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basilh


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Post  Posted 2 Dec 2007 2:36 am    
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Well I'm confused as to exactly who he is, maybe it's a "Nom de plume" for tax reasons..

He's playing on this album


PERFORMERS
Sasha Matson - Conductor
Joel Derouin - Violin
Erika Duke-Kirkpartick - Cello
Peter Kent - Violin
Doug Liningston - Guitar, Guitar (Steel)
Bruce Morgenthaler - Bass
Cynthia Moussas - Violin
Maria Newman - Violin
Amy Shulman - Harp
Raymond Tischer - Viola


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"Steel Chords" is the only modern classical piece I know of that features the pedal steel.


I'm pretty sure that "Doug" didn't write that comment.


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Billy Wilson

 

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Post  Posted 2 Dec 2007 3:28 am    
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Maybe its Doug Livingston or Earnest Bovine as he's known around here. Sposed to be a way good steel player and funny here on the Forum.
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Bob Carlucci

 

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Post  Posted 2 Dec 2007 6:03 am    
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he's this weird guy that keeps following us around, leering,rubbing his nose and then wiping it on his ragged trenchcoat...


actually he is a very talented dude and I remember first hearing him decades ago with Fools Gold, and he was terrific even way back then.....
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Kurt Kowalski

 

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Post  Posted 2 Dec 2007 6:56 am    
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Oh man!!!
Baz, THANKS for posting that!!!
I have been looking for that cd and just bought it..!!!

Doug is one my heroes and I am also proud to call and consider him a friend of mine.

Doug (Earnest) is one of the most highly skilled, talented pedal steel players out there and not even under rated. He just has a way of keeping a low profile and fly’s under the radar. But, has played on some of the most influential pieces and/or programs out there that most people would recognize.

Doug is also a multi instrumentalist, keys, steel, etc...

When I was working with Bill Lawrence I had the pleasure of watching Doug, site read and play a classical piece on the S-12 Pedal Steel and execute it flawlessly.
Check him out and his work when you get a chance. I promise it will bring smile to your face.

Then, correspond with him and get to know him and you will find a wit and humor and is definitely "right brain".

But, then again that is the stuff that I find hilarious anyway.

Thanks for posting the link.... I am so happy to have found that cd!!!!

Kurt
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David L. Donald


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Post  Posted 2 Dec 2007 7:03 am    
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He's an interesting character.

Also plays Tuba...

Used to play with Logins and Messina back in the day.

Fine player and one of our more acerbic and drole forum gadflys

I have one of his pulls on my Shobud no less.
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Post  Posted 2 Dec 2007 8:31 am    
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DOUG LIVINGSTON'S CREDITS FROM ALL MUSIC.COM

