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David Collins
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Posted 1 Nov 2007 4:57 am |
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I heard this song on the local Classic Country Station a few days ago, massive steel intro and fills.
I was wondering if anyone knows who the artist is/was, and who the steeler is. (whoever the steeler is, he is definately an artist too!)
I think that it was originally a rock/pop song in the late 60's, and I'm sure that it has been covered by many, but this particular version was a country hit in the late 70's - early 80's.
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John Roche
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England
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Posted 1 Nov 2007 5:07 am
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John Roche
From:
England
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Posted 1 Nov 2007 5:15 am
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| Tom Britt slide guitar; John Hughley steel guitar; Stuart Duncan fiddle; ... |
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Jay Fagerlie
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Lotus, California, USA
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Posted 1 Nov 2007 5:22 am
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Didn't that have electric sitar in it also?
My older brother had that album when I was a kid....
Jay |
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John LeMaster
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North Florida
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Posted 1 Nov 2007 5:28 am
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On many country radio stations of the era, Freddie Weller had a hit with "Games People Play". It had a lot of steel guitar and a 'walking' 4/4 bass line.
He was also known for such hit records as "Indian Lake" and "The Promised Land" (Poor Boy's on the Line), among others.
Don't know who the steeler was on "Games People Play", but there was a bunch of good steel on it.
John L.
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 1 Nov 2007 8:16 am
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| The player on the Weller version of the song was Red Rhodes. This is THE typical Red Rhodes sound when he was in his prime. His simplistic playing was quite in demand back in the '70s; not "hot licks", but just something pretty and musical that people related to. |
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Stu Schulman
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Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 1 Nov 2007 8:35 am
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Jay,I would think that it's Reggie Young on electric sitar 
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David Collins
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Madison, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 1 Nov 2007 9:28 am
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Thanks Guys,
I agree that Joe South was the song writer, and indeed had a hit release in the late 60's. I'm sure that that is the version with sitar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5znh58WITU8
I'm also sure that it was the Freddie Weller version that I heard on the radio last week, that absolutely set me on fire.
I also agree, from the description that Donny posted that it was most likely Red on steel.
Great song and incredible steel. Maybe when I grow up, I can play like that 
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Dave Harmonson
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Seattle, Wa
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Posted 1 Nov 2007 10:06 am
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| The Freddy Weller version was from the album titled "The Games People Played" and had Clarence White playing guitar and Red Rhodes on steel. If I remember right, there was no lead guitar on this track of "Games". There are some other tracks that have some of my all time favorite Clarence licks. "Birmingham" and "Freeborn Man" for a couple. |
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John Sluszny
From:
Brussels, Belgium
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Posted 2 Nov 2007 9:47 am
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| I got a version of it by Bill Anderson. |
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scott murray
From:
Asheville, NC
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Posted 2 Nov 2007 10:00 am
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speaking of John Hughey on steel, Conway Twitty definitely cut a version of this as well.
I need to go dig out my Freddy Weller albums. Red and Clarence made a great team... they did a lot of sessions together in a relatively short time.
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Jonathan Shacklock
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London, UK
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Posted 2 Nov 2007 11:46 am
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| Hope this isn't drifting too off topic but did Red and Clarence play on Freddy Weller's follow up LP "Listen To The Young Folks"? I saw a vinyl copy recently but there were no musicians credited on the sleeve. |
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Ken Mizell
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Lakeland, Florida, 33809, USA
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Posted 2 Nov 2007 7:09 pm
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I bought the Freddy Weller album "Games People Play" right after it hit the shelf at the little record store around the corner from where I was working. I still have it, in excellent condition too. Red Rhodes all over it. Red's playing on "These Are Not My People" is also great. Those two songs were saturated with Red's playing. I love it.
Does anyone know which make of steel guitar Red was playing on those songs? Did he have the ZB then or a Fender 800? I think the album was circa 1970 (+ or -).
Ken
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Nic du Toit
From:
Milnerton, Cape, South Africa
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Posted 3 Nov 2007 2:54 am
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I still prefer the Don Gibson version.....  |
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Pete Finney
From:
Nashville Tn.
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Posted 3 Nov 2007 8:22 am
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| The Lynn Anderson version (on "Chart" records) with Lloyd Green is pretty nice too. |
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Stephan Franck
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La Crescenta, California, USA
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Posted 3 Nov 2007 9:54 am
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| There's a cool Bill Haley version with Curly Chalker on steel. |
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Ken Mizell
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Lakeland, Florida, 33809, USA
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Posted 3 Nov 2007 5:16 pm
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There's yet another version by Wynn Stewart with Ralph Mooney on steel. That song was so popular when Weller had it on the country charts that a lot of singers picked up on it. The first I ever heard of it was with Weller.
Ken
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David LeBlanc
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New Brunswick, Canada
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Posted 3 Nov 2007 5:50 pm
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| Hank williams Jr had it out too.But I don`t recal the steel player. |
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Petr Vitous
From:
Czech Republic
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Posted 3 Nov 2007 11:24 pm
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Some of the versions:
FREDDY WELLER: Games People Play (Columbia) '69
JOE SOUTH: Games People Play (Capitol) '69
FLOYD CRAMER: Class Of '69 (RCA) '69
ERNEST TUBB: Saturday Satan Sunday Saint (Decca) '69
BILL ANDERSON: My Life (Decca) '69
CONWAY TWITTY: I Love You More Today (Decca) '69
LYNN ANDERSON: At Home With Lynn (Chart) '69
JIMMY NEWMAN: Style (Decca) '69
HANK WILLIAMS JR: Live At Cobo Hall (MGM) '69
WAYLON JENNINGS: Country - Folk (RCA) '69
DOLLY PARTON: My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy (RCA) '69
MEL TILLIS: Old Faithful (Kapp) '69
WANDA JACKSON: In Person (Capitol) '69
PEGGY SUE: Dynamite (Decca) '69
WYNN STEWART: Yours Forever (Capitol) '69
BILLY MIZE: This Time And Place (Imperial) '69
CHARLIE McCOY: Real Mccoy (Monument) '69
BOOTS RANDOLPH: Yakety Revisited (Monument) '69
BILLIE JO SPEARS: Miss Sincerity (Capitol) '69
BOBBY HARDEN: Nashville Sensation (Starday) '69
EVERLY BROS: Show (WB) '70
BILL HALEY: Rock Around The Country (Sonet) '70
DON GIBSON: Hits Hits The Gibson Way (Hickory) '70
BRENDA LEE: Memphis Portrait (Decca) '70
JEANNIE C.RILEY: Generation Gap (Plantation) '70
CONNIE EATON: Something Special (Chart) '71
JORDANAIRES: We'd Like To Teach The World Sing (Ember) '72
JERRY LEE LEWIS: Killer Rocks On (Mercury) '72
DANNY DAVIS: Turn On Some Happy (RCA) '72
ACE CANNON: Sax Man (Hi) '77
EARL SCRUGGS: Bold And New (Columbia) '78
BARBARA MANDRELL: Looking Back (Columbia) '81
DON WILLIAMS: Borrowed Tales (Am. Harvest) '95
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