ron Ellis "New Tall" neck pickup. Restoration and aging on the body by Dan "Danocaster" Strain.
Strings:
D'Addario NYXL 10-46 amzn.to/3bWYb1M
Pick:
Danocaster Medium
Amp:
1965 Deluxe Reverb with Celestion Vintage 30 speaker, and bright cap clipped on the vibrato channel.
Effects used:
Amp Verb. #askzac #guitartech #telecaster
Great show!! The guitar sound greater!
How about 2 hours with GE Smith in his home basement, have him show off his collection of amps and guitars
Roy Buchanan always cited Roy Nichols as a big influence on his playing 👍👍
Zac, you’re killin’ it with these episodes! Last week with Don Rich and now with Roy Nichols. Two of my biggest influences for country guitar. (I was a rock and blues player before I got into country.) Listening to Roy and Don, as well as James Burton, got me started off right with country. I was always way more into the Bakersfield stuff than the Nashville stuff, even when I lived in Nashville! Interesting fact: in about 1973 I heard an all-women country band called Helen Long and The Long Shots, whose lead guitarist was named Marcia Nichols. So I asked her if she was related to Roy, and it turned out she was his ex-wife! She was a good player too.
WELL, I had the Honor of being My Hero's personal Roadie in 1974 On Oahu at Pearl Harbor N C O Club , If ya want the whole story ask me , I got to carry Roy's amp and Guitar into the gig and set it on stage and then Tune His lovely Las Paul with a strobe tuner ..He just trusted me . I was 24 yrs old.. As sad as I was that wasn't playing his Tele { That's what I had } he kicked Holy Butt on that Guitar , Norm Hamlet and Tiny Moore were in the Band then and they play the most Hair Raising triple Harmonies I ever heard . Then or Now .. There's more .. John Driver , Austin Tx.
Roy and Merle go together like Waylon and Mooney and Buck and Don. Meant to be.
My uncle's Dad, Smiley Maxedon help Roy Nichols get his shot after Roy playing with him, then with Lefty Frizzell, and of course Merle Haggard.
Cool video! The studio version of "Mama Tried" actually had THREE of the most influential country guitar pickers on it! James Burton picking the intro, Roy Nichols on lead guitar, and Glen Campbell on rhythm guitar and backing vocals!
I was fortunate enough to get to visit with Mr. Nicholas when Merle passed through our town. What a nice guy. Sorry he left us so soon, but he paid his dues many times over.
I found a series of interviews on CZcams that Johnny Paycheck did with Eddie Stubbs at WSM. Wynn had the Nashville Nevada club in Las Vegas. He hired paycheck to come in and play steel with the house band. He co-wrote Apartment number nine with the bass player Bobby Austin. Bobby left when Ken Nelson recruited him to Capitol. Haggard took over the bass spot, then eventually took over the band, with Roy, when he got his Capitol deal. Not long after that paycheck ended up back in Ohio and convinced George Jones to hire him, but that’s another story.
Waylon was the reason I discovered the Telecaster, but Roy made me go to the store and buy my first. The swinging scale runs, and pre-bends had me hooked immediately.
I'm 2 years late but I still enjoyed this. Since I was 4-5 years old I dreamed of being Luther Perkins, Don Rich or Roy Nichols so those guys have been on my short list of heroes for 50 years. Thanks for the show.
another .02...first time I saw Merle was at a State Fair in 1983. Roy played the whole show on a black Les Paul Custom and his playing was off-the-charts great. Every solo was perfect.
Roy is the reason I started playing guitar - definitely my number one tele hero!
Love that live Silver Wings version. Hear the crowd roar when he starts his solo!
I love these deep dive history videos....big surprise huh? :)
Another great video, thanks! Got to see Roy with The Hag back in the 70’s when he was touring with some members of the original Texas Playboys , Eldon Shamblin playing an old gold Strat with some sort of plastic cover on the back, Tiny Moore on an old electric mandolin etc. It was a real eye opener and something I’ll always remember.
This was awesome. Neat hearing all the info on how the men made the music. Love every minute of it. Thanks for posting.
Thanks for putting these Spotify playlist together Zac! They are awesome!
I like that you show us some of the vinyl records in your collection.