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Alan Brookes


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Post  Posted 17 Aug 2013 5:38 pm    
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneaky_Pete_Kleinow

Tuesday would have been Sneaky Pete Kleinow's 79th birthday. A very talented man with a unique pedal steel style. Cool
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Jim Palenscar

 

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Oceanside, Calif, USA
Post  Posted 17 Aug 2013 7:21 pm    
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He was my hero
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Skip Edwards

 

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Post  Posted 18 Aug 2013 7:20 am    
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Mine, too.
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Chris Boyd

 

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Post  Posted 18 Aug 2013 12:48 pm    
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He was a hero to me as well....
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John Macy

 

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Post  Posted 18 Aug 2013 7:46 pm    
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My first introduction to Sneaky was hearing the brown Linda Rondstat record with Sneaky on the live side, and Emmons on the studio side--went out and bought a steel the next week....
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John Macy

 

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Post  Posted 18 Aug 2013 7:46 pm    
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My first introduction to Sneaky was hearing the brown Linda Rondstat record with Sneaky on the live side, and Emmons on the studio side--went out and bought a steel the next week....
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Russ Tkac


Post  Posted 19 Aug 2013 8:52 am    
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I met Sneaky in 2005 at Blissfest in Michigan. Meeting him was like the time I met Chet Atkins ... humbling.

Skip and John - good to see you here. How come I knew you two would already have posted here? Smile


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Joachim Kettner


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Post  Posted 19 Aug 2013 12:51 pm    
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It's strange, I never thought much about "The Guilded Palace Of Sin" in later years. But this summer I thought alot about the time when I first heard it in'69. I rememeber quite clearly what went down then. My parents, my girlfriend and my school, and the record shop where I found it.
Thank you Sneaky!
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steve takacs


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Post  Posted 20 Aug 2013 6:18 am     Gumby
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And let's not forget some of the other artistic gifts he gave us such as GUMBY and his work "animating scenes for George Lucas' "Star Wars-the Empire Strikes Back". He also did work for Fantasy II Film Effects for the movies "Gremlins", "Dune" and "The Terminator". Interesting short read:

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976887004

Thanks, Sneaky, stevet
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bruce fischer


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Post  Posted 20 Aug 2013 1:19 pm    
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gone way too soon!
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Bob Carlucci

 

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Post  Posted 20 Aug 2013 4:36 pm    
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Jim Palenscar wrote:
He was my hero

Same here..... bob
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Bob Blair


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Post  Posted 20 Aug 2013 7:06 pm    
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A hero to me as well. The other day I was listening to some of the stuff he did with Ronstadt. Aw man......
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Skip Edwards

 

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Post  Posted 20 Aug 2013 8:20 pm    
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I played keys on a gig with Johnny Lee the other night.
Had to refresh my memory on his stuff, and gave "Cherokee Fiddle" a listen. Wondeful steel track on that tune, with a really cool solo by Sneaky.
Pure Pete Perfection...


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John Macy

 

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Post  Posted 20 Aug 2013 8:22 pm    
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That was a very cool solo...I played on the original version by Michael Martin Murphey and it had a totally different feel...
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Skip Edwards

 

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Post  Posted 20 Aug 2013 9:19 pm    
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Yeah, John...J Lee was talking about how MMM's version was slow and ballad-like. That's cool that you played on it.
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Russ Tkac


Post  Posted 21 Aug 2013 12:12 pm    
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Hey Skip! The Norritos. Smile
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Skip Edwards

 

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Post  Posted 21 Aug 2013 1:04 pm    
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Yeah, Russ...that's what they were. No wonder Pete split...
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Jeremy Threlfall


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Post  Posted 24 Aug 2013 9:04 pm    
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I listen to Sneaky Pete at least once a week
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Niels Andrews


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Salinas, California, USA
Post  Posted 25 Aug 2013 12:48 am    
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Don't forget this one. This is a true inspiration to me.

http://youtu.be/4CjwjPcM_9w
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