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Topic: Who's the steeler on Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground? |
Ron Funk
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Ballwin, Missouri
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Posted 8 Oct 2011 3:26 pm |
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Who played steel on Willie Nelson's "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground" ?
Those fills are hauntingly beautiful - and really make the song the true classic that it is.
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Darvin Willhoite
From:
Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 8 Oct 2011 6:33 pm
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Jimmy Day maybe?
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Lynn Fargo
From:
Fort Edward, NY
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Wayne Franco
From:
silverdale, WA. USA
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Posted 9 Oct 2011 9:32 am Hey thats cool
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 9 Oct 2011 10:12 am
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We still don't know who played on "Angel." Reece is in the movie, (I seem to recall he was playing his sunburst "The Universal,") but that doesn't mean he played on the recording.
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Jack Stanton
From:
Somewhere in the swamps of Jersey
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Posted 9 Oct 2011 12:52 pm
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| If I recall correctly, Reece was playing with Johnny Gimble in one of the early scenes set at a party. |
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Steve Allison
From:
Eatonton,Ga. U.S.A.
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Posted 9 Oct 2011 2:48 pm
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| Jimmy Day! |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 9 Oct 2011 9:17 pm
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Is that a fact or a guess?
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Bill Cunningham
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Atlanta, Ga. USA
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Posted 10 Oct 2011 12:41 am
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I am pretty sure the album credits listed Tom Morrell.
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Lynn Fargo
From:
Fort Edward, NY
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Posted 10 Oct 2011 1:47 pm
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| Ok, this is drivin' me nuts, so I dug out my Honeysuckle Rose album which doesn't have much on it in the way of credits. Then I played the cut on the album, which doesn't have any steel on it. Then I remembered the cut gettin' all the airplay back in '80 did have steel, that's why I had to go buy the 45, which I had the record store clerk play to make sure it was the right one before I bought it. And, sorry, I still can't answer the original question. But it sure has been fun tryin'. By the way, the 45 says it was taken from "The Orignal Motion Picture Soundtrack HONEYSUCKLE ROSE". Were there 2 albums released, because my album says IT'S the original, also. |
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Bill Cunningham
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Atlanta, Ga. USA
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Posted 10 Oct 2011 4:56 pm
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Ok, I just checked my LP's and I don't have it any more. BUT, I remember the credit was to Tom Morrell because I also remember how un-Tom Morrell it sounded to me.
I could be wrong but I don't think so......
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Ben Lawson
From:
Brooksville Florida
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Posted 10 Oct 2011 5:24 pm
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| Ask Willie????? |
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Larry Hamilton
From:
Amarillo,Tx
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Posted 12 Oct 2011 3:25 pm
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Would Willie remember? 
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Joe Naylor
From:
Avondale, Arizona, USA
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Posted 12 Oct 2011 6:20 pm
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U R right Bill - Tom did it
Joe Naylor
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