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Topic: Steel Player with Bobby Sisco ? |
Jerry Overstreet
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Louisville Ky
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Posted 5 Dec 2010 1:32 pm |
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Early this a.m. driving home, I heard this old tune from the '50's. It was Honky Tonkin' Rhythm by Bobby Sisco. Sort of a swingy, rockabilly sound with a lot of steel guitar whistles and slides that reminded my a lot of Speedy West's style.
Does anybody know if it was in fact Speedy or who it was if not him? |
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Mitch Drumm
From:
Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 6 Dec 2010 1:12 am
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Yeah, that is a good tune--recorded not far from you (Hammond, Indiana) in early 1956.
It isn't Speedy. The only picture of Sisco's band I have seen is from a later period and shows a pedal steel with no visible player.
Sisco's material has been reissued many times and it may be that the steel player has been identified. I just can't recall.
Jussi Huhtakangas may know--he has been known to play some of Sisco's material and may be able to dig out the reissues more easily than I can. |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 6 Dec 2010 6:49 am
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Thanks for your reply Mitch. I'm pretty sure the steel was a fixed tuning of some type v. pedals....sure sounded like it.
The whistles and screams were very reminiscent of Speedy's style.....I'm interested to learn who it was just out of curiosity.
I don't recall ever hearing or hearing of this artist before, but I really liked the style and sound of what I heard.
Thanks again. |
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Mitch Drumm
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Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Jerry Overstreet
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Louisville Ky
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Posted 6 Dec 2010 8:01 am
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| Thanks Mitch. I'm checking out some other recordings too. |
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Dan Tyack
From:
Olympia, WA USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2010 5:32 am
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| If that's not Speedy West, it's somebody who wore out a bunch of Speedy West records.... |
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