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Topic: After 2 years of almost nothing but Buck & Merle... |
Elliot Brindley
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Alabama, USA
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Posted 17 Aug 2012 1:10 pm |
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Gram Parsons was my next great discovery...
JayDee Maness played some ridiculous steel on this one...
Gram Parsons' International Submarine Band
"I Must Have Been Somebody Else You've Known"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ1yplXo8t4 |
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Joachim Kettner
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Germany
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Posted 17 Aug 2012 1:17 pm
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I've read about that record in a Hit Parader review back in 68. They had good taste. Anybody else read the magazine?
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Elliot Brindley
From:
Alabama, USA
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Posted 17 Aug 2012 1:19 pm
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It must have been a thrill to play pedal steel in a recording session with Gram Parsons! GP wanted the steel players to go crazy on his records!  |
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Peter Freiberger
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California, USA
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Posted 17 Aug 2012 1:51 pm
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And that was just the beginning for JayDee. He's been pretty busy since then. He also has a couple of instructional DVD's. He talks with Jim Palenscar about his early experiences working with GP on that record as well as "Sweetheart Of The Rodeo" on one of them. A Forum search will give you a lot on him as well.
http://www.jaydeemaness.com/main.html
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jay-dee-maness-mn0000149663/credits
You can find some examples of his work on YouTube by searching out "Maness steel" or "Desert Rose Band" etc.
And then try researching some guys named Buddy Emmons, Lloyd Green, Hal Rugg, Weldon Myrick, Paul Franklin, Curly Chalker, Tom Brumley, Tommy White, or Doug Jernigan... just to name a few. |
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Elliot Brindley
From:
Alabama, USA
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Posted 17 Aug 2012 3:22 pm
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| Thanks, Peter! I forgot to mention that it was 12 years ago that I discovered Gram Parsons. Since then, I have bought hundreds of classic country, Alt. Country, and Country-Rock CD's. I am familiar with all of those steel pickers, but Lloyd Green is probably my favorite out of those. |
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Charles Curtis
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Posted 18 Aug 2012 4:45 am
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| IMO, it doesn't get any better than Jay Dee Maness. I've had the pleasure of knowing him since the sixties when I was stationed in California. He helped me a lot in the days when you had to, IMO know someone to learn any licks. I wish that we had tablature then available like it is now, but IMO, he has always been a "great guy" and friend. Thanks for the memories Jay Dee. |
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Elliot Brindley
From:
Alabama, USA
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Posted 18 Aug 2012 7:21 am
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| I would also like to mention the fact that I couldn't help knowing about Doug Jernigan... He played on a gospel album that my grandfather sang on in the early 80's. I uploaded those songs to the Steel Guitar Forum. Look for a thread with Doug Jernigan's name in the subject line. |
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Elliot Brindley
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Alabama, USA
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Michael Robertson
From:
Ventura, California. USA
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Posted 18 Aug 2012 8:26 am Can of worms
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This will open a can of worms but “why can’t they write and produce songs like these anymore?”
I guess that bell has been rung.
"I Must Have Been Somebody Else You've Known"
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Craig Krause
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California
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Posted 26 Aug 2012 8:38 pm
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| This is a Merle Haggard song and appeared on his early album "Swinging Doors and The Bottle Let Me Down." |
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