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Larry Lenhart


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Post  Posted 16 Apr 2012 4:44 pm    
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I am sure this is an old topic that has been tossed around many times before, but, its also probably one where your response changes also. I am stuck on Jimmy Day's Steel and Strings album from the 60s. It probably has alot to do with nostalgia, since it was the first steel recording (vinyl) I ever bought back in 1969 or so, but I still love to listen to the tunes, his tone and touch, on some of those great old classic country tunes. How about you guys ? ( i hope I am posting this in the correct section)
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Roual Ranes

 

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Post  Posted 16 Apr 2012 7:35 pm    
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I gotta go with Reece's "Ode To Billy Joe".
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David Beckner


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Post  Posted 16 Apr 2012 7:46 pm    
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John Hughey ..Gospel Favorites
There is so much feeling in this cd
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Barry Blackwood


Post  Posted 17 Apr 2012 6:56 am    
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Just about anything from Lloyd Green.
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Alan Bidmade


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Post  Posted 17 Apr 2012 11:34 am    
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Red Rhodes on Mike Nesmith's 'And the Hits Just Keep on Coming'. Unique.
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Henry Matthews


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Post  Posted 17 Apr 2012 12:18 pm    
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I would have to say that Steve Polusek's album (Let the Games Begin) ranks way up there with me on favorite steel recordings. His tone, intonation, choice of songs and the arrangements are just out of this world.
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Terry Winter

 

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Post  Posted 17 Apr 2012 3:38 pm    
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For me it's Tom Cattin, always will give me thoughts on what steel music is about. (in my mind) Smile
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Wally Moyers


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Lubbock, Texas
Post  Posted 17 Apr 2012 4:20 pm    
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Buddy Emmons 60s jazz record... I will never forget my Dads reaction as he listened to it the first time, I was 10 or 11... Still love the rawness of it... It was ground breaking even though I'v read that Buddy thought it was a disaster in some ways... He had to use a borrowed amp that distorted and then the record company put the wrong steel on the cover....
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Steven Finley


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Post  Posted 17 Apr 2012 4:36 pm    
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Buddy Emmons,someday soon,1968 judy collins
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Mike Perlowin


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Post  Posted 17 Apr 2012 9:34 pm    
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At present, it's Pete Grant's wonderful "Greetings From California and Beyond."

http://www.petegrant.com/album/index.html

Beautiful playing by a master. 5 stars
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Arne Odegard


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Post  Posted 17 Apr 2012 9:57 pm    
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Steve Polusek's album (Let the Games Begin) I never get tired of listening to his album.
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Ken Byng


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Post  Posted 18 Apr 2012 3:26 am    
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Duplicate post.
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Ken Byng


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Post  Posted 18 Apr 2012 3:29 am    
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Another hand up here for Steve Palousek's Let The Games Begin.

Equally as brilliant is Buck Reid's Work In Progress CD, which is astounding for the sublime tone, the original musical content and the technical ability.

Another favourite of mine is Mike Johnson's solo CD.








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Larry Baker

 

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Post  Posted 18 Apr 2012 2:23 pm    
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Lloyd Greens: Midnight Silence
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Roger Shackelton

 

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Post  Posted 18 Apr 2012 11:28 pm    
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"Big Hits On Big Steel" By Curly Chalker Cool
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Larry Lenhart


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Post  Posted 19 Apr 2012 6:38 am    
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Good responses so far...my hope was maybe to learn about some other cds people were listening to get ideas to purchase...I have to agree about Steve Palousek's cd....another favorite of mine is Doug Jernigan and Carco Clave's cd on Broadway...that one stays in my rotation alot also.
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Joachim Kettner


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Post  Posted 19 Apr 2012 10:00 am    
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"Nashville Sundown" (Gordon Lightfoot songs) by Curly Chalker
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Adam Sorber


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Post  Posted 20 Apr 2012 5:28 am    
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I always liked buddy charleton's "cool it"
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Mike Neer


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Post  Posted 20 Apr 2012 5:50 am    
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Speedy West's Guitar Spectacular. I love the compositions, the recording quality, and the supporting musicians,
including Billy Strange and Roy Lanham sound great. This record got me hooked on steel guitar in the 80s.
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Marco Schouten


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Post  Posted 20 Apr 2012 7:00 am    
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Real Steel by Frans Doolaard.
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David Zornes

 

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Ohio, USA
Post  Posted 20 Apr 2012 6:00 pm    
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No doubt for me it's Jimmy Day's Steel and Strings album. Everytime I hear it, my mind goes back to the prime of Jim Reeves, Patsy Cline, Hank Lockland and others. I'm not old enough to remember Jim Reeves or Patsy, but it is the most classic taste of these artists songs made popular in the late fifties and sixties. The tone Day got on that album has never been matched. Someone asked why no one else could get that tone; and the reply was, "Because they can't."
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oj hicks


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Springville, AL
Post  Posted 20 Apr 2012 7:12 pm     Favorite steel album
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The fairly recent release by Bill Stafford entitled "Unforgettable Melodies" rates VERY high with me. Tone to the bone...great chords...he makes that 14 string EXCEL sing like a nightengale. I personally place it very, very high
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Thiel Hatt

 

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Utah, USA
Post  Posted 20 Apr 2012 7:17 pm    
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How about several favorites? Like Jerry Byrd's "Young People Continue Traveling" from Steel Guitar Romantic World. Lloyd Green, "From a Distance" on his Reflections Album.Buddy Emmons, "The Last Letter, on A Tribute to Shot Jackson Volume Two.
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Gil Berry

 

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Westminster, CA, USA
Post  Posted 21 Apr 2012 9:27 pm    
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Frank Carter on "Once Upon A Time In The West"...at least I think that's the name of that...spellbinding.
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Steve Wilson


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Morgan Hill, California, USA
Post  Posted 21 Apr 2012 9:50 pm    
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Just listened again tonight to John Hughey on Conway Twitty's "Lost in the Feeling". Hard to top that in my book!
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