1976 Chunky Novi & Ernie Chunky Novi & Ernie Banjo, Guitar (Steel)
1976 Fool's Gold Fool's Gold Guitar, Piano, Pedal Steel, Keyboards, Piano (Electric), Group Member
1976 Life Lines Richard Supa Guitar (Steel)
1976 Love Perfomance Olivia Newton-John Synthesizer, Guitar (Steel)
1977 Coast to Coast [Original Soundtrack] Original Soundtrack Guitar
1977 Finale Loggins & Messina Keyboards, Arp Strings
1977 Jennifer Warnes Jennifer Warnes Piano
1977 Making a Good Thing Better Olivia Newton-John Pedal Steel, Guitar (Steel)
1977 Mr. Lucky Fool's Gold Guitar, Keyboards
1978 Live and More Donna Summer Keyboards
1979 Leah Kunkel Leah Kunkel Guitar
1979 Open Your Eyes Maria Muldaur Guitar (Steel)
1979 Shot through the Heart Jennifer Warnes Piano
1979 Take Heart Juice Newton Keyboards
1980 Radioland Nicolette Larson Keyboards, Fender Rhodes
1980 Recidive Grimaldi Synthesizer
1981 Juice Juice Newton Pedal Steel, Guitar (Steel), Keyboards
1982 Quiet Lies Juice Newton Keyboards
1983 Dirty Looks Juice Newton Keyboards
1991 Circle of Friends Parachute Express Keyboards
1991 Feel the Music Parachute Express Keyboards
1991 Sunny Side Up Parachute Express Keyboards
1992 My Cousin Vinny Original Soundtrack Guitar (Steel)
1992 Pure Country George Strait Guitar (Steel)
1992 Steel Chords/I-5 Sasha Matson Guitar (Steel)
1993 Up on the Roof: Songs from the Brill Building Neil Diamond Pedal Steel
1995 Heart of the Night Bruce Lofgren Jazz Orchestra Keyboards, Programming
1995 Randy Newman's Faust Randy Newman Pedal Steel
1996 In My Lifetime Neil Diamond
1996 Live at the Roxy Michel Polnareff Pedal Steel
1996 Raven Christopher Franke Guitar
1997 Girl on the Run Jenny Morris Pedal Steel
1997 Shelly Streeter Shelly Streeter Guitar, Pedal Steel, Guitar (Steel)
1998 Feed the Fire Doc West Pedal Steel, Keyboards
1998 Fort Worth West Fort Worth West Guitar (Steel)
1998 Lacy Younger Lacy Younger Pedal Steel
1998 Quien Es Quien Ivonne E Ivette Guitar (Steel)
1998 Riding a Horse & Holding up the World Daniel Moore Guitar (Steel)
1999 American Girl Juice Newton Guitar (Steel)
1999 Blues and Other Passions Bruce Lofgren & Jass Orchestra Keyboards
1999 Very Best of Nicolette Larson Nicolette Larson Fender Rhodes
2000 Enjoy the Ride Marshall Dyllon Pedal Steel
2000 Live & Then Some Chris Gaffney & the Cold Hard Facts Pedal Steel
2001 Bandits [2001 Sony] Original Soundtrack Pedal Steel
2001 Big Slow Mover Phil Cody Performer
2001 Like the Wind: Songs of a Wondering Minstrel James Durst Piano
2001 Meet Sneaky Pete Sneaky Pete Kleinow Keyboards
2002 125 Songs for Kids Various Artists Piano
2002 Big as a Berry Megan Mullally Pedal Steel, Tuba
2003 Duke of Arkansas Jason Morphew Pedal Steel, Violin
2003 Famous Anonymous Wilderness Graham Lindsey Pedal Steel
2003 Last Farewell Shapes Pedal Steel
2003 Por Amor... A Donde Quiera Marco Antonio Muñiz Guitar (Steel)
2003 Randy Newman's Faust [Expanded] Randy Newman Pedal Steel
2003 Talk To Me Alicen Guitar (Steel)
2004 Big Rain Big Rain Pedal Steel
2004 Outrun the Sky Lalah Hathaway Pedal Steel
2004 Straight Ahead Ellis Hall Dobro, Pedal Steel
2004 Tony Brantley Tony Brantley Pedal Steel
2004 Vibrate The Manhattan Transfer Pedal Steel
2005 Big Picture Shapes Pedal Steel
2005 God, Loves and Angels Kristen Vigard Pedal Steel
2005 Ready to Rock Pat Boone Guitar (Steel)
2005 Right Place to Start Buck Page Pedal Steel
2006 Cool Yule Bette Midler Guitar (Steel)
2006 Finale [Japan Bonus Tracks] Loggins & Messina Keyboards, Arp Strings
2006 Juice/Quiet Lies Juice Newton Pedal Steel
2006 Leah Kunkel/I Run with Trouble Leah Kunkel Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar
2006 Que Saben Victoria Guitar (Steel)
2007 Martin & Daniel Daniel Moore Guitar (Steel)
2007 Old Flame/Dirty Looks Juice Newton Pedal Steel
2007 Playlist Babyface Guitar (Steel)
2007 Still Wild Lacy Younger Guitar (Steel)
2007 Talk to Me Joey McIntyre Pedal Steel
Moonlight Made a Fool of Me Craig Chasen Pedal Steel, Keyboards
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Ben Jones


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Seattle, Washington, USA
Post  Posted 2 Dec 2007 9:02 am    
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Dont forget this legendary album featuring Earnest Bovine on geetar


who is this masked man? and how does he rock so hard?
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Steve Alcott

 

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Post  Posted 2 Dec 2007 9:05 am    
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Skip Edwards

 

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Post  Posted 2 Dec 2007 9:10 am    
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The masked man pic is from a show by the band "Severed Head In A Bag". I was at that gig...
Doug is one of my heroes, too - and he also plays a mean bassoon, with a special mute.

I'm pretty sure that he's from another planet, and I mean that in the best possible way....
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Earnest Bovine


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Post  Posted 2 Dec 2007 9:17 am    
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Baz, I just posted an adorable recent photo of my captivating Sho-Bud D-12 and self in Ken Byng's thread about ShoBud D12. Come to think of it, that was the guitar I played on that Sasha Matson recording.
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b0b


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Cloverdale, CA, USA
Post  Posted 2 Dec 2007 9:25 am    
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Doug played at the Arizona Steel Guitar Association show last January. His song selection was wonderfully eclectic, and largely public domain. He played a piece that J.S. Bach wrote for solo pedal steel* and received a standing ovation.

