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Richard Lester
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Constable, New York, USA
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Posted 14 Jan 2008 5:07 am |
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I need a little help. Who introduced the first pedal steel guitar to be used on a recording and what year did that happen? When was the first non-pedal steel used and by who? Jan.27 at 10am.,WIRY will be doing an interview about me and my music and if these questions come up about the steel, I'd like to give them the answers. You can listen by computer as it will be broadcast via internet: www.wiry.com. I will be introducing two new songs, on the air, during the interview. 
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Danny Williams
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Oregon, USA
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Posted 14 Jan 2008 10:30 am
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Bud Issac laid the first track of pedal steel guitar on the record "Slowly" with Webb Pierce. I'm not sure of the year but it was 1952 or 53. (I think).
Bud said they were on the road when the record came out. When they got home, the big buzz was not about the song but how did they get that sound and what kind of instrument did it.
There was at least one other guy experimenting with pedals at the time but Bud was the first to get it on record.
Bud hangs out around Yuma, Az. in the winter time. He is one of the finest men you will ever meet. His wife Gerri is a wonderfully beauty of a blond. If you ever get a chance to visit with them don't pass it up.
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Pete Finney
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Nashville Tn.
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Edward Meisse
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Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 14 Jan 2008 1:10 pm
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The first non pedal steel player is almost universally acknowledged to be Joseph Kekuku of Oahu Island, Hawaii. Since this was in the late 1880's or early 1890's there is some doubt and controversy. But what evidence there is seems to point to Kekuku. I think Jimmie Rogers Sr. was the first country music person to record with one. But I've heard claims for Mother Maybelle Carter as well. I can't claim deep knowledge on this subject. Someone else will no doubt clarify it for us. I do know that it was very early.
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David Doggett
From:
Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 14 Jan 2008 8:50 pm
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What you are asking about is really several milestones along the way. Going backwards in time:
The first popular recording of the moving harmony pedal steel sound (Bud Isaacs backing Web Pierce on Slowly, country)
The first popular recording of a lap or console steel guitar using pedals to change tunings (Alvino Ray or earlier? swing jazz)
The first popular recording of non-pedal lap or console electric steel guitar (there would be a country first and an earlier Hawaiian first, also a jazz first, and a blues first)
The first popular recording of acoustic steel guitar (again, there would be a country first, blues first, and an earlier Hawaiian first, Joseph Kekuku)
In the eras before recording, slides are known to have been used on stringed instruments other than guitar in various other cultures, such as India, the far East, and Africa. |
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basilh
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United Kingdom
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Posted 15 Jan 2008 2:52 am
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This may be of some help to you, from the latest issue of Aloha Dream Magazine :-
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