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Topic: Who's on steel on this Stephen Stills tune? |
John Cisco
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Alexandria Virginia, USA
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Pete Finney
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Nashville Tn.
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Posted 14 Jan 2008 7:02 pm |
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| Al Perkins |
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John Cisco
From:
Alexandria Virginia, USA
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Posted 14 Jan 2008 7:27 pm Thanks!!
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John P. Cusack a.k.a John Cisco
Carter D-10, Profex II, Fender Steel King
*Small change can often be found under seat cushions in taxicabs* |
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Brendan Mitchell
From:
Melbourne Australia
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Posted 14 Jan 2008 11:57 pm
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| This was one of the songs that really got me hooked . |
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Jason Odd
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Stawell, Victoria, Australia
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Posted 15 Jan 2008 5:29 am
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| Yes that's Al, and that's Manassas, my fave Stills project after Buffalo Springfield.. Dallas Taylor, Chris Hillman, Fuzzy Samuels, Al, Paul Harris, Joe Lala.. I think the footage is from a '72 European tour, something like the Musikladen TV show, you can get a European DVD of the whole show. |
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Jim Sliff
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Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 15 Jan 2008 5:56 am
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The video is really strange - I had a tape copy for years and recently got the DVD. It almost looks like they taped a rehearsal, not the actual show! That's one thing that's cool about it though - they playing is "loose" and more relaxed than I recall Stills normally being on stage (I've seen him solo or with backing bands probably a dozen times, and he always gets a bit testy about something or other - he's not the nicest guy to his support crews). It's also interesting how Hillman is still not quite a "front" man - he still has that "bluegrass deadpan" image he had with the Byrds and Burritos. He never really loosened up until the Desert Rose period.
One great thing about this tape is how it shows Perkins' versatility - steel, guitar, percussion - and he's such a nice guy you just wanna slap him! (sorry Al!) 
He'd also just changed from his Fender 8-string with an E7 copedent to the E9 ZB maybe a month before this was shot. There are some studio photos of the first Manassas recording sessions where he still was using his Fender. I have that copeden somewhere if anyone wants it - it's a great 8-string setup, especially for country-rock; no 6th so it doesn't have that western-swing vibe, and it's not a "crippled" E9 either.
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No chops, but great tone
1930's/40's Rickenbacher/Rickenbacker 6&8 string lap steels
1921 Weissenborn Style 2; Hilo&Schireson hollownecks
Appalachian, Regal & Dobro squarenecks
1959 Fender 400 9+2 B6;1960's Fender 800 3+3+2; 1948 Fender Dual-8 Professional |
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