Doug is one of the top steel players in California. He's also an excellent keyboard player.

"Liningston" is a typo. I have the original release of "Steel Chords" and Doug is properly credited as "Doug Livingston".

*The piece was published for solo violin because the pedal steel hadn't been invented yet. Doug explained that Bach actually composed many pieces for pedal steel that were published as though they were written for other instruments, for commercial reasons.
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Stu Schulman


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Post  Posted 2 Dec 2007 9:43 am    
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Doug Played Steel on the Jennifer Warnes hit "It's The Right Time Of The Night"...Nice guy too Laughing
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Roger Rettig


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Post  Posted 2 Dec 2007 10:08 am    
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He's one of my heroes, too. He sat in with our band at London's 'Speakeasy' in the '70s while he was in town doing the 'Fools Gold' sessions at Olympic Studios, and he scared this neophyte steel-player almost to death!

Don't forget yet another of his many credits - the soundtrack of 'Ray', the Oscar-winning Ray Charles biopic.

RR
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Mike Perlowin


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Post  Posted 2 Dec 2007 11:49 am    
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Roger Rettig wrote:


Don't forget yet another of his many credits - the soundtrack of 'Ray', the Oscar-winning Ray Charles biopic.

RR


And the Dukes of Hazard TV show, on which he shared steel duties with J.D.
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Mike Perlowin


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Post  Posted 2 Dec 2007 11:52 am    
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b0b wrote:
"Liningston" is a typo.


Not the only one. In the compaany's catalog, the CD is called "Steal Chords."
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Bob Kagy

 

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Lafayette, CO USA
Post  Posted 2 Dec 2007 12:15 pm    
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... and the song from the road house dancing scene (which won an Oscar nomination) in Horse Whisperer. And there he was in a small group playing (in a tux yet) during the Oscars TV show. Warmed my cockles seeing that.
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Gregg Galbraith

 

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Goodlettsville,Tn.,USA
Post  Posted 3 Dec 2007 11:17 am    
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Theresa and I watched a documentary entitled, "Cowboy Del Amor", last night, and Doug's playing was very predominant in the soundtrack. His name was even listed in the credits.
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Theresa Galbraith

 

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Goodlettsville,Tn. USA
Post  Posted 3 Dec 2007 12:50 pm    
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I believe Doug & Earnest plays a Franklin Steel! Smile
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Post  Posted 3 Dec 2007 4:40 pm    
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He also worked for a producer who did country singles and played on over 7000 sides.
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Al Terhune


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Newcastle, WA
Post  Posted 3 Dec 2007 5:11 pm    
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Gregg Galbraith wrote:
Theresa and I watched a documentary entitled, "Cowboy Del Amor", last night, and Doug's playing was very predominant in the soundtrack. His name was even listed in the credits.


Yes, that's the first time I heard Doug and found out who he was. Understated beauty...
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Jim Sliff


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Post  Posted 3 Dec 2007 5:40 pm    
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A very nice guy - Invited me out to a low-key gig at a local Harley dealership he was playing with a local band; showed me all the tricks on his GFI as I'd just gotten my Ultra, and got me dialed in on playing "Hotel California" - even though I use a totally different tuning and copedent he got the basic idea of a steel approach ingrained in my brain.

The GFI he was playing had one "normal" neck (with some interesting changes on it, ), and the front neck had a fretted guitar "Thumbs Carlisle"-style neck. Really cool idea. Made me feel very welcome and was really helpful.
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Paddy Long


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Post  Posted 3 Dec 2007 6:45 pm    
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SO the big question !!! is Douglas really Earnest, or is Ernie really Dougie ??? Enlighten us blokes from down under..... Shocked
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Dan Tyack

 

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Post  Posted 3 Dec 2007 8:19 pm    
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Quote:
is Douglas really Earnest, or is Ernie really Dougie


Yes!

I must say that Doug looked really professional in Severed Head in a Bag.
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Billy Easton

 

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Nashville, TN USA
Post  Posted 3 Dec 2007 10:14 pm    
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Doug is going to appear at the SWSGA show in Phoenix on January 24, 25 and 26th. He is an awesome player and if you get the chance to see him....don't miss it.

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David L. Donald


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Koh Samui Island, Thailand
Post  Posted 4 Dec 2007 5:44 am    
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Not every steeler gets to do a
Bette Midler Christmas album for sure.

When he plays that Bassoon,
the 'special mute' stands there
and holds the music for him.
The old page turner kept trying to
sing to the Handel pieces
and would throw off the flute players. Wink
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