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Kevin Mincke
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Farmington, MN (Twin Cities-South Metro) USA
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Brendan Mitchell
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Melbourne Australia
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Posted 15 Dec 2010 11:13 pm |
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Billy Murdoch
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Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
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Posted 16 Dec 2010 1:13 am
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| Perfect. |
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Fish
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Posted 16 Dec 2010 5:57 am
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| A master lesson in understatement. |
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James Leaman
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Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 17 Dec 2010 7:07 am
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I've watched that vid at least 50 times and like Billy said....PERFECT!
One of a kind! |
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Larry Bell
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Englewood, Florida
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Larry Bell
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Englewood, Florida
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Ron Whitworth
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Yuma,Ariz.USA Yeah they say it's a DRY heat !!
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Posted 17 Dec 2010 10:53 pm
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Hello Kevin;
That is a great link.
Here is another Moon/Waylon also.
This clip just shows different album covers so you cannot see Moon playing but just listen to the ride he takes when Waylon give the wheel to Moon!!!!!!!!
One of my favorite Waylon songs.......Enjoy
What a ride!!!! Ron
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYpgs3fZBK8
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"Tone is in the hands. Unless your wife will let you buy a new amp. Then it's definitely in that amp."
We need to turn the TWANG up a little
It's not what you play through, it's what you play through it.
They say that tone is all in the fingers...I say it is all in your head 
Some of the best pieces of life are the little pieces all added up..Ron
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Kevin Mincke
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Farmington, MN (Twin Cities-South Metro) USA
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Posted 18 Dec 2010 9:39 am
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Another GREAT classic & one of my favorites!
Thanks  |
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 18 Dec 2010 10:54 am
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What a fortunate man Waylon was to have Ralph Mooney in the band during his heyday, the icing on the cake to the music of my favorite country singer! 
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Glenn Suchan
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Austin, Texas
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Brendan Mitchell
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Melbourne Australia
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Posted 20 Dec 2010 3:39 pm
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Well ,1 hour later...........
Thanks for the links
What a career Moon has had .
My favourite out of that bunch ?
Wynn Stewart's Playboy .
How come he was never huge like he deserved ? |
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Leann Sharp
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Nashville,Tennessee, USA
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John Castelletti
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Posted 20 Dec 2010 8:06 pm
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Great links! Ralph Mooney is pretty much the reason I got into pedal steel. I remember hearing a ton of Waylon when I was little and over the last few years rediscovered all of his music. That in turn led me to finding more Mooney recordings. Little did I know they were right under my nose and had been listening to him with Buck Owens, Merle Haggard with out ever knowing it.
On a side note Waylon is one hell of a picker himself, not flashy but man he can groove. |
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Glenn Suchan
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Posted 21 Dec 2010 5:09 am
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John, briefly stated, when Wynn Stewart first arrived in California and started playing music, Ralph Mooney was playing a lot of lead guitar. After he became a member of Wynn's band his steel playing and style emerged into what we all recognize as 'The Mooney' style.
Speaking of Buck Owens and Merle Haggard; both launched their careers from playing with or in Wynn Stewart's band. Buck and Wynn were almost like partners in the early days.
Brendan, to answer your question, why Wynn wasn't a huge success; He didn't want to travel around the country doing shows to promote his records and Buck did. Buck went on to become the leader of The Buckeroos and Wynn pretty much played California dates. However, Wynn opened a night club in Las Vegas called "Nashville Nevada" where he was the main act.
Merle, fresh out of prison, was the bass player and warm up singer for Wynn's band at "Nashville Nevada". Wynn wrote "Sing A Sad Song" and loved the way Merle sang it. Very few singers could handle the octave jump on the bridge and Wynn admired that Merle could 'nail' that part.
The story goes (and this is paraphrased), one day Merle said to Wynn, "If it was in your power to make me a star, would you do it?"
"Sure I would", said Wynn.
Merle replied, "It is with in your power. Give me that song you wrote, 'Sing A Sad Song'. Let me record it".
"You got it", Wynn said.
It went on to become Merle's first hit and the rest is history.
Oh yeah, Ralph was Wynn's musical cohort and buddy in the early days, and was a major part of what became the "Bakersfield" sound that Wynn was creating. It was only natural for him to be a part of the early careers of Wynn's proteges, Buck Owens and Merle Haggard.
Keep on pickin'!
Glenn
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Brendan Mitchell
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Melbourne Australia
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Posted 25 Dec 2010 12:35 am
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| Thanks for the info Glenn . |
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Jeff Hyman
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 25 Dec 2010 2:25 pm
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| Kevin's original posting of YouTube @ 2:29 I find it quite amazing how he achieves those clean harmonics so close to the bar... it's only a few frets. I typically go a a whole octave and never get such a tone. I guess that's what makes him the Moon... the best PSG player ever IMHO. |
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