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Roger Hurst

 

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Post  Posted 26 Dec 2011 6:59 am    
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The might be one of the best all time steel guitar breaks ever. Hot swing band with unbelievable killer break by Tommy at 1:25. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIs6nKfVbQ8
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Gregg Laiben


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Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Post  Posted 26 Dec 2011 7:20 am    
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Great find Roger - thanks!
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Bo Borland


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Post  Posted 26 Dec 2011 10:17 am    
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Great tune I know I have heard it before.. who else covered this?
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Paul Sutherland

 

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Placerville, California
Post  Posted 26 Dec 2011 10:20 am    
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I kind-of wanted to see Tommy playing his solo. But the girls dancing were pretty. I guess my priorities are all wrong.
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Ken Byng


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Post  Posted 26 Dec 2011 11:35 am    
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Great recording and superb playing by Tommy.
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Roger Hurst

 

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Post  Posted 26 Dec 2011 1:34 pm    
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Bo....

It sounds familiar to me too but nobody else popped up with that specific song on You Tube. That Roger Brown guy must be one of the best kept secrets in the music world. I would crawl thru broken glass to go see the guy live.
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Clyde Mattocks

 

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Kinston, North Carolina, USA
Post  Posted 26 Dec 2011 5:52 pm    
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This was on a CD that we played on breaks, but I never knew who it was. Thanks for filling in the blank. Great steel solo.
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Bo Borland


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Post  Posted 26 Dec 2011 8:52 pm    
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Hearing that tune was one of those moments.. if no one else covered it, why did I know the steel solo?
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Bobby Boggs

 

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Post  Posted 26 Dec 2011 10:09 pm    
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if no one else covered it, why did I know the steel solo?


Just a guess. But maybe it's because Buddy Emmons has played similar solo's for the last 40 years.

Don't get me wrong. Tommy is my all around favorite player at this time. And his delivery was great as usual. I love the solo. And it's commercial enough for public consumption.

Maybe the producer asked for a Buddy type C6th solo. Or maybe Tommy was just in a Buddy mood. Again, just my guess.
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Bill Ferguson


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Milton, FL USA
Post  Posted 27 Dec 2011 5:15 am    
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I agree Bobby. Buddy has been doing this for years.

However, Tommy has such a unique touch and deliverance on everything he plays.

Buddy & Tommy have been my favorites as long as I can remember.
Both can outplay most with their eyes "wide shut".

Bill
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Ken Byng


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Post  Posted 27 Dec 2011 5:18 am    
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A little bit of Buddy and a little bit of Maurice to my ears, but mainly Tommy White. He is his own man when it comes to improvisation.
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Roger Hurst

 

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Post  Posted 27 Dec 2011 6:51 am    
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I gotta totally agree with you guys.... The first time I heard it, I thought it was Emmons, but there was something different about the tone and attack like maybe Tommy White. Then I found the YouTube track and a fleeting glimpse of Tommy.

Along with rating his break in "Swing City" among the best ever, I also have to include Tommy's breaks in "Roly Poly" during that video he has out with Lloyd Green starting at :25. Check it out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPrVkq4N1RE
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Tommy White

 

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Post  Posted 30 Dec 2011 9:08 pm    
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Well,I can't say it enough fellas'. Thank you so much!

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Ronald Cid


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Contrecoeur, Quebec, Canada
Post  Posted 30 Dec 2011 11:44 pm    
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Amen, Tommy
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Bo Borland


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Post  Posted 31 Dec 2011 7:36 pm    
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Tommy , I do have espn... I heard the cut before and it's in the memory bank.
Great solo !
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Anders Eriksson


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Mora, Dalecarlia, Sweden
Post  Posted 1 Jan 2012 4:14 am    
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I found a listing of the credits for the Swing City Ep and it lists Tommy White on Steel Pan Laughing

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Personnel: Roger Brown (vocals); Kenny Bell (acoustic guitar); Tommy Allsup, Kerry Marx (electric guitar); Jonathan Yudkin (fiddle); Joey Miskulin (accordion); Jim Hoke (clarinet, saxophone); Hollywood Paul Litteral (trumpet); Barry Green (trombone); Matt Rollings, Beegie Adair (piano); Bob Mater (drums); Sonny Garrish, Tommy White (steel pan); Carol Ann Etheridge, Jerry Salley, Lisa Silver (background vocals)


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Tommy White

 

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Post  Posted 3 Jan 2012 9:06 pm    
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Thanks again fellas'. That's not the first time the union card listed me as playing "steel pan". I have no idea what kind of instrument a steel pan is.
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Jerry Overstreet


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Louisville Ky
Post  Posted 3 Jan 2012 9:22 pm    
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Tommy's the man alright. I'm often dazzled and amazed at the things he does.

Swing City was huge with the line dance crowd a few years back, so if you played those places, you might have heard the DJ play it while you were taking a stage break.

Also played quite a bit on the line dance TV shows out of Nashville.
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Anders Eriksson


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Post  Posted 3 Jan 2012 9:57 pm    
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Tommy White wrote:
Thanks again fellas'. That's not the first time the union card listed me as playing "steel pan". I have no idea what kind of instrument a steel pan is.


Steel Pan is also called Steel Drum.
http://www.steelpan-steeldrums-information.com/index.html




I'm guessing that in the original credits it just said Steel and the person that copied it thought it meant Steel Pan Laughing

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Roger Kelly

 

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Bristol,Tennessee
Post  Posted 4 Jan 2012 9:47 am    
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Great Job Tommy! I am definately ready for more of that sound!
There was a Topic back several days ago as to who will be the next Buddy Emmons? It is now clear to me who IMHO that person is....Tommy White!
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Bret Raper


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Hoosier State
Post  Posted 4 Jan 2012 5:02 pm    
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Great video - thanks for posting! As mentioned, Tommy White (once again) knocks it out of the park!

The credits list Jonathan Yudkin as the fiddle player, but that looks like Hoot Hester is in the video. Both are great players, though.

My guess is that a "steel pan" is one of those things kept underneath a steel guitar that you "real" steel players use instead of getting up to go to the restroom. Winking
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Tommy White

 

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Nashville
Post  Posted 7 Jan 2012 9:18 am    
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Well again, thank you fellas' so much!

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Jack Stanton


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Somewhere in the swamps of Jersey
Post  Posted 7 Jan 2012 11:21 am    
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And one Tommy White!
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Tommy White

 

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Nashville
Post  Posted 11 Jan 2012 6:58 pm    
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Aw...thank you Jack.
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