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Greg Gefell


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Post  Posted 8 Jun 2009 6:26 am    
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I heard this cut the other day and was curious who played the steel solos on here. Sounds to me like the first solo is on the E9 neck and the second on C6. Holy pick blocking Batman! Whoa!
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Anders Eriksson


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Mora, Dalecarlia, Sweden
Post  Posted 8 Jun 2009 6:42 am    
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Hello!

According to Amazon.com the Steel player is Jim Murphy

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Volkaert is comfortable with any number of country and blues styles, coaxing the sweetest sounds from his ’53 Telecaster. Volkaert’s nimble leads are handily matched by Jim Murphy’s steel guitar, with the two meshing neatly in tone and style.


// Anders
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Tony Prior


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Charlotte NC
Post  Posted 8 Jun 2009 7:13 am    
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Yes for sure Jim Murphy, Breakneck is on the RV Telewacker CD, it's a great CD and Jim( RIP) plays his butt off. Wide open I would say.

Jim was a great player, he passed from cancer I believe early last year.

thanks
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Norbert Dengler


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germany
Post  Posted 9 Jun 2009 2:19 pm    
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i saw jim 97 in nashville playin ev`ry nite at gabe`s in nashville. he was chubby back then and i was deeply impressed by his musicianship.
then i saw him i guess in the late 06 at egos in austin pickin for redd.
i hardly recognized him for he had gotten so skinny...
still an incredible musician.
just a few months later he passed away.
R.I.P. big jim
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Brint Hannay

 

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Maryland, USA
Post  Posted 9 Jun 2009 4:25 pm    
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That Telewacker CD contains a lot of the best steel playing AND guitar playing you'll ever hear! Every cut is a knockout. If you don't have a copy, I highly recommend getting hold of one ASAP. You won't regret it.
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Dave Harmonson


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Seattle, Wa
Post  Posted 9 Jun 2009 7:56 pm    
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Sometime around '93 or so My band opened up a show for Clinton Gregory. I assumed he would have a typical young rocker Nashville road band. Not so. Redd was on guitar and Big Jim playing steel. It was a blast. Plus we were in a club where after their show we played dance music for the rest of the night and Jim Murphy sat in with us for a few tunes. Really a blast.
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Jamie Lennon


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Nashville, TN
Post  Posted 9 Jun 2009 8:11 pm    
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where can i hear this track !!!
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Brint Hannay

 

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Maryland, USA
Post  Posted 9 Jun 2009 8:49 pm    
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Jamie Lennon wrote:
where can i hear this track !!!

http://www.amazon.com/Telewacker-Redd-Volkaert/dp/B0000066G1/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1244609231&sr=1-4

Seriously, buy the CD! You'll be glad you did!
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John Drury


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Gallatin, Tn USA
Post  Posted 10 Jun 2009 5:23 pm    
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While you're in Amazon, grab this DVD!

A Tele lesson by Redd plus over two hours of Redd, Cindy Cashdollar, Chris Gilson, and Nate Rowe, live at the Continental Club in Austin all on one DVD!

Redd and Cindy at their very best! Among the many other tunes on it are the aforementioned Telewacker, and Tubin.

If you don't have this DVD, you are missing out, Big Time!


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Greg Gefell


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Upstate NY
Post  Posted 11 Jun 2009 5:18 am    
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I'm going to have to check out that DVD for sure. I've only ever seen a few You tube clips, and heard the Breakneck cut from a guitar compilation CD I have.
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David Mason


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Cambridge, MD, USA
Post  Posted 11 Jun 2009 6:51 am    
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Wow! I just bought the video, I even had 17c to spare left over in Paypal... I've been into Martin Taylor lately, but you just can't beat American guitarists for some things - even when people like Volkaert, Gatton, Scotty Anderson play "straight" jazz, they still have that wirey barefoot/moonshine/stock car/marry-yer-cousin redneck edge, you know? Yee-haw.
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Redd V


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Galax Va
Post  Posted 11 Jun 2009 7:50 pm     No Thank You for remembering Big Jim!
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I sure miss ol' Murf
He was bar none, to me, the best steel player I've ever heard
or was lucky enough to stand beside and play a little rhythm for.

I spent many happy hours trying to steal licks/chords/ideas from that great man, and he was even a better person.

Though he left us with some nice recordings on various peoples albums & cds, he is sorely missed, and I'm a lucky *******, to say I knew the man,

Redd Volkaert
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Earnest Bovine


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Los Angeles CA USA
Post  Posted 12 Jun 2009 12:01 am    
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David Mason wrote:
.. you just can't beat American guitarists for some things - .. people like Volkaert,
I believe that Redd is from another nation, up near the North Pole somewhere, where people live in igloos and sit by seal holes waiting for dinner to arrive.
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Jackie Anderson

 

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Scarborough, ME
Post  Posted 12 Jun 2009 6:53 am     RV waiting for dinner to arrive
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And never miss....
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John Drury


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Gallatin, Tn USA
Post  Posted 12 Jun 2009 10:53 am    
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Greg Gefell wrote:
I'm going to have to check out that DVD for sure. I've only ever seen a few You tube clips, and heard the Breakneck cut from a guitar compilation CD I have.


Greg,

Not to veer off your original thread or anything, but yes, that DVD is the real deal! The cost of it is worth it for the "Pork Chops" alone! But the live at the Continental part is awesome!

Two masters of their instruments wonderfully complementing each others playing! Great band!

Nate Rowe, Cindy Cashdollar, Chris Gilson, Redd Volkaert L to R
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John Drury


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Gallatin, Tn USA
Post  Posted 12 Jun 2009 10:56 am    
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Earnest Bovine wrote:
David Mason wrote:
.. you just can't beat American guitarists for some things - .. people like Volkaert,
I believe that Redd is from another nation, up near the North Pole somewhere, where people live in igloos and sit by seal holes waiting for dinner to arrive.


According to the Teletwang DVD, Redd is from one of the westernmost provinces of Canada, I forget wich.
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Michael Weaver

 

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Buffalo Grove, IL
Post  Posted 14 Jun 2009 10:14 am    
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I received the aforementioned CD yesterday, and WOW!!!! ..incredible, to say the least. I had the honor and extreme priviledge to play in a band that opened twice for Johnny Paycheck when Murph was in the road band. He was quite friendly and answered my many questions. Just to stand offstage and watch him those nights are memories that remain with me to this day. I am curious if he plays on any other of Redd's CDs.
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