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Kevin Mincke
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Farmington, MN (Twin Cities-South Metro) USA
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Brett Day
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Pickens, SC
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Posted 24 Jan 2010 6:45 pm |
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That's Carson Chamberlain on the steel. His instrument is the Franklin pedabro. Carson's pedabro featured a steel neck and standard pedabro neck. The pedabro was built by Paul Franklin Sr. and Paul Franklin first played it on Randy Travis's 1987 hit "Forever And Ever Amen".
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Bob Blair
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 24 Jan 2010 6:49 pm
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| What a great job on that song by Keith, Carson and the rest of the band! |
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Tony Prior
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Charlotte NC
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Posted 25 Jan 2010 7:05 am
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really nice, classic....
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Gerald Menke
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Stormville NY, USA
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Posted 27 Jan 2010 8:01 am
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Wow man, thank you for posting that. I had never heard Carson before, and that first break is just killing. Anybody happen to know what he's up to these days, and out of curiosity, what that instrument cost? I seem to recall seeing somewhere that the Pedabro was $10,000. What a cool steel, and great player.
Thanks for reading my post.
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Brett Day
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Pickens, SC
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Posted 27 Jan 2010 10:29 am
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Gerald, Carson is now a songwriter and producer. I've heard that after Keith Whitley died, Carson took his pedabro back to Paul Franklin Sr. He was the steel player in Keith's band until Keith died.
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Tim Sergent
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Hendersonville, TN, USA
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Posted 27 Jan 2010 1:51 pm
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Carson Chamberlain is the reason (or blame as I tell him) for me ever moving to Nashville. He got the ball rolling so to speak. We met back in the late 80's at a Keith Whitley Day in Sandy Hook, KY. I was filling in playing steel for the band that was opening for Keith. Carson and I got to talking after the show and traded phone numbers and he told me that if he heard of any gigs that he would throw my name in the hat. I thought..."well I'll never hear from him again" because how many times have most of us heard that? Well one day out of the blue my mother called me at a friends house and told me that Rodney Crowell just called. Then about 45 minutes later she called back and told me that Larry Boone's manager had just called. I couldn't figure out what the heck was going on in Nashville because I had only been there a couple of times and the only time I've ever actually played in Nashville was when I played the banjo on the Ernest Tubb Record Shop when I was 9 years old.
When I called both people back they told me that Paul Franklin had mentioned me to them. Well, the Larry Boone audition came before the Rodney Crowell audition and I couldn't pass one up in hopes to get the other and then maybe not get either one of them. So I got the Larry Boone gig in 1988. Larry and I are still the best of friends.
After moving to Nashville I finally got the chance to meet Paul and thank him for the recommendation. But then I asked him...."have you ever heard me play?"...and he told me that I had been recommended by someone that he really trusted. That person was Carson Chamberlain. Carson got the ball rolling and Paul took it the rest of the way. Two great guys to have in your corner.
Carson's cousin Mike Chamberlain played bass for Keith. He then came to play bass in Larry Boone's band and we have been friends ever since. We still do as much fishing as we can, but he drives a tour bus and I work for one of the busiest guys on the road so we don't get to fish as much as we'd like to.
I had heard that Mark Wills had gone to Mr. Franklin and bought back that PedaBro for Carson as a gift for producing his records...I mean CD's!
Sorry for rambling on. When I saw Carson's name it brought back a lot memories.
Besides...I love reminiscing with people I don't know!!!
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