His wife and son as far as I know.

No it wasn't. It was a song he had written toward the end and we were planning to cut it on the album he was going to start working on in summer 2020 but never got to do before his untimely passing.

@@chrismcelrath9098 So sad. Another great song. RIP James.

You are so very welcome!

Let me go, lover by Dean Martin

How did you know of him ?

@@palandpalette2136I first learned of James because I'm a huge fan of Cindy's steel playing, so started checking him out some seven or eight years ago and have been a fan ever since. I got a real shock when I belatedly learned of his passing. James just seemed to have a really great air about him and he should have been so much bigger than he was. You are so very lucky to have me the great man himself.

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Chris McElrath

@@palandpalette2136 thank you 😊 he really is great ,he almost puts his shoulder into it like he has a B bender ,anyways he is great 👍

​@@markive9907 thank you for the kind words!

Slim was a fighter. In fact, he never lost one between him and another man but he lost plenty with a woman. Sometimes you just gotta be willing to loose.

“You ain’t always going to be inside of loves golden glow and it hurts too much to see what you don’t really want to know.” Slim

When it came to women Slim would say, “You’ve gotta give them an out” even if you have to give them up.

Not in vogue, huh. LOL!

Pardon me. I should have said "Sounds like shit." If you don't believe me, ask another guitar player .

A G&L played through a Fender tweed with reverb? Not in vogue? That sound is pure and it defines a musical genre. It will live forever, thanks to young players like Chris.

Less is more. Listen to Redd Volkart play this song.

@@Venetiababy1 Redd Volkaert is actually a friend of mine. In fact, the amp I was playing through here used to belong to him. I used to kick on some tremolo on two or three songs that James Hand did, this being one, and no other effects for some three and a half hours of what were typically four hour shows. Sue me. I've heard my friend Redd play the song dozens of times. But I don't copy what other players do. I play a song the way I feel I want it to sound. Trust me, plenty of people like what I do just fine. James Hand was a great artist and friend who is no longer with us. I just find it odd that someone would use a random KZbin video of show from a deceased artist (this was actually the last live show he ever played before he passed, btw) as a soapbox to come and critique the guitar playing of a total stranger.

Thanks for sharing your story. That’s touching but you don’t realize how obtainable your dream was.