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James Fleming
From: Tennessee, USA
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Posted 4 Sep 2009 3:43 pm
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What would be your favorite song that features Steel?
Why?
Tnks,
Jim |
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John P. Phillips
From: Folkston, Ga. U.S.A., R.I.P.
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Posted 4 Sep 2009 4:41 pm
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"Lost In The Feeling " Poppa John. Nuff said. _________________ Just remember,
You don�t stop playing cause you get older,
You get older cause you stop playing ! http://www.myspace.com/johnpphillips |
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Bill Dobkins
From: Rolla Missouri, USA
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Posted 4 Sep 2009 5:42 pm
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You don't have very far to go.
Merl Haggard.
BD _________________ Custom Rittenberry SD10
Boss Katana 100 Amp
Positive Grid Spark amp
BJS Bars
Z~Legend Pro,Custom Tele
Honor our Vet's.
Now pass the gravy. |
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Joe Wheeler
From: Marion Louisiana Union
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Posted 4 Sep 2009 5:48 pm
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Together Again and I'm sure you know who sang and who played it. |
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Pete Young
From: Quebec, Canada
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Posted 4 Sep 2009 7:09 pm
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Look at us For me it was one of the greatest steel parts going Second would be Rose colored glasses |
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Andy Jones
From: Mississippi
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Posted 4 Sep 2009 7:28 pm
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That's a tough one,James.There are so many great songs by so many great players.The one that comes to mind at this moment is"Last Date"by the great John Hughey.I listened to Conway Twitty for years,not knowing who the steel player was.I remembered reading "John Hughey" on the LP jacket.I always thought,"this man's playing gives me goose bumps making that steel cry like he does".Then I went to a steel show at Gulfport,MS and he was there.I asked him if he was that John Hughey and he said,"that was me".I told him how much how much joy his playing had given me through the years and I thanked him for that.I later had my picture taken with him at the Dallas show.What makes it so special is that he was a Christian;so we'll talk about it again someday.
Andy |
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Shane Glover
From: Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 4 Sep 2009 8:50 pm
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Trick Rider by Mcbride & the Ride. Joe Rogers is a killer player and a super nice guy !! |
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Tommy Shown
From: Denham Springs, La.
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Posted 4 Sep 2009 10:03 pm
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Boy that's a tough one.There's so many that I like.
Lost in the feeling and Look at us . I mean John Hughey really nails them both, And Buddy Emmons on his white album doing that medley of songs that include Orange Blossom Special, Steel Guitar Rag, Remington Ride, and Bud's Bounce.James I'm sorry but there are alot of them that are my personal favorites.It is so hard for me to decide.
Tommy Shown |
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Charles Davidson
From: Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 4 Sep 2009 10:56 pm
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That's a hard one,I do remember one years ago that had beautiful steel. HE SANG DIXIE by Dwight Yoakam. Anyone know you played steel on this one ? YOU BETCHA,DYK?BC. _________________ Hard headed, opinionated old geezer. BAMA CHARLIE. GOD BLESS AMERICA. ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST. SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC ! |
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dlayne
From: OH
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Posted 5 Sep 2009 1:18 am Pick One
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Did'nt the GREAT Tom Brumley play on I Sang Dixie _________________ Dan Layne |
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Geoff Marshall
From: North Lincolnshire U,K.
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Posted 5 Sep 2009 1:27 am
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He sang dixie = Tom Brumley _________________ If 6 were 9 |
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Bob Carlucci
From: Candor, New York, USA
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Posted 5 Sep 2009 3:24 am
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Teach Your Children _________________ I'm over the hill and hittin'rocks on the way down!
no gear list for me.. you don't have the time...... |
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Donny Hinson
From: Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 5 Sep 2009 4:31 am
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I guess my all-time favorite would be Gary Deans's "Right Kind Of Love", with flawless playing by Ralph Mooney. The phrasing is perfection, so good that no one could do that twice. But what really gets me is the sound...it just barks...jumps right out of the speaker. Never heard anything like that before or since - even from Moon, himself. Some of Brumley's stuff comes kinda close, though. |
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Dennis Graves
From: Maryville, Tennessee
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Posted 5 Sep 2009 6:59 am
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Together Again....Tom Brumley |
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Les Green
From: Jefferson City, MO, R.I.P.
