WHAT'S a.......chaser?

Ray Montee (RIP) · Post by **Ray Montee (RIP)** » 23 Jan 2002 12:07 pm

Reading over some old material on Jerry Byrd and in several of JB's albums.....(remakes) there term "chaser" is asterisc marked by tunes NEVER BEFORE HEARD by these ears.
What does the term "chaser" mean, exactly?

Jack Byrd · Post by **Jack Byrd** » 23 Jan 2002 1:00 pm

Chasers were produced for disc jockeys as brief instrumental break-tunes.

Joey Ace · Post by **Joey Ace** » 23 Jan 2002 1:06 pm

The term also is used to "play off" a singer.

Such as, the "star" finishes their last song, waves to the crowd and exits. While exiting, the band stays in place and plays another chorus of the last song. That's a "Chaser".

Of course there are other definitions

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Ray Montee (RIP) · Post by **Ray Montee (RIP)** » 23 Jan 2002 1:53 pm

Thanks to both Joey and Jack.
A question for Jack: Jerry gave me a "six pack" of tunes that were not for release...
many years ago. These, he said at the time, were for DJ's also. "Over the Waves" a different version than his Mercury record, and five other tunes were on this six pack.
Would these likely by the same tunes JB put on his re-release albums??? I can't find my play list at the moment and can't remember what tunes were in the six pack.

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 23 Jan 2002 2:55 pm

... and if the singer just finishes, waves and walks off without music is that called playing it "Straight, No Chaser"?

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Billy Peddycoart · Post by **Billy Peddycoart** » 23 Jan 2002 2:58 pm

You know...somthing you drink after a beer!

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Bob Mainwaring · Post by **Bob Mainwaring** » 23 Jan 2002 3:40 pm

It's also a special tool that was/is used in the thread forming industry. When threads were made on a lathe, a chaser was used to follow the thread along to "size" it enabling a nut or other internaly threaded part to be fitted.

Big Bad Bob.

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Dave Van Allen · Post by **Dave Van Allen** » 23 Jan 2002 4:13 pm

ooops! I thought you said "skirt chaser"...

good 'un Jim!!

well you needn't....[This message was edited by Dave Van Allen on 23 January 2002 at 04:15 PM.]

Jerry Hayes · Post by **Jerry Hayes** » 23 Jan 2002 4:31 pm

A good example of a chaser would be like when Merle Haggard leaves the stage after his last number and the band goes into a swing version of Okie From Muskogee while the announcer is saying some things.

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Mitch Drumm · Post by **Mitch Drumm** » 23 Jan 2002 4:41 pm

ray:

the tunes you refer to ("over the waves" and others) were most likely those released circa 1960 on an LP entitled "Just a Minute" on the Sesac label. This LP was not sold at retail, but distributed to radio stations.

it contains 16 instrumental tunes running about 1 minute each, intended for use by DJs as theme music or "chasers".

musicians include byrd, billy byrd, walter haynes, shot jackson, etc.

the titles are hilo, dobro chimes, red wing, mansion over the hilltop, rustic dance, sweet betsy from pike, the bird in one, traveling on, over the waves, i'll cry again tomorrow, i get happy, run boy run, hillbilly heaven, seeing nellie home, on top of old smokey. and i'll fly away.

i would guess jerry is on only some of them. haven't played it in a long time.

considering they only run a minute each, i doubt if they have appeared on other jerry byrd commercial releases.

Jack Byrd · Post by **Jack Byrd** » 23 Jan 2002 7:50 pm

These are the chasers I am aware of that Jerry did. All are a part of the Anthology Series tapes and can be obtained from Scotty or Tom Bradshaw. On the tape This 'n' That are the chasers "Travelin' On, On Top Of Old Smokey, Rustic Dance, and I'll Cry Tomorrow". On tape Cincinnati Blues; "Sweet Betsy From Pike, Over The Waves and the chorus to Hilo March".

B.Jenkins · Post by **B.Jenkins** » 23 Jan 2002 8:04 pm

It's what Bobbe Seymour told the bartender at Hooters, while eyeballing the waitress, "Pour me a double, while I chase'er over to you..
Billy Jenkins

Ray Montee (RIP) · Post by **Ray Montee (RIP)** » 23 Jan 2002 8:43 pm

Many thanks to each of you!!! I'd always heard it was the synonym for steel guitarist.

Richard Bass · Post by **Richard Bass** » 24 Jan 2002 1:48 pm

Answer to question, "Whats a chaser?" Water or "Hold It".

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