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Larry Miller
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Dothan AL,USA
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Mitch Adelman
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Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 19 Nov 2009 12:07 pm |
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| Thanks for that. I didn't know Skunk played steel or that he was in the Ventures. I knew about his classic guitar riffs with the Doobie bros and his role with helping to design the CIA missile defense systems! A true renaissance man! |
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Roger Rettig
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Naples, FL
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Posted 19 Nov 2009 1:00 pm
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Skunk's steel playing with Steely Dan is some of the best you'll hear! Check out 'Razor Boy' in particular, and 'Pearl Of The Quarter' is pretty good, too. They're on "Countdown To Ecstasy" - there's more of his steel work on the album "Can't Buy A Thrill".
A very tasteful player - 'Razor Boy' still knocks me out, and Ray Brown is playing bass!!!!
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Roger Rettig: Emmons D10, B-bender Teles, Martins, and a Gibson Super 400!
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Dave Harmonson
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Seattle, Wa
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Posted 19 Nov 2009 1:37 pm
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| He was never a member of the Ventures,just sitting in for a show here I presume. I sure do like Nokie's solo and fills on this video. |
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Geoff Cline
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Southwest France
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Posted 19 Nov 2009 2:04 pm
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| Roger Rettig wrote: |
Skunk's steel playing with Steely Dan is some of the best you'll hear! Check out 'Razor Boy' in particular, and 'Pearl Of The Quarter' is pretty good, too. They're on "Countdown To Ecstasy" - there's more of his steel work on the album "Can't Buy A Thrill".
A very tasteful player - 'Razor Boy' still knocks me out, and Ray Brown is playing bass!!!! |
Hey Roger:
THANKS for reminding me of this. I haven't listened to this album since I got into playing PSG. But now its "back in rotation." Love Skunk's playing. |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 19 Nov 2009 2:14 pm
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Skunk always reminded me of Floyd the Muppet.
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Rick Schacter
From:
Portland, Or.
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Posted 20 Nov 2009 4:53 pm
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| Mitch Adelman wrote: |
| Thanks for that. I didn't know Skunk played steel or that he was in the Ventures. I knew about his classic guitar riffs with the Doobie bros and his role with helping to design the CIA missile defense systems! A true renaissance man! |
He played pedal steel on "South City Midnight Lady"
from "The Captain and Me" by The Doobie Bros.
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Steve Hotra
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Camas, Washington
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Posted 20 Nov 2009 6:37 pm
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sweet!
thanks for sharing.
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Guitars: Rittenberry SD S-10, Gretsch Black Falcon. Effects: Wampler Paisley, Strymon Timeline, Sarno Earth Drive.
Fractal FM9
Amps: Mesa Express 5:25, Jazzkat Tomkat & Boss Katana head / various cabs. |
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Steve Hotra
From:
Camas, Washington
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Posted 20 Nov 2009 6:40 pm more of Jeff's pedal steel playing
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1EBl7tYLhM
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Guitars: Rittenberry SD S-10, Gretsch Black Falcon. Effects: Wampler Paisley, Strymon Timeline, Sarno Earth Drive.
Fractal FM9
Amps: Mesa Express 5:25, Jazzkat Tomkat & Boss Katana head / various cabs. |
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Bob Carlucci
From:
Candor, New York, USA
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Posted 20 Nov 2009 7:37 pm
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Neals Fandango has a short but intense steel solo.. Simple but SO cool... I always loved Skunk's steel playing. Pearl of the Quarter is some great playing too.
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Bob Carlucci
From:
Candor, New York, USA
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 20 Nov 2009 9:01 pm
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I was a DJ in a rock and roll bar (off and on) from 1975 'till about 1982.
Played "South City Midnight Lady" hundreds of times as one of the slow songs during breaks from the fast stuff. Got my steel fix and nobody knew...
Also spun "Silver Threads & Golden Needles" by Linda Ronstadt when my dad came to visit. Got away with that too.  |
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Jeff Garden
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Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 21 Nov 2009 3:38 am
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| e-mail me if you want my amateur tab effort at Skunk's pedal steel on Pearl of the Quarter. I wrote it in tabledit - think you can download free software from the www.tabledit.com site to open it up if you don't already have that software. |
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David Mason
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Cambridge, MD, USA
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Roger Rettig
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Naples, FL
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Posted 21 Nov 2009 5:25 am
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Those first Steely Dan albums coincided with my acquisition of my first pedal-steel guitar so, along with Rusty Young, Skunk was an early 'teacher' for me! Well, that was in addition to Buddy Emmons on Ray Charles' 'Wichita Lineman' and an album called 'Suite Steel'....
Steely Dan are a national treasure, in my opinion. Their tunes were always at the very edge of what I could follow by 'ear' and, to this day, I find that they defy classification. That they used steel guitar so tastefully was a huge bonus. I have everything they've done safely in my CD collection.
One of my best pals from the UK (bass-player Bill Gibbard) is in the air at this moment and flying to Philadelphia - he and his wife have tickets for the Steely Dan concerts at the DAR Constitution Hall on Sunday and Monday; then they're coming to Naples to tell me all about it!
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Roger Rettig: Emmons D10, B-bender Teles, Martins, and a Gibson Super 400!
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Brett Day
From:
Pickens, SC
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Posted 21 Nov 2009 7:22 am
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Jeff "Skunk" Baxter also played steel on "At This Moment" by Billy Vera and the Beaters in the eighties.
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Rich Peterson
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Moorhead, MN
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Posted 21 Nov 2009 10:39 am
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The clip with The Ventures is apparently from a DVD which featured various rock guitarists "sitting in" with Bogle-Wilson-Edwards-Taylor. Also had Max Weinberg doing double drummers with Mel Taylor. I think Peter Frampton fit in like he should have been a regular part of the band, and seemed to be having the time of his life.
Skunk is a national treasure. |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 21 Nov 2009 11:05 am
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| Skunk is a national treasure. |
You said a mouthful, Rich, especially considering his quasi-military career. |
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Dave Ristrim
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Whites Creek, TN
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Posted 25 Nov 2009 3:45 am
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| Barry, I always thought they made Floyd to look like Skunk. |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 25 Nov 2009 6:54 am
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Wow. Good point Dave. I never thought of it that way ...  |
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David Mason
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Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 25 Nov 2009 8:35 am
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I was lucky enough to grow up with Benny Goodman & Beethoven blasting around the house because of my father, but for a lot of the people I was playing with in high school & college-era bands, Steely Dan was the very first time that those weird foreign chords ( ) seemed appealing enough to want to figure out. When Pink Floyd & the Dead used funny chords, it usually seemed like an accident, and when Mahavishnu used 'em they were scary.... Steely Dan were above all sneaky.  |
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Rich Peterson
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Moorhead, MN
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Posted 25 Nov 2009 8:45 am
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| Right, Dave. Steely Dan was a jazz combo posing as a rock band. |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 25 Nov 2009 8:55 am
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That's it. I'm getting all my SD CD's out and having a Thanksgiving Marathon!  |
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Jay Fagerlie
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Lotus, California, USA
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Steve Hotra
From:
Camas, Washington
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Posted 30 Nov 2009 9:59 am
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I forgot how cool this song really is.
Now that I'm learning PSG, I appreciate even more.
Thanks for sharing!
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Guitars: Rittenberry SD S-10, Gretsch Black Falcon. Effects: Wampler Paisley, Strymon Timeline, Sarno Earth Drive.
Fractal FM9
Amps: Mesa Express 5:25, Jazzkat Tomkat & Boss Katana head / various cabs. |
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