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Posted 6 Sep 2009 6:51 am
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Buddy Emmons - Half A mind - with ET backup _________________ Les Green
73 MSA D10 8&4, 74 MSA S10 3&5, Legrande II 8&9, Fender Squier 6 string, Genesis III, Peavey 1000 |
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Per Berner
From: Skovde, Sweden
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Posted 6 Sep 2009 8:09 am
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One kiss away from loneliness, Amber Digby (Dickey Overby)
...and Waltz Across Texas, Ernest Tubb (Buddy Charleton)
...Different kind of Flower, Ray Price (Buddy Emmons)
...Borrowed angel, Mel Street (Lloyd Green)
...Hank Western, Gary Stewart (Weldon Myrick)
...I'm sorry for you, my friend, Moe Bandy (Weldon Myrick)
...and a few hundred more |
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Geoff Cline
From: Southwest France
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Posted 6 Sep 2009 8:28 am Emmons & Breau!!!
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MINORS ALOUD A revelation about what pedal steel guitar was (or capable of being). It redefined the instrument and made me want to go there...
And it only took me 30 years to get up the gumption to acquire one and learn how to play it! |
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James Fleming
From: Tennessee, USA
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Posted 7 Sep 2009 8:23 am
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Thanks for the in-put fellas. Since I started this thread I guess I should put in my 2 cents.
Everybody's had the blues, Merle Haggard
After that it goes like this for me:
Slowly, Webb Pierce
Keys in the mailbox, Buck Owens
Easy Loving, Freddie Hart
Together Again, Buck Owens
Teach your Children, CSNY
Far Away Eyes, Stones
Rose Colored Glasses, John Connley
Look At Us, Vince Gill
Here in the real World, Alan Jackson
OK I know I just said one, but I just couldn't do it either |
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C Dixon
From: Duluth, GA USA
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Posted 7 Sep 2009 9:41 am
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Lap Steel="La Golendrina", as Jerry Byrd played it on his album "Hi Fi Guitar" in the '50's.
Pedal Steel="Once Upon a Time in the West", by Buddy Emmons as he played it on the stage of the Chase Park Plaza hotel at the ISGC in '77.
Both of these "classics" bring chills and thrills beyond what I can describe.
I agree that Tom Brumley's "Together Again" and John Hughey's "Look at Us" were awesome and virtuous.
c. _________________ A broken heart + † = a new heart. |
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Larry Behm
From: Mt Angel, Or 97362
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Posted 7 Sep 2009 11:56 am
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Blue Jade by the Big E.
Exodus by Buddy at the convention years ago, it took my breath away.
Larry Behm |
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Jim Peters
From: St. Louis, Missouri, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 7 Sep 2009 12:18 pm
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Depending on my mood, either Bad Weather or Panama Red. JP _________________ Carter,PV,Fender |
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Jim Means
From: Missouri, USA
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Posted 7 Sep 2009 4:52 pm The one for me
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No Contest. Jimmy Day's break on Johnny Bush's Farewell Party. The reason: more emotion than you would think humanly possible. I guess that's why they called him Mister Country Soul. For me, no convention has been complete since we lost him.
Jim in Missouri _________________ Musicians have to play.....They really have no choice |
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Jim Lindsey (Louisiana)
From: Greenwell Springs, Louisiana (deceased)
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Posted 8 Sep 2009 1:08 pm
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Man, talk about difficult ... I really can't say that I have a particular or single favorite ... but, there is one that always sticks out in my mind simultaneously along with the score of many others I'd call my favorites ... and that is Rusty Young's first steel ride in Poco's "Bad Weather" (there are two rides in that song).
Along with that one and all the others mentioned here, I'd have to say that my ultimate favorites would be anything by the late Gary Hogue. _________________ 1986 Mullen D-10 with 8 & 7 (Dual Bill Lawrence 705 pickups each neck)
Two Peavey Nashville 400 Amps (with a Session 500 in reserve) - Yamaha SPX-90 II
Peavey ProFex II - Yamaha R-1000 Digital Reverb - Ross Time Machine Digital Delay - BBE Sonic Maximizer 422A
ProCo RAT R2DU Dual Distortion - Korg DT-1 Pro Tuner (Rack Mounted) - Furman PL-8 Power Bay
Goodrich Match-Bro by Buddy Emmons - BJS Steel Bar (Dunlop Finger Picks / Golden Gate Thumb Picks) |
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Herb Steiner
From: Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 8 Sep 2009 3:41 pm
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jim means wrote: |
No Contest. Jimmy Day's break on Johnny Bush's Farewell Party. The reason: more emotion than you would think humanly possible. I guess that's why they called him Mister Country Soul. For me, no convention has been complete since we lost him.
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what he said... _________________ My rig: Infinity and Telonics.
Son, we live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with steel guitars. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? |
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basilh
From: United Kingdom
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Posted 8 Sep 2009 4:03 pm
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Buddy Emmons on the Roger Miller album 'Trip in the Country' "Nothing can stop my lovin' you."
Gordon Huntley on "Woodstock" and Rod King on "Jennifer Eccles"
The solo on "You'd Better Think Twice" is pretty smart..
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