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Don Ricketson


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Post  Posted 18 Jan 2011 3:35 pm    
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I saw the movie yesterday. It had several different bands and all had steel players. I saw Steve Hinson's name in the credits. Isn't he a forum member? The first song was Merle Haggard's Silver Wings. Beautiful steel fills. A very good movie by the way. Lots of drunks and hollerin. Just like the real
thing. Smile
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Mark Wayne


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Post  Posted 18 Jan 2011 4:05 pm    
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Don, I just saw the movie, too, and it was refreshing to see several different steels and players on a big screen.
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robert kramer

 

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Post  Posted 19 Jan 2011 7:21 am    
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The steel players hired for the club and concert band scenes in "Country Strong" were Steve Hinson (black Emmons), Chris Scruggs (single neck Fender pedal steel), Bucky Baxter (GFI) and Smith Curry (Sho-Pro). There was also a dobro player in one of the recording session scenes.

Hats off to all these musicians for playing pedal steel in a major release movie.


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Brett Day


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Post  Posted 19 Jan 2011 12:58 pm    
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I think Smith Curry is in the movie too, playin' a ShowPro
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Ryan Barwin


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Post  Posted 19 Jan 2011 1:07 pm    
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There's a dobro player too...who's that?
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robert kramer

 

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Post  Posted 19 Jan 2011 2:05 pm    
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Thanks guys - I will edit my post with these additions.
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Don Ricketson


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Post  Posted 28 Jan 2011 8:48 pm     "Country Strong" Movie
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Also Ed Bruce's (Mama's Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys)plus many others, and as seen many times on the Nashville Country Reunion series on RFD was in a couple of scenes and lots of the movie was filmed in Austin and Dallas Texas. Go see it if ya get a chance. It's a goodun. Smile
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Lana Carroll


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Post  Posted 8 Feb 2011 11:18 am     and on the recordings?
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I was wondering about this too. Smile

Does anyone know if its the same players playing on the soundtrack? Some of the tracks that I especially liked the steel on were "Chances Are" and the Trace Adkins version of "Time Changes Everything."

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Dan Tyack

 

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Post  Posted 10 Feb 2011 5:04 am    
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For what it's worth (not always accurate) All Music guide says the following folks played on the sound track*album*:

Dan Dougmore
Paul Franklin
Steve Hinson
Mike Johnson
Russ Pahl
Scotty Sanders
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Larry Bell


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Post  Posted 10 Feb 2011 8:15 am    
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Did they really misspell Dugmore's name???
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JR Ross


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Post  Posted 10 Feb 2011 10:01 am     Steel player on country Strong
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Country Strong was filmed here in the Albuquerque New Mexico Area.. Local Steel players Ron Sodos and Rick McGrath were actually hired to be filmed on 2 of the scenes even even though the soundtracks were done by session guys elsewhere.. Lucky dogs I wasn't lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time or I might have also been in the film too....
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Steve Hinson

 

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Post  Posted 10 Feb 2011 4:08 pm    
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I did"Chances Are","Silver Wings",and four or five other songs at some of the tracking sessions...I haven't seen the movie,so I don't know if all the tunes made it or not...
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Dan Tyack

 

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Post  Posted 10 Feb 2011 4:45 pm    
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Larry Bell wrote:
Did they really misspell Dugmore's name???
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No that was me... Smile
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Lana Carroll


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Post  Posted 11 Feb 2011 1:11 pm    
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thank you everyone!

Steve, I loved your playing on both those songs (Chances Are and Silver Wings). Glad to have the forum so I can tell you that directly!
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John Coffman


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Post  Posted 11 Feb 2011 1:27 pm    
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Hope to see the movie this weekend. Good Job Steve and Chris
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Matthew Keon


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Post  Posted 11 Feb 2011 1:30 pm    
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Ryan Barwin wrote:
There's a dobro player too...who's that?





That dobro player? That's Neal Casal.. He played in The Cardinals with fellow forum member and Steeler Jon Graboff.[/img]
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Steve Hinson

 

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Post  Posted 11 Feb 2011 4:28 pm    
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Thanks,Lana!
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Steve Hinson

 

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Post  Posted 11 Feb 2011 4:33 pm    
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Thanks,Lana!
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Wayne Gailey Jr

 

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Post  Posted 27 Feb 2012 12:27 am     Not filmed in new Mexico!
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Hey Ross!!! This wasn't shot anywhere near NM! [/quote][/code]
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Wayne Gailey Jr

 

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Post  Posted 27 Feb 2012 12:29 am     Steve H! Great feel!
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Hey Steve, what rig do ya use?
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Wayne Gailey Jr

 

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Post  Posted 27 Feb 2012 12:44 am     Re: Steel player on country Strong
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JR Ross wrote:
Country Strong was filmed here in the Albuquerque New Mexico Area.. Local Steel players Ron Sodos and Rick McGrath were actually hired to be filmed on 2 of the scenes even even though the soundtracks were done by session guys elsewhere.. Lucky dogs I wasn't lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time or I might have also been in the film too....


Of course after though and my production book, you're confusing Crazy Heart with Jeff Bridges with Country Strong starring Gwyneth Paltrow! Careful as the songs are well... Nuff said!
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Wayne Gailey Jr

 

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Post  Posted 27 Feb 2012 12:46 am    
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Steve Hinson wrote:
I did"Chances Are","Silver Wings",and four or five other songs at some of the tracking sessions...I haven't seen the movie,so I don't know if all the tunes made it or not...


You sound great on this! WFGJR!
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Steve Hinson

 

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Post  Posted 27 Feb 2012 6:45 am    
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I used an Emmons steel and and an old Fender Twin Reverb...Frank Liddell was the producer and he likes that sound,as opposed to the cleaner Mesa Boogie/Mosvalve sound...once he had me try my Marshall JTM-45 on a track,but it was a little TOO distorted,so we went back to the Twin...Thanks,Wayne!
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Gianni Gori


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Post  Posted 3 Nov 2012 3:18 am    
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I have been playing "Chances Are" for about one hour this morning, trying to grab each nuance.
It may be next song in my band's set list.

Great job, Steve, lovely playing! Smile
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