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Topic: The 7 Best Steel Guitar Players Ever |
Jim Cohen
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Posted 3 Nov 2010 3:46 pm |
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Found this curious little thread online, posing the question of "Who are the 7 Best Steel Guitar Players Ever?" FWIW (not much, IMO)
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Peter Freiberger
From:
California, USA
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Posted 3 Nov 2010 5:24 pm
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| Well you can't say ol' Rusty doesn't have a sense of humor! |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 3 Nov 2010 6:12 pm
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Everybody KNOWS that the best steel guitarist ever is Jerry Garcia.
Who is this Emmons guy, and if he's so great, why didn't CSNY use him instead?
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Bob Hickish
From:
Port Ludlow, Washington, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 4 Nov 2010 2:41 am
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I'd jump in here but Willy always told me not to be a name dropper
credit's to b0b its his line |
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Sonny Priddy
From:
Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 4 Nov 2010 6:10 am Top 7
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| Don't Forget Jimmie Crawford. SONNY. |
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Frank Freniere
From:
The First Coast
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Posted 4 Nov 2010 6:13 am
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| Ummm... why 7? |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 4 Nov 2010 7:15 am
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Everybody KNOWS that the best steel guitarist ever is Jerry Garcia.
Who is this Emmons guy, and if he's so great, why didn't CSNY use him instead? |
Thank you for clearing that up, Mike.  |
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Marco Schouten
From:
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Posted 4 Nov 2010 12:36 pm
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Define 'best'
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Stephen Gregory
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Scott Shipley
From:
The Ozark Mountains
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Posted 4 Nov 2010 2:44 pm
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I'm the seventh best steel guitarist. On my block.
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Ben Jones
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 4 Nov 2010 2:54 pm
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| I am pretty sure I am 8th best ever. |
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Scott Shipley
From:
The Ozark Mountains
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Posted 4 Nov 2010 2:59 pm
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Actually, I'm the only steel guitarist on my block. Still fightin hard not to lose my spot though! Gonna hang onto it even if I have to chase the others off with one of the legs from my steel.
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Johnny Cox
From:
Williamsom WVA, raised in Nashville TN, Lives in Hallettsville Texas
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Posted 5 Nov 2010 1:24 pm
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I'm the second best, everyone knows that. Yhe second best in my house after Joan.
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 5 Nov 2010 2:03 pm
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Don't know seven,But I know the first three. Mr. Seymour,Bobbe, and the Bobbster.The ONLY player with that SEYMOUR touch.He can take a tune that's been worn out by EVERY body else and put a new spin on it. YOU BETCHA,DYK?BC.
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 5 Nov 2010 2:12 pm
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The best steel guitarist that ever lived is Ephram Zoawister Nunkheimer IV. He's so damned good that he's never released his recordings or appeared in public.  |
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Ray Harrison
From:
Tucson, Arizona, USA (deceased)
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Posted 5 Nov 2010 3:02 pm
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Gosh, with all you guys on the list, I can't even propose Jerry, Big E, Chalker or Herman Swartz......
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Archie Nicol R.I.P.
From:
Ayrshire, Scotland
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Posted 5 Nov 2010 5:37 pm
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I'm sure we have all played with willie at some time, lads.
Arch. |
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Chuck Hall
From:
Warner Robins, Ga, USA
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Posted 5 Nov 2010 5:45 pm
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I played with Willie once, but the record stopped.
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William Lake
From:
Ontario, Canada
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Posted 5 Nov 2010 6:11 pm
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I don't want to muddy the waters, but it seems to me this poll would have to be segregated. Best Country steeler...Lloyd Green. Best Jazz..Doug Jerenigan...Best all-round..Buddy Emmons.
Just my opinion of course.
Oh..and best dobro..Shot Jackson.
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Richard Paul
From:
Iowa USA
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Posted 5 Nov 2010 7:22 pm Best steel players
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| bob you can't be the seventh best I am, you must be the sixth. |
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Jerry Tillman
From:
Florida
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Posted 6 Nov 2010 3:33 am 1352 pickers
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| Well theres 1352 guitar pickers in nashville,and anyone of them can play twice as better than I will. I feel sorry for Mr.Cox living so close to his competition on a daily basis. lakeshrk |
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Stuart Legg
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Posted 6 Nov 2010 4:07 am
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I'm sure we have all played with willie at some time, lads.
Arch. |
That made me number two (right in my shorts).
Arch you're a master at slippin things by, you gotta be a number two. |
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Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
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Posted 6 Nov 2010 4:17 am
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When I was a boy we had a track and fields athletics contest and on my certificate it read that I was was the 123rd. winner (not exactly sure about the number).
I guess it's a much better result than I would achieve in a best steel players' list. |
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