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Topic: Who played Dobro on the Buckaroos albums? |
Brandin
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Newport Beach CA. USA
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Posted 8 Oct 2011 8:13 am |
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I think it's Tom Brumley, but a friend of mine thinks it's someone else.
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Mark Eaton
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Posted 8 Oct 2011 8:32 am
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I think it will be interesting to see if anyone has definitive information on this since the liner notes of the majority of albums for so many years rarely credited session musicians.
My guess is that as far as the early stuff from Buck, say 1958 to '62 or '63 there was a good chance that Ralph Mooney might have played dobro on a few tunes because I believe he was a staff musician at Capitol in those days and he was credited with playing steel on Owens recordings.
As far as later Brumley would seem to be a logical choice.
Gary, who does your friend think it was?
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Mark Eaton
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Posted 8 Oct 2011 8:44 am
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I was curious and went to the James Burton discography, and he played on the "Open Up Your heart" (1968) and "Roll Out The Red Carpet" (1966) albums. I don't have those, but if there is some dobro on either of them I'm wondering if it might have been him.
And since Gary posted the topic, I read that Buck released 51 albums (though some were compilations of previous recordings) so that makes the question of "who played the dobro" potentially a pretty "large" question.
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Dave Harmonson
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Posted 8 Oct 2011 8:46 am
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James Burton may have done some. Sure sounds like his style of dobro playing on some Buck tunes. Some round neck (fingered) reso possibly Don Rich.
I don't believe it was Tom Brumley or Moon
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Brandin
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Newport Beach CA. USA
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Posted 8 Oct 2011 8:52 am
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It's the Dobro played on the Buckaroos albums from the late sixties. Songs like "Tumwater Breakdown", and "Happy-Go-Lucky-Guitar".
My friend (who is a guitar player) thinks it's James Burton. I have always thought it was Tom Brumley, but I've never been 100% sure.
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Dave Harmonson
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Alvin Blaine
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Picture Rocks, Arizona, USA
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steinar
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Finneidfjord, Norway
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Posted 8 Oct 2011 10:35 am Buckaroos recordings
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According to Tom himself, - he did all the dobro parts during his tenure with the Buckaroos from 1963 to early 1969. I asked him about this during one of my visits with him .
If information to the contrary can be verified by the players themselves or by studio people, I stand corrected.
Tom Brumley , - R.I.P.. |
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scott murray
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Posted 8 Oct 2011 10:44 am
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I got Tom Brumley to sign a Buckaroos album for me once and asked him this very question as well.
The LP listed Don Rich as the dobro player, but Tom said it was definitely him.
If we're talking slide/squareneck it was probably Tom. If it's standard flatpicked dobro, its probably Don... at least on the Buckaroos albums.
On Buck Owens records, it may be James Burton who also played telecaster on the song Open Up Your Heart... but I suspect it's still Tom if he was in the band at the time.
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this is funny... I just checked my albums and it was the 'Anywhere, USA' LP I got Tom to autograph. the album actually lists Tom on dobro and Don Rich on steel guitar (!!!) for the song 'Highland Fling'. That's the misprint Tom clarified for me.
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chris ivey
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Posted 8 Oct 2011 12:21 pm
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| james burton does play some really cool dobro. i imagine all those people mentioned play well. dobro is a good instrument to break the monotony of a tune because of the wonderful distinct tone. and burton, rusty young and emmons have recorded some great parts here and there. |
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Brandin
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Newport Beach CA. USA
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Posted 9 Oct 2011 9:02 am
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I'm goin' with Steinar, and Scott. If Tom said he played the Dobro, he played it!
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