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Damir Besic
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Posted 18 Nov 2016 9:19 pm |
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my whole life, or at least my steel guitar playing part, my favorite playing was done on "He stopped living her today" and some other George's songs ... For over 20 years I thought it was played by Buddy, just to find out today it was actually Pete Drake who played those beautiful and soulful licks on those songs...I think I'm going to buy me few of Pete's albums and pay little more attention to that man, since he was actually my steel guitar hero, without me even realizing that...
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Roger Shackelton
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Posted 18 Nov 2016 10:25 pm
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Pete Drake---My Bluest Day (1964)
This tune was written by Hal Rugg, but there doesn't seem to be a recording of him playing this tune. ???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMwR1kXuGzk
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Rick Abbott
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Posted 19 Nov 2016 8:24 am
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I had this exact experience! A lot of tunes I love and am deeply influenced by turned out to be Pete Drake. I thought, " how the heck can I love a player's playing so much and not even know who he is?" Pete played on tons of songs, I saw a list once and was just stunned. The dude was a giant.
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 19 Nov 2016 9:23 am
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Pete Drake---My Bluest Day (1964)
This tune was written by Hal Rugg, but there doesn't seem to be a recording of him playing this tune. ??? |
It's on this album.
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Rick Abbott
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Posted 19 Nov 2016 9:27 am
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Here's a website dedicated to him. You can access lots of songs he played on.
http://www.petedrake.net/
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Brett Lanier
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Madison, TN
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Damir Besic
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Posted 19 Nov 2016 9:15 pm
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thats the thing, I always knew Pete by his "talking steel guitar" stuff, and was shocked to learn that he was the genius behind those beautiful steel guitar fills behind George Jones that actually made me fall in love with George Jones, and his music...man learns something new every day...
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Damir Besic
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Posted 19 Nov 2016 9:17 pm
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| Rick Abbott wrote: |
| I had this exact experience! A lot of tunes I love and am deeply influenced by turned out to be Pete Drake. I thought, " how the heck can I love a player's playing so much and not even know who he is?" Pete played on tons of songs, I saw a list once and was just stunned. The dude was a giant. |
for over 20 years I believed it was Buddy Emmons, and I wouldn't say I was disappointed, but more shocked, when I found out it was Pete, and not Buddy, who played it...
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Marco Schouten
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Posted 20 Nov 2016 3:12 am
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I've always liked Pete's playing. He has done some really nice things.
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John Sluszny
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Bill Ford
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Graniteville SC Aiken
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Posted 21 Nov 2016 11:29 am
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| Damir Besic wrote: |
| [quote=for over 20 years I believed it was Buddy Emmons, and I wouldn't say I was disappointed, but more shocked, when I found out it was Pete, and not Buddy, who played it... |
FWIW, Pete subbed for Buddy with the ET band for a few months, I heard him on the Opry a couple times with Earnest. I don't remember the time frame but it was the time Buddy did a back flip off a 2nd story balcony, and injured both ankles